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"A Dolphin's Promise" Project and Cancer Research

 
A special thank you to Rescue 14 life member/paramedic David Whitley and a good friend of Rescue 14 Patricia Sawyer for funding and donating to the squad a special EMS dolphin sculpture. David and Pat contracted with well-known local artist Mike McCloskey (noted for his 12,000 square foot of a F-14 mural on the back of the Flagship Hotel at the oceanfront) to design a split mural.
 
On one side of the dolphin the mural depicts the Virginia Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad building and emergency equipment as it was seen in the early 1960's [as shown in artist2a and R14dolphin1 photos]. On the opposite side of the dolphin the mural depicts the Virginia Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad building and emergency equipment as it is seen in 2006 [as shown in photos artist 4a and R14dolphin3] along with the Fire Station 11/14 and the Second Police Precinct..
 
In the 2006 mural the artist also included the Nightingale Air Ambulance, the new Virginia Beach Conference Center Tower and fire station 11/14 along with the second police precinct.
 
In the front and center of the dolphin is a "gold cross" that serves to link the past to the present [see R14dolphin2 photo]

"A Dolphin’s Promise" is a non-profit organization working in partnership with the city of Virginia Beach. Their goal is to bring hundreds of life size sculptures of dolphins to the shores and neighborhoods of our beautiful city. This is a project with a very important purpose; to raise one million dollars for cancer research and to help save and protect marine life.

Please check out "A Dolphin's Promise" at their web site: www.adolphinspromise.com/
Bobby Hill Rescue 14 Historian recently made a trip to the Virginia Aquarium on General Booth Blvd with one of our units and snapped a number of photos of the many dolphins on display. We hope you enjoy the photos.

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