How To Help

Yesterday at church as I looked into the eyes of my cute little primary class of 8  6-year-olds, I couldn't help becoming emotional thinking about the 20 6/7 year olds that won't be going home ever again.  One of the little girls in my class in our opening prayer ended her prayer with "please bless that no more bad guys will get into our schools"  it made me want to cry about the world they are faced with. 

Losing Janessa and Hope was completely different to the horrible way these parents loss their children and I can't even imagine having to deal with that, but, I do know what it is like to bury a child, I know what it is like to have empty arms and cry yourself to sleep not knowing how you can face another day, I do know what it is like to spend birthdays and holidays at the cemetery and it makes my heart break that 20 other parents have to face that as their "new normal" life. 

I wanted to list a few ways that I have found if you want to help some of these parents:

Financially, probably a lot of them don't have life insurance for their children because you expect your child to outlive you not the other way around, so burial costs are quite the shock when you are faced with them.  Here are a few places to donate financially:

United Way of Western Connecticut--general fundraiser for all the victims

Emilie Parker Fund -- this little girl's family is originally from Utah and they are going to bury her back here so they need money to transport her body from Connecticut and help with funeral costs.

Some other things to do:

Pray for them, light candles in remembrance of them.

Send letters of support to the School

Sandy Hook Elementary School
12 Dickenson Drive
Sandy Hook, CT 06482

Support Others who are doing Acts of Service for them

Eden's Wings--this blm mommy is going to send angel wing bracelets to every family of the victims