 Hackensack Meridian Children's Hospital is getting a makeover. Volunteers and staff have started a rooftop painting project to boost patient spirits. Right now the pediatric wing overlooks air conditioners and mechanical work. Soon it'll be replaced with fun and exciting Jersey Shore themed art. The project was started by local artist Lucy Kalyan. It'll include a map of the shore towns and uplifting phrases for the kids. And since we're the Jersey Shore University Medical Center, why not go with the whole Jersey Shore theme? Luckily for me, scaled up, I was able to go from Sandy Hook Lighthouse down to Barnaget Light and we had volunteers coming up and we painted little Jersey coast right along there. Now patients will have access on an iPad to an actual map that matches the painting providing some interactive capabilities there. It's been a dream of many of the staff for the past 23 and a half years. I've had to look out to all the stuck work and wished that it showed a whole different environment for our families, our patients, and for the children. These paintings will also be interactive so the kids can look up places they see on the mural and then find them online. The project will take about a year before it's finished.