In the wake of the unimaginable tragedy at Sandy Hook School Friday people from all over the world — in Connecticut, California, Canada and much farther away in Australia and India — sent an outpouring of support and want to know how they can help.
If you want to be notified via e-mail of ways to provide comfort and support during this difficult time, please post in the comments section: "I want to help."
Patch will continue to update this article with ways to help — posting updates to the story as well as in the comments thread, triggering an email notification to commenters — and if you know of an organization or fundraiser providing assistance, let us know in the comments section, too.
Already the United Way of Western Connecticut, in partnership with Newtown Savings Bank, created the Sandy Hook School Support Fund to help provide support services to the families and community that are affected.
Check donations may be mailed to:
Sandy Hook School Support Fund
c/o Newtown Savings Bank
39 Main Street, Newtown CT 06470
If you have questions on the fund, you may call 800-461-0672.
Updated information
A former Sandy Hook Elementary School student named Ryan Kraft, also a longtime neighbor of the Lanza family, posted a Local Voices blog on Newtown Patch saying he set up a fund to help heal his community.
The link to the fund site is here — http://www.crowdrise.com/SHSRelief — and according to Kraft, all monies are directed toward the school's PTSA organization.
The funds are directed to the school's PTSA organization. Please help in any way you can.
Here is the link to the fund site:
http://www.crowdrise.com/SHSRelief
The funds are directed to the school's PTSA organization. Please help in any way you can.
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A former Sandy Hook Elementary School student named Ryan Kraft, also a longtime neighbor of the Lanza family, posted a Local Voices blog on Newtown Patch saying he set up a fund to help heal his community.
The link to the fund site is here — http://www.crowdrise.com/SHSRelief — and according to Kraft, all monies are directed toward the school's PTSA organization.
The funds are directed to the school's PTSA organization. Please help in any way you can.
Here is the link to the fund site:
http://www.crowdrise.com/SHSRelief
The funds are directed to the school's PTSA organization. Please help in any way you can.
Helpful Links
- Victims Relief Fund set up by former SHS student and Lanza family neighbor
- United Way's Sandy Hook Support Fund Announcement
- Checks may also be dropped off at any Newtown Savings Bank branch location.
- How to Donate With a Credit Card
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More links to Newtown Patch’s coverage here:
- Reaction: Sandy Hook School Shooting
- Police Raid Sandy Hook Home Hours After Shooting
- [PHOTOS] Newtown School Shooting
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I want to help.
May I suggest that we all try and donate a little something to help them build a new school in memory of the victims. They are now talking about busing the kids to a neighboring town for school. With everyones help I am sure we can make this happen. I am sure that you can send donations to the Newtown Police Department, at this time thats where they are asking people to send cards and letters. Please make sure to let them know its a donation to a new school in memory of the victims. Together we can help. Even if its only a dollar. PLEASE RE-POST!
Sandy Hook-Quilts2Heal c/o Farmington Savings Bank 427 West Avon Rd. Avon, CT 06001 All extra proceeds will go to the Sandy Hook PTA. Even simply posting a link to our page on yours would be greatly appreciated, and may help us out a lot. We are sincerely hope that we can make even a small difference in the lives of the families. If you need more information, feel free to email me at ekleis15@g.holycross.edu
Thank you so much for your kinds words for the Newtown community and your desire to help. This story has been updated with more details of how you can help and where you can contribute. Best, Megan