生活方式设计品牌Art of Board以其拼贴瓷砖闻名于世，这些瓷砖由回收的废旧滑板制作而成。今日Art of Board联合Orange County的儿童医院，为院内青少年治疗室揭幕了一面新的拼贴墙壁，以表示对在这里进行康复的青少年的支持。
PRESS RELEASE -Orange County, CA (November 19, 2014) – Art of Board, a lifestyle and design brand known for its hard surface tiles made from recycled skateboard decks, joined with the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC Children’s) to unveil a new tile wall installation in the hospital’s teen room.
Art of Board捐赠了70平方英尺的回收板面瓷砖，大约使用了100块公司回收的板面制作而成。
同时参与这项活动的还有职业滑手Mimi Knoop，他也是Art of Board的创意总监，Element的Awareness团队，和TWS主编Jamie Owens。儿童医院的病人儿童也积极参与活动之中，他们积极接受Art of Board所提出的回收理念。现场还有滑板设计以及element队员带来的表演，活动还有hoopla滑板的赠送及Stance袜子赠送，Stance公司为这里的青少年患者捐出了几百双袜子。
“滑板就是自由和年轻的象征，它在南加州诞生，自然院内的孩子们应该享受这种文化”Art of Board创始人Bruce Boul说。
Art of Board另一创立者Rich Moorhead说：“能够支持儿童医院我们非常兴奋，不但为了孩子，还为了他们服务的社区。Art of Board和“I Ride I Recycle”项目都是回馈社区的表现，自然我们应当为这里孩子的病房进行装饰点缀”
儿童医院青少年诊室负责人Stephanie DeMello说：“我们青少年房间可以让患儿使用，预防疾病，这里为他们提供了很好的环境去交流，交朋友，让他们忘却病痛。这个治疗室在这彩色墙壁的装饰之下效果相信会更好，我们非常欢迎他们为医院做出的贡献。”
Art of Board donated 70 square feet of its recycled skateboard tile, which equates to about 100 skateboard decks the company collects through its international skateboard recycling movement, I Ride I Recycle.
The Nov. 18 action sports-themed event included appearances from professional skateboarder Mimi Knoop, who is also Art of Board’s Creative Director, Element Skateboards’ Elemental Awareness team, and Transworld Skateboarding editor in chief, Jaime Owens. CHOC patients participated in activities such as Art of Board’s interactive recycled keychain making, which teaches kids the importance of recycling; a skateboard design activity and skate demo by Elemental Awareness riders; and giveaways by hoopla skateboards and iconic sock brand, Stance, which donated several hundred pairs of socks for the young patients.
“Skateboarding is all about freedom and youth, and it was born here in Southern California, so it felt fitting that the young patients of CHOC should have a piece of that culture here,” said Bruce Boul cofounder of Art of Board.
“We’re thrilled to support CHOC not only because of their dedication to children, but also to the communities they serve,” said Rich Moorhead, Art of Board founder. “Art of Board and I Ride I Recycle are all about community and giving back, so it made perfect sense to give something to complement the teen room space.”
CHOC’s teen room provides a dedicated space for teenaged patients to gather, socialize and relax with their peers. Equipped with televisions, DVD players, and gaming and computer systems, the space has an adjacent kitchenette and access to an outdoor area. The teen room is located on the second floor of CHOC’s Bill Holmes Tower, a 425,000-square-foot, seven-story patient care tower that opened in spring 2013.
“Our teen room allows our patients to take a break from being sick. It provides a fun space to interact with new friends and forget about procedures, pain and stress,” said Stephanie DeMello, manager of CHOC’s Child Life department. “This fun and healing space is only enhanced by the colorful tile wall provided by Art of Board. It’s a welcomed addition to CHOC’s teen room.”
For more information on Art of Board, please visit www.artofboard.com.
For more information about CHOC, visit www.choc.org
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