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She focuses on giving rather than receiving and she said ‘Grandma, Grandma, let’s do it.” Together they decorated a box Marielle Vasquez, 6, of Oyster and placed a sign on it that said, Bay, a first-grader at Theodore “Reverse Advent Calendar,” folRoosevelt Elementary School lowed by a list of nonperishable and a parishioner at St. Dominic food items to donate each day Catholic Church in leading up to ChristOyster Bay, brings mas Eve. Marielle joy to her family said she had a nice eve r y d ay. T h i s time decorating the Christmas, Marielle box. will be bringing joy In the daily to other families in countdown to the community as Christmas, Lavelle well. said, Marielle would Every year, the run up to the box ch i l d re n i n t h e and see what she Vasquez family get had to put in it. an advent calendar, “Her mom”— and on each day in Michelle Vasquez — December leading “and I purchased all up to Christmas, the items, and she they get to enjoy a puts [them] in the piece of chocolate. MARY LAVELLE box,” Lavelle said. This year, Marielle’s East Norwich “She just gets really grandmother, Mary excited about it.” Lavelle, of East NorMarielle finished wich, had the idea to do a filling up her Christmas box a “reverse” advent calendar, day early, the day before Christwhere, instead of receiving a mas Eve, with a can of green gift, participants give a gift each beans added to the collection. day leading up to Christmas. Later she went to St. Dominic, “We attend St. Dominic’s Par- which has a food pantry, with ish, and they always collect her father, Christian Vasquez, food,” Lavelle said. “I talked to and Lavelle to drop off the box. Marielle and I told her what [the reverse advent calendar] was CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
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ARTIST BARBARA PREY in front of her MASS MoCA museum commission, “MASS MoCA: Building 6,” of the interior of the museum space before renovation. It is the largest watercolor in the world, she said, measuring 16 x 8 feet.
Local artist uses her work to support hospitalized children By ADAM FLASH newsroom@liherald.com
Barbara Ernst Prey is hoping to paint a bright future for Project Sunshine patients this holiday season. The internationally recognized artist and Oyster Bay resident of 24 years has produced a new series of prints featuring some of her best-known work to be sold in support of hospitalized children. “I feel that I’m blessed with
my work, and I always try and support organizations throughout the year,” Prey said. “[Project Sunshine is] a perfect organization doing work right now with Covid when children are so isolated.” Founded roughly 20 years ago, Project Sunshine provides volunteer-led, ageappropriate opportunities of play and human connection to pediatric patients, from infants to 18-year-olds, and
their families. Based in New York, the international nonprofit partners with over 400 hospitals and medical centers across the United States and around the world, including Long Island Jewish – North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, and Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola. “We really couldn’t do it without our support network . . . people like Barbara,” said CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
he knows that with the reverse advent calendar, she’s giving something to someone who’s going to need it.