Givat Shmuel Students Bring Joy to Hospital Patients Through Clown Therapy
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Fifth-grade students from Alon Elementary School in Givat Shmuel are participating in a medical clowning volunteer program at Sheba Medical Center Tel HaShomer. The initiative aims to bring joy and comfort to hospitalized patients and their families.
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- Givat Shmuel students volunteer as medical clowns.
- The initiative takes place at Sheba Medical Center Tel HaShomer.
- Students aim to bring joy to patients and their families.
- The program involves fifth graders and runs all school year.
- School principal Noam Aharoni leads the project.
Students from the fifth grade at Alon Elementary School in Givat Shmuel are participating in a unique volunteer initiative focused on medical clowning at Sheba Medical Center Tel HaShomer. This program, planned to run throughout the entire school year with all fifth-grade students involved, sees a group of students dressed as clowns visiting various inpatient wards every Friday. The children interact with patients, talk with them, and aim to bring smiles to the faces of those hospitalized and their families during difficult times.
The project is led by the school principal, Noam Aharoni, and coordinated by Dorit Twaito. The Givat Shmuel Municipality expressed great pride in the students' efforts and the teaching staff's work, stating that the initiative exemplifies how values of mutual responsibility and empathy are translated into meaningful action on the ground. They emphasized that this serves as a paramount educational and moral lesson for the younger generation.