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EMPLOYEES RALLY FOR PATIENTS

Journeys into the Subconscious and Windows to Past Lives Employee “Spirit of Giving” Campaign
At the age of 65, Lenore Meyer returned to her artistic talents The Employee “Spirit of Giving” Partners Program
and became an acclaimed sculptor. She brought the love of allows employees to make charitable contributions
her husband, Hank, into her work. While pondering creative to support Northridge Hospital’s programs and
ideas for clients, Hank used to doodle on a pad beside his services. This past June, the Northridge Hospital
phone. So unique were his drawings that Lenore began to Foundation hosted an Appreciation Reception
take them from two dimensional drawings to larger three with our “Spirit of Giving” Ambassadors to thank
dimensional sculptures. She called these works “Journeys all of the employees who helped us raise $125,519.
into the Subconscious” and “Windows to Past Lives,”

Lenore and Hank dreamed of creating and donating meditation
gardens to hospitals and educational centers, using one of
their large sculptures as the centerpiece. The family of
Lenore and Hank Meyer generously donated seven beautiful
sculptures
that are
displayed
throughout
our hospital.

Meeting Increase Demand in the
Emergency Department
Our Emergency Department (E.D.) currently sees
About the Artist… about 67,000 patients per year. By 2025, those
visits are projected to reach more than 96,000.
Lenore Meyer was born in New York City where she
graduated from High School at the age of 16. She attended The challenges to overcome are numerous and
the University of New York and took extension courses at increasing. During times of medical emergencies,
Hunter College. At the age of 18, she moved with her parents it’s crucial that our E.D. offer enough treatment
to Miami Beach, Florida where she opened her Speech and areas, appropriate length-of-stay time periods,
Drama school. In 1948, she met her future husband, first-rate staff and state-of-the-art technology.
Hank Meyer, who was starting out in the field of public These vitally needed improvements will be
relations. Lenore left her career to work beside her husband, transformational not only to our facility, but to
enjoying a successful marriage of 50 years and raising three our community and its member’s lives.
daughters. At the age of 65, Lenore returned to her artistic This past year
people in Miami. Lenore began to write poetry and sculpt the Foundation
doodles. Her work in includes poetry, jewelry, large transferred
sculptural installations, and meditation gardens in South $1,250,000 to
Florida and in California. The inspiration for her sculpted the expansion
doodles came from her husband Hank, a publicist who
represented many high profile clients such as Jackie Gleason and renovation of
and Arthur Godfrey. While on phone calls, Hank often the Emergency and
problem-solved by doodling. Once a call was finished, Trauma Departments.
the problem was usually solved and the doodle completed.
As often as possible, Lenore, along with Hank’s secretary,
snatched them up and poured over them. They were
intricate and drawn with the precision of an engineer.
Lenore knew she had to make them into tangible art.
They became her doodle sculptures.
Each one is unique; no two of them are alike.