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Newtown overwhelmed by gifts, asks for temporary halt of donations
An outpouring of support and gifts for Newtown, Connecticut, in the wake of a mass shooting has forced the town to ask for a temporary halt in donations.
"Our hearts are warmed by the outpouring of love and support from all corners of our country and world,"Â Newtown First Selectman Patricia Llodra said. "We are struggling now to manage the overwhelming volume of gifts and ask that sympathy and kindness to our community be expressed by donating such items to needy children and families in other communities in the name of those killed in Sandy Hook Elementary on December 14.
"Thank you for understanding our message of appreciation and our need to now defer gifts to others in need."
The town has received worldwide support after Adam Lanza opened fire on Sandy Hook Elementary school, killing 20 children, six school employees and his own mother before taking his life.
People can still donate through the Sandy Hook Donations Fund, maintained through United Way of Western Connecticut.
A message from beyond: Peace in Newtown
Glimpses of normalcy amid reminders of horrorÂ
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...and this applies to the NRA also. I know they are trying to mean well, but stop sending guns to newtown. More guns make it a more dangerous town, not safer as they would think.
Halt donations? You dumb northern liberals...simply give the donations to Goodwill or another organization to redistribution to other communities.
Why donate these to Goodwill and Salvation Army. All they will do is jack up the prices higher than retail and sell them to the community. They don't give away anything!
Typical media...mention the killers name, AGAIN! Why dont you mention the victims names and stop mentioning this dirt bags name.
Because they're cowards who hide behind the screen
I also think that giving products instead of psychological help is a typical American response, and sadly, a mere bandaid for a gaping wound. Isn't that why these things keep happening? I hope that Obamacare will improve your medical system. In Canada, we have so few of these crazy murders, but then again, we're not gun crazy, and we give our people medical and psychological help.
Including the ones who come to the U.S. for medical treatment.
It appears, by some of these comments, anything can be made into something negative such as putting people on a guilt trip for something where they meant well. The horrific shooting at Sandy Hook was so jaw-dropping that some people just felt so awful about it that they felt they just had to do something. These things sent to Newton can be passed on to others who will be very appreciative of them. Now chill!
Was there some reason to put the deranged gunman's name in this article? Keep his name off these pages, please.
Newtown is an extremely wealthy community. Why on Earth would anyone think to send them gifts, of all things, in the wake of this incident? They don't need gifts.
I feel so alive and crying at the same time ? GOD BLESS the GOOD People ! Thank's for letting the Whole World Heal.:)
In other words, "We still want the cash, just quit sending all these useless stuffed animals and knick knacks ".
It's make better sense to send money over toys since the money can better be spent on what is actually needed. Before you go on for the millionth time about how rich this town is...I think you are all forgetting that hundreds of Sandy Hook students and staff are going to need therapy and counseling services to help them cope with what they witnessed, as well as grief counseling for the 26 families who lost loved ones. Therapy is pretty expensive even if say 100-200 or even more of the students are going to need treatment. Even if you're in a high income family, therapy bills for one patient can be quite a burden. I just hope the money is spent on some good professionals for those kids for their sake.
They can apply for victim compensation from their state. The state will pay for what the client is responsible for paying. =)
send them some guns so if it happensever again next timethey could protect themselves better.
I was reading many of the comments in here. Wow to all!
Maybe they are overwhelmed with being the middle man with all this stuff. It looks like there are literally tons of items that need to be REdistributed. That takes time & money,neither of which I would want to give up if my family just suffered this or any type of tragedy.Send prayers and money to Sandy Hook, defer all else to local charities.
Families who accept donations do not do it to go on holiday or to shop,they simply will loose their will to go on for long time.how can they provide for their family if they are so traumatised ,people help any way you can because as long as our kids are in harms way of GUNSSSSSSSS,families need help.