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To earn her Girl Scout Gold Award, and to brighten hospital exam rooms, Katy Rewis paints a child-friendly mural. By George White
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Katy Rewis, of Melbourne, learned how scary hospitals can be in 2009 when her 5-year-old cousin had to be treated in Orlando after accidentally cutting her head while swimming. But, rather than just complaining about the situation, she decided to do something about it for other children. Rewis, an 11th grader at Cocoa Beach Jr.-Sr. High School, planned and painted murals at Viera Hospital as Presort Std U.S. Postage PAID Orlando, FL Permit No. 1979
part of her quest for Girl Scouting’s Gold Award, an honor similar to becoming an Eagle Scout for Boy Scouts. Gathering donated materials and using her own sketches, Rewis, of Troop 1419, spent two full days, in early January, creating the first animalthemed mural in an examination room. Her troop had been raising money for a project like this, so she had a $200 budget, but the project cost about $300 and additional funds were needed. Home Depot also donated some
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materials. She said she plans a similar mural in another examination room, this one with an underwater theme. “I did a smaller mural in my bathroom as practice so I sort of knew what it was going to be like. A lot of people stopped by while we were working on and said that they liked the way it was looking,’’ she said. Starting at about 6 a.m., the first painting day was a full 14 hours,
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