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‘Opening hearts’ through origami Students in Calhoun High club connect with prisoners tan, perfecting his craft. The coronavirus pandemic, Darcourt said, inhibited his abilFor most of his life, Joseph ity to visit the monastery in 2020, Darcourt has visited the Chuan but in the summer of 2021 he Yen Monastery, a Buddhist insti- was able to return. tution in upstate New York, “I felt alive again, because it learning about the power of con- was there I grew up,” he said. “I nection and meditation. It was could reconnect with Mother there that Darcourt Nature, in a way, learned about the after being isolated monastery’s free for a year and a book-distribution half.” pro g ram, which Leaders of the sends books at no monastery told Darcost to prisoners in court about the book county, state and fedexchange, and he eral prisons across spent that summer the country, and to helping them wrap soldiers in the U.S. Joseph books to be mailed military. out, and reading letSeeing a way to dARcouRt ters from prisoners connect this pro- OHO Lab founder who wrote back to g ram to his own the monastery. community, DarThe books that court, 17, a junior at Sanford H. are mailed out are educational Calhoun High School, created Buddhist material, meant to help the OHO — Open Heart Origami prisoners through difficult — Lab to do just that. times, as they reflect on their Darcourt was raised Bud- mistakes and, and leaders of the dhist, he explained, and his monastery hope, they learn from upbringing was focused on them. Darcourt said that a prishuman connection and spiritual- oner will typically write to the ism. An accomplished cellist, he monastery and explain either recently graduated from Juil- that they are requesting a book liard’s pre-college program, in for the first time, or that they’re which he spent many Saturdays training intensively in ManhatContinued on page 11
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Race to King Kandy The North Bellmore Public Library hosted a life-sized Candy Land event last Saturday for its younger patrons. Olivia Sloven, 9, of North Bellmore, had a blast racing through the ‘board’ on her way to King Kandy’s castle. More photos, Page 3.
Everyone deserves prom attire Becca’s Closet chapter collects over 300 dresses By RoKsANA AMId ramid@liherald.com
Next to graduation, prom night is one of the most anticipated events for high school seniors. The formal soirée is a rite of passage, an evening of dancing and fun with friends — the perfect excuse to ask your crush out on a date. But for many, finding an affordable and stylish dress can be daunting.
To help ease some of that stress, Ava Mogelefsky, of Bellmore, a junior at John F. Kennedy High School, has helped distribute more than 60 prom dresses since March to Long Island students with the school’s chapter of Becca’s Closet, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping high school students in need. Mogelefsky, the BellmoreMerrick chapter president of Becca’s Closet, is enrolled in
the district’s three-year leadership program. This year she is taking the Leadership II class, in which projects and initiatives encourage juniors to emerge as young leaders in the Bellmore-Merrick community. “Students in the Leadership II class were tasked with the responsibility to implement and lead a civic-based activity,” Brad Seidman, an instructor of the course, previously Continued on page 14
t’s just one avenue of being more inclusive.
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