Origami for wellness in America
Since ancient times, the crane has held a paramount position in Japanese and Chinese culture, many times surrounding a king for protection. Cranes are also associated with missions of peace and compassion. In Babylon Junior/Senior High School where teacher Sheila Vaswani has told her students that cranes are universally considered good luck to the people they’re given to, the seventh grade advisor/advisee class is making 1,000 origami cranes to be delivered to the Cantor Fitzgerald Company, which lost many employees in the Twin Towers disaster of September 11 and to the firehouse of student Brian Gambino’s father, Tom. "Origami is a craft that offers many benefits to those who practice it," explains Vaswani. "The paper folders report a sense of quietude, absorption and perseverance when practicing this art." Pictured is Samantha Lipman in Jeanne Weingarten’s class.
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