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No. 15 Vol. 3
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Local Sixth Grader Creates And Sells Origami For Charity; Plans First Fundraiser For March 25
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By Cheryl Conway 12-year old girl in Short Hills is inspiring others to help children who are less fortunate through her new charity. Etasha Donthi, a sixth grader at Millburn Middle School, established the Hope And Joy For Children charity in 2016. Through her talent with origami art, Donthi has so far raised $1,000 with all proceeds going to Save The Children, an organization that supports children living in poverty in third world countries such as Africa and Ethiopia. Inspired from a school lesson about poverty and her mother’s donations to Save The Children, as well as her own eyes, Donthi decided when she was in fifth grade that it was time for her to give her hand into helping others. “I felt strongly of helpTES
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ing others who don’t have food or water around the world,” says Donthi, founder and CEO of The Hope And Joy For Children. “Living in New Jersey, I go into New York a lot. I see beggars on the street; I feel bad for them. I want to do what I can to help them. I see these people and feel INSUR
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what can I do to help them? “They deserve opportunities like I do,” she says. “They deserve a lot better than what they get.” Donthi found her own creative way to “give hope and joy for children around the world” that are living in poverty. She started to make homemade origami
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art and sell her work with all proceeds going to Save The Children. “When I got the idea, I knew it could become a success,” says Donthi. She learned the art of origami “over the course of my life. A few of my friends taught me the art of continued on page 4
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