Oregon National Guard Pandemic Support

Oregon National Guard Pandemic Support

Credit: Oregon National Guard/Lt. Daniel Delgado

OHSU social worker Jennifer Smith, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., (left) has been moved by Oregon Air National Guard Senior Airman Skadi Freyer, who is temporarily deployed at OHSU during the current COVID-19 case surge and has been playing the piano in the lobby of OHSU Doernbecher Childrens Hospital during her breaks. The two met Sept. 8, 2021, to discuss how Smith was moved by Freyer's playing, which was described as "a beautiful moment of someone in uniform who was blessing us on her break with some beautiful music, which really was grounding for me, to remind me of the beauty and the good in the midst of this really hard time." (Oregon National Guard/Lt. Daniel Delgado)

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