Healing Spaces
Hannah Squire
Issue date: 3/4/10 Section: News
During these last few weeks of the term, it's hard to find time to take a step back and think about how lucky we are. We are receiving an excellent education, we have a warm place to sleep at night, but most important of all, we have our health.
Some young adults our age aren't so lucky, and they spend their time running back and forth to hospitals and doctors getting painful treatments and fighting for their lives. They take on both emotional stress and economic difficulty, which affects the entire family. One would think that their lives are only in the hands of doctors or medicine, but each and every one of us has the opportunity and capability of making their situation at least a little bit better.
Healing Spaces, a non-profit organization, makes it their mission to create dream bedrooms for terminally ill children and young adults, proven to have a positive impact on a young patient's recovery.
The organization provides designers, artisans, and volunteers to transform bedrooms that fit the child or young adult's individual needs and desires. These rooms provide a healing environment for the young patient and act as an escape from the stress and intensity associated with the hospital. Their ultimate goal is to bring smiles and happiness to children.
Recently, a Healing Spaces chapter was founded at Union College and granted organizational status. Stacey Burns '12, Project Director of Union College's Healing Spaces chapter and co-director Madison Lipton '12 brought this organization to Union because they believe it will bring our campus closer to the surrounding community, and they hope that the life of at least one individual will improve because of it.
According to Burns and Lipton, Union College's chapter will be working with Albany Medical Center and designers within the Albany and Schenectady area to create dream bedrooms for the terminally ill children and young adults.
During the last week of winter term, the club will be conducting a letter writing campaign to raise funds for the project.
"We plan to complete the room makeover weekend this spring!" says Burns.
Since receiving organizational status, Healing Spaces is looking for many new members to get involved in this cause. The club is open to anyone who wishes to donate a small amount of their time towards making a large difference in a child or young adult's life.
"Healing Spaces is a great organization because it brings together Union College students in bettering the lives of people in the community," said Emily Feldman '10, head coordinator of the club.
If anyone is interested in getting involved or making donations they can contact Stacey Burns at Burnss@union.edu.
Some young adults our age aren't so lucky, and they spend their time running back and forth to hospitals and doctors getting painful treatments and fighting for their lives. They take on both emotional stress and economic difficulty, which affects the entire family. One would think that their lives are only in the hands of doctors or medicine, but each and every one of us has the opportunity and capability of making their situation at least a little bit better.
Healing Spaces, a non-profit organization, makes it their mission to create dream bedrooms for terminally ill children and young adults, proven to have a positive impact on a young patient's recovery.
The organization provides designers, artisans, and volunteers to transform bedrooms that fit the child or young adult's individual needs and desires. These rooms provide a healing environment for the young patient and act as an escape from the stress and intensity associated with the hospital. Their ultimate goal is to bring smiles and happiness to children.
Recently, a Healing Spaces chapter was founded at Union College and granted organizational status. Stacey Burns '12, Project Director of Union College's Healing Spaces chapter and co-director Madison Lipton '12 brought this organization to Union because they believe it will bring our campus closer to the surrounding community, and they hope that the life of at least one individual will improve because of it.
According to Burns and Lipton, Union College's chapter will be working with Albany Medical Center and designers within the Albany and Schenectady area to create dream bedrooms for the terminally ill children and young adults.
During the last week of winter term, the club will be conducting a letter writing campaign to raise funds for the project.
"We plan to complete the room makeover weekend this spring!" says Burns.
Since receiving organizational status, Healing Spaces is looking for many new members to get involved in this cause. The club is open to anyone who wishes to donate a small amount of their time towards making a large difference in a child or young adult's life.
"Healing Spaces is a great organization because it brings together Union College students in bettering the lives of people in the community," said Emily Feldman '10, head coordinator of the club.
If anyone is interested in getting involved or making donations they can contact Stacey Burns at Burnss@union.edu.
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