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Can a new bill make it safer to worship? worship, including blocking their path or approaching within 8 feet with the intent to Calls to protect religious harass. Suozzi said the measure institutions from harassment and intimidation took center “ensures that people can access stage last Friday morning at their place of worship safely the Holocaust Memorial and and without obstruction, while still preserving Tolerance Center of First Amendment Nassau County. protections for There, U.S. Rep. p e a c e f u l e x p re s Tom Suozzi unveiled the biparsion.” He added tisan Safeguarding that it draws “a Access to Congreclear line: intimidagations and Relition and threats g i o u s E s t abl i s h have no place in ments from Disrupour communities.” tion Act, known as ToM SuozzI “The safety of the SACRED Act, U.S. Representative, cong re g ants and legislation Suozzi New York’s 3rd the freedom to worsaid would address Congressional District ship is integral to a growing concerns healthy democraamong his constitucy,” Rabbi Irwin ents about safety at houses of Huberman, of Congregation worship. Tifereth Israel, wrote in a state“There’s too much hate in ment to the Herald. “This bill is our country right now,” Suozzi an important step towards said. “A lot of people are being assuring religious freedom in intimidated as they enter into our country.” their religious institution to “We at the Holocaust Memopractice their faith.” rial and Tolerance Center The bill, co-led by Rep. Max understand religious persecuMiller, a Republican from Ohio, tion,” Alan Mindel, the center’s would make it a federal crime chairman, said, “and so we are to intentionally intimidate, so proud to stand with Conobstruct or harass individuals gressman Suozzi in protecting within 100 feet of a place of Continued on page 11
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Courtesy YOLO Strong Foundation
two high school students helped raise money for the YoLo Strong Foundation, founded by dannie taylor, above, which supports sick children like Ruthie Reid and their families.
Students lead volunteer effort for YOLO Strong Foundation By WIll SHEElINE wsheeline@liherald.com
Two high school students are devoting their spare time and energy to supporting families in need through their work with the YOLO Strong Foundation. Grace Simodulski, of Oyster Bay, and Natalia Figoni, of Locust Valley, both 17, have taken leading roles in organizing and supporting fundraising efforts for the nonprofit, based in Oyster Bay, which helps families with medically fragile and terminally ill children. Their involvement began through personal connections but quickly grew into a deeper commitment to community service.
Simodulski said that she and a friend “wanted to start something, and we wanted to be more involved in our community. So I texted Dannie,” she added, referring to Dannie Taylor, YOLO Strong’s founder and board chair, “because she’s a friend of my mom’s, and I know she’s always working on wonderful projects.” Simodulski, a senior at Oyster Bay High School, said she and her friend helped spread the word about one of the foundation’s endurance races, helping to persuade their peers to take part. “It got really big and very popular, so it was just such an amazing thing, like, that Dannie made,” Simodulski said. “It’s all Continued on page 6
here’s too much hate in our country right now faith.