
Patient, Family, and Friend Resources
If you or someone you know is at the UVM Medical Center or Children's Hospital, you can request an art kit or a visit from a volunteer. Email Rebecca Schwarz at rschwarz@burlingtoncityarts.org or call 802-865-9163 with the patient’s room number (or employee’s name), unit, which floor they are on, and what is requested. Choose from the art kits listed below or request something else such as a visit, room or occasion decorations, etc. Please allow a few days, visits happen based on volunteer availability.
Please note: Volunteers cannot enter isolation rooms, but can leave supplies with nursing and when possible can talk with patients from outside of isolation rooms.

Medical Center Employee Resources
If you work at UVM Medical Center in Burlington, be in touch to request support for your team and/or patients.
Possibilities include:
- A volunteer visit described above. Please allow a few days, visits happen based on volunteer availability. Volunteers cannot enter isolation rooms. They may leave items with nursing staff. When possible, volunteers may chat with patients from outside of the room.
- Art kits with project supplies and ideas to have on-hand. Request a box with specific kits or a selection of kits (descriptions above).
- Team-building art installations and workshops to help people relax together and develop positive communication in a variety of modes and styles. Workshops can be as short as 20 minutes. Art installations can take many different forms depending on the unit goals, space, and team.
- Art decorations for the unit, offices, holidays, or celebrations made by volunteers.
- Other collaborations to help people feel better through the arts. Reach out to explore ideas.

Contact Art from the Heart Coordinator Rebecca Schwarz at rschwarz@burlingtoncityarts.org or 802-865-9163.