Pediatric patients at Chris Evert Children's Hospital recently joined the wives of Miami Dolphins players, coaches, alumni and executives to paint rooms' ceilings in bright, cheery colors.

The beautification project was described as "therapeutic" by Kasey Castro and Caitlin Harrison, event organizers and child care specialists at the Fort Lauderdale hospital. About 20 pediatric patients worked with 11 Dolphins wives to paint ceiling tiles in an eighth-floor patient playroom, a general pediatrics patient room, and an outpatient playroom for hematology/oncology patients.

"The rooms are now more colorful with bright, kid-friendly colors," Castro said. "The children were able to use their creativity in a kind of therapeutic activity."

"Sometimes being in a hospital can be monotonous and get you down. The children had a great time getting out of their rooms, and it gave them something to look forward to," Harrison said.

The project also helped raise awareness of a large initiative that will soon begin, said Andria Nolan, director of major gifts.

Plans call for work to begin this summer on a $52 million renovation project. When completed by 2019, all of the semi-private patient rooms will be private by utilizing the remainder of the seventh and eighth floors to allow for patients' families to visit and stay overnight. It also will include improvements to the pediatric intensive care unit, the neonatal intensive care unit, the general pediatric department, and the hematology/oncology wing, Nolan said.

"The Dolphins wives reached out to us to be involved, and it was a great opportunity for us to talk about the capital campaign," she said.

Sabrina Goldstein, 17, a hematology/oncology patient receiving chemotherapy and other cancer treatment, was quick to pick up a paintbrush to participate in the project. Goldstein, who recently completed a summer learning project at the Rhode Island School of Design, painted one ceiling tile with an image of a bountiful garden and a sun-streaked sky.

"I love to paint; art is my passion. Working on the project made me feel nice, and I imagine it will make other kids feel better," she said.

Her parents, Luis Goldstein and Edie Levine, agreed.

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Fifth-graders at North Albany Elementary plan to leave their school with a lasting memory once they move on to a new building next year.

The students are using bits of tile to create a giant mosaic featuring all their favorite parts of Albany, from the clock tower near the train station to their own school mascot, an alligator. The work is celebrating Albany's 150 years as a city.

This is the second year of fifth-grader "legacy projects." Last year's work was a Dr. Seuss-themed mural on the door of the office belonging to Principal Tracy Day.

Parent volunteers started working with the fifth-graders this past October, helping them brainstorm ideas for the mosaic.

Parent Maki Geno sketched the ideas onto a large sheet of paper. Habitat for Humanity of Albany joined a Portland company in providing tile pieces for the students. Albany artist Ann Bose of Art World learning Center offered time, supplies and studio space for parents and students to come place the tiles. Parent Jim Walter, a contractor, is doing the framing and hanging for the finished piece.

Parent Chrissy Ludlow helped organize the work schedule and was on hand to help students clean off bits of cement and grout the completed mosaic.

The mosaic includes the North Albany Elementary School name and also the words summing up the school's three most important rules: be safe, be respectful, be responsible.

Gacelynn Wakefield, 11, said that's an important teaching tool. "So, like, when little kids come into our school, they could see the words and, like, know what the rules are."

Classmate Michael Cale, 11, said he's looking forward to showing the artwork to friends who come to the building after him. His favorite part: the hot air balloon made with orange, brick-red and sage-green tiles.

"I just like the colors," he said.

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ALBANY Fifth-graders at North Albany Elementary plan to leave their school with a lasting memory once they move on to a new building next year.

The students are using bits of tile to create a giant mosaic featuring all their favorite parts of Albany, from the clock tower near the train station to their own school mascot, an alligator. The work is celebrating Albany's 150 years as a city.

This is the second year of fifth-grader "legacy projects." Last year's work was a Dr. Seuss-themed mural on the door of the office belonging to Principal Tracy Day.

Parent volunteers started working with the fifth-graders this past October, helping them brainstorm ideas for the mosaic.

