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          Notre Dame athletes paint to promote healing

          
            
              
                
                Published: November 13, 2006
              

              
                Author: Shannon  Roddel
              

              







          

          
          
          

          
        
        
        
          Artwork created by University of Notre Dame student-athletes to help promote healing atSaint JosephRegionalMedicalCenterinSouth Bend, will be on display Monday (Nov. 20) from9 a.m.to5 p.m.in the Eck VisitorsCenter on campus.The public is invited to view and help complete the artwork.

PaintFest,co-sponsored by the hospital, the Notre Dame Alumni Association and the Universitys athletic department, brought together Irish athletes to paint canvas and ceiling tiles that were pre-drawn and color coded by the Foundation for Hospital Art .



Based inAtlanta, the foundation, a global non-profit organization, gives comfort and hope to patients, families and medical staff in hospitals worldwide.Its mission is to create art to make healthcare facilities beautiful places for healing.It has donated more than 30,000 paintings to some 1,000 hospitals in 166 countries with the help of more than 200,000 volunteers.

* Contact: *  _Heather Tonk, Alumni Association, 574-631-6723, tonk.2@nd.edu 

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* Note to the media: *  You are invited to coverPaintFest,which is not open to the public, from11 a.m.to1 p.m.Sunday in theJoyceCenter.Student-athletes from most of the varsity teams are expected to participate.

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