Professional musicians perform for the children, volunteers from service organizations assist with special events, local firefighters organize the hospital's annual Kids' Fishing Derby, and the list goes on and on. In this issue of Between Us , we meet one of the special individuals who has made a difference in the lives of patients and families served by Shriners Hospitals for Children. To say that Paul Raskin, D.D.S., has brought things to life in the outpatient clinic of the Northern California Shriners Hospital would be an understatement. A lifelong passion for art and a bent toward cheerful fantasy have worked wonders in the outpatient clinic at the Northern California Shriners Hospital for Children in Sacramento. There, a colorful mural tickles the imaginations of children of all ages.
Ladybugs parade up the tree of life.
Bulls walk out of mushrooms. A giraffe pokes his head out of a garden. Birds perch high and low. Bursting with color and bustling with activity, the creation is the work of Paul Raskin, D.D.S., a dentist by profession and an artist by inspiration. Beginning in the fall of 1998, the Sacramento dentist devoted a year of Monday evenings to the fanciful design.