Parent Maki Geno sketched the ideas onto a large sheet of paper. Habitat for Humanity of Albany joined a Portland company in providing tile pieces for the students. Albany artist Ann Bose of Art World Learning Center offered time, supplies and studio space for parents and students to come place the tiles. Parent Jim Walter, a contractor, is doing the framing and hanging for the finished piece.

Parent Chrissy Ludlow helped organize the work schedule and was on hand to help students clean off bits of cement and grout the completed mosaic.

The mosaic includes the North Albany Elementary School name and also the words summing up the school's three most important rules: be safe, be respectful, be responsible.

Gacelynn Wakefield, 11, said that's an important teaching tool. "So, like, when little kids come into our school, they could see the words and, like, know what the rules are."

Classmate Michael Cale, 11, said he's looking forward to showing the artwork to friends who come to the building after him. His favorite part: the hot air balloon made with orange, brick-red and sage-green tiles.

"I just like the colors," he said.

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John Westbrook, general manager of Menlo Park Mall, left to right; Edison Mayor Thomas Lankey; and Robert Guerra, Northeast regional vice president of Simon Property Group, break a ceramic tile to officially mark the impending start of the major renovation at Menlo Park Mall. EDISON Shoppers at the Menlo Park Mall will start seeing some changes this spring.

Simon Property Group, the malls owner, will begin a substantial renovation project in April.

Simon and township officials, including Mayor Thomas Lankey, participated in a tile-breaking ceremony on Jan. 21 to commemorate the impending start of work, which includes both interior and exterior transformations.

After many months of planning, we are pleased to unveil the details of this project to our fashion-forward shoppers and retailers, said Menlo Park Mall General Manager John Westbrook in a prepared statement on the project. Menlo Park Mall already serves as one of central New Jerseys premier destinations for shopping, dining and entertainment. These enhancements will create a more contemporary look for the center, along with additional upgrades and amenities that will better fulfill the needs of our customers and visitors.

One primary focus of the work is the creation of a new dining pavilion, replacing the existing food court. In addition, the malls Center Court will be remodeled into a social gathering area with seating, electronics charging stations and a modernized elevator. Guest Services also will be relocated to Center Court from the second floor. New seating areas will be placed throughout the mall. Simon also is overhauling entrances, bathrooms, flooring and tile. Energy-efficient lighting will be installed, and the parking garage will also receive cosmetic enhancements.

Lankey praised the efforts going into the renovations.

Menlo Park Mall is one of Edisons gems. For decades, this mall has been a community attraction that brings scores of people from across New Jersey in our community, he said. This has a significant economic trickle-down effect for many of our other retailers and food service businesses.

Mall officials said the work schedule is designed to minimize impact on shoppers; the project is slated for November completion.

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ST. JOHN |Construction of the new Lake Central High School is moving along briskly, as the project remains on schedule and the winter weather is having no significant affect.

Construction crews are nearing completion of the new fine arts center, as its just a matter now of dropping in ceiling tile and installing carpeting, according to Bill Ledyard, director of facilities. Flooring is down in the new media center and work on installing flooring in the administration center should be completed in about a week.

Ledyard said the heating and ventilation system in the spacious 4,000-seat gymnasium is about completed, and electrical work and the sprinkler system is nearing completion. Work is about to begin on paintingthe locker room and upper level auxiliary gymnasium.

It will be a bit longer to finish the 1,000-seat auditorium, but Ledyard is confident it will be ready sometime in November. As it stands, all the structural steel is in place, as well as the catwalks, concrete, masonry and column supports.

We will complete the media center, fine arts area and administrative center by the start of the school year in August, Ledyard said.

Already complete are the locker room and concession stand inside a two-story exterior building accompanying the new artificial turf football field, which will be ready for practice around the beginning of July.

The final piece of the construction project will be knocking down the existing school office area, which will be moved to a near area near the south end of the Freshman Center.

New baseball and softball fields, sporting artificial turf, are substantially complete and will be ready to play ball on this spring.

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