Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa received a customized mural from the Atlanta Jewish community earlier this month, created by more than 200 participants during Paintfest at the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, an event sponsored by the Atlanta Israel Coalition (IAC) in conjunction with the Foundation for Hospital Art.
This past December, in a large ballroom filled with long tables, colorful paints, and an assortment of brushes, participants painted beautiful canvases that would be hand-delivered by a contingent of IAC volunteers to a 2,000-bed fortified underground emergency hospital at Rambam Health Care Campus. During the event, other canvases were also painted that would be distributed to children’s hospitals throughout the United States. In other rooms on the opposite side of the building, children and adults were busy at craft stations creating cards, painted rocks with inspirational messages, and jewelry that would be delivered during the same visit to Israel by IAC.
On Jan. 14, at a ceremony held at Rambam, five IAC volunteers, led by Executive Director Cheryl Dorchinsky, and hospital staff members hung the mural in the hospital space, which was previously a hospital parking lot. The hospital space became fully operational in October in case of an attack by Hezbollah and other terrorist groups on Israel’s northern borders. Rambam is the only level-one trauma center in northern Israel.
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(From left) Sigal Amsalem, manager of donor relations and communications at International Friends Associations of Rambam Health Care Campus and Cheryl Dorchinsky pose in front of mural at presentation event.
According to Rambam staff members, the art helps brighten and beautify what might otherwise be a drab space. In a Facebook post, the hospital thanked AIC for their support and help in creating greater awareness of the hospital and its needs.
Following the ceremony, the…
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