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Roanoke retirees using art to bring smilies to kids at Carilion
ROANOKE, Va. โ A retirement community in Roanoke is using art to make pediatric patients smile. On Tuesday Friendship residents painted ceiling tiles that will be put in hospital rooms and in the corridor of different Carilion Clinic locations. Studies show art in a clinical setting can help reduce anxiety and improve blood pressure. โOur residents enjoy doing anything that serves the community, think it gives them a good feeling and theyโre having fun too so thatโs the important thing,โ said , Friendship Retirement Community Activities Coordinator Pat Walters. Weโre doing it by building so folks will be painting with their neighbors.โThe Healing Ceiling Tiles project is part of a partnership between Carilion and the Taubman Museum of Art.