b'A Beautiful Gift to TreasureBORN IN THE ANCIENT VILLAGE OF PATRICIA, ITALY, DOMENICO BELLI BECAME A METAL WORKER AT 16 IN HIS HOMETOWN, LOCATED ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROME. Two years later, he emigrated to the UnitedWe have given this sculpture to Peconic States with his parents. He immediatelyBay Medical Center with the hope it will found employment as a metal workerbring joy to the medical team and staff, as and welder. Simultaneously, hewell as patients and their families. Robert began his artistic journey usingwas passionate about healthcare access reclaimed steel to createin Eastern Suffolk County, and this piece primitive and abstractserves as a wonderful reminder of why our sculptures.health is so important for all of us, said Judith Jedlicka.Belli created Grace, a six-foot-high abstract workJudith and Robert held a passion for the arts fashioned from corten steel,in addition to raising access to healthcare during the mid-2010s. It wasand support services in Eastern Suffolk purchased by Robert A. LorelliCounty. Judith was the pioneer for our and Judith A. Jedlicka at theCaregivers Center, the first of its kind on 10th Annual Westhampton Long Island. We continually find ourselves Beach Festival of the Arts in 2018amazed by their generosity and commitment.and placed in the front of their Speonk house until they recently moved toBob was a deeply passionate and caring Calverton. soul who was a major supporter of Peconic Bay Medical Center, said Amy Loeb. We Before his passing, Robert and Judtih madecould not be more grateful for his patronage the generous decision to extend their loveover the years that enabled us to expand our of the arts to our patients, employees, andhospitals services and enhance our care.community by donating the Grace sculpture. It stands proudly by the employee entranceWe are deeply honored to be the recipients and is a daily reminder of all the beauty lifeof this incredible gift!can bring.'