Wednesday, December 26, 2012
United Methodist Church has collected 85 teddy bears for Sandy Hook Elementary families, but due to the recent surge in donations, Connecticut officials are asking that the bears be donated locally in the Milwaukee area instead.
- VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
- Jeff Rumage
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
When news broke earlier this month about an elementary school shooting, the entire nation turned its focus to the small town of Newtown, Connecticut. Although it would have been easy to feel helpless about a tragic act against innocent children in a safe setting, some people, like Sharon Garrett, felt compelled to reach out and help. A collector of Teddy bears, Garrett called on her fellow parishioners at United Methodist Church to donate the stuffed bears to Newtown families impacted by the shooting. "I was so touched by what the families were going through, and I really wanted to find a way to reach out to share God's love," Garrett said. "I wanted it to be a very concrete, personable relationship with the children and families, to let …
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Writers in the Patch "Local Voices" section share strong opinions about the tragic shooting in Newtown, CT. Read, consider and comment.
Opinion writers who use the Patch “Local Voices” feature in the Milwaukee area reacted immediately and strongly to the tragic Newton, CT shooting on Friday. Read what your neighbors are writing, see how they’re reacting and join the discussion on Patch: Whitefish Bay Patch also spoke with Whitefish Bay School District Administrator Mary Gavigan about the district’s emergency preparedness.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Friday's elementary school shooting in Newtown, CT brings to the forefront the need for crisis readiness in schools. Whitefish Bay elementary principals worked to ensure students did not hear what happened that day.
Elementary principals in Whitefish Bay chose not to tell students about Friday’s tragic school shooting in Newtown, CT, and worked to ensure no students would hear about it accidentally. In a letter sent parents Friday afternoon, Richards Elementary Principal Mark Tenorio and Cumberland Elementary Principal Jayne Heffron wrote that they felt "it is a family decision whether to tell children news of this sort. "Additionally, we knew that students would be scared and uncertain and it is most reassuring for children to be with parents or guardians when they learn of difficult information,”"they wrote. Twenty-seven people died, including 20 children, after a shooter opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School Friday morning. Mary Gavigan, …
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12:14 am on Saturday, December 15, 2012
I want to know how the public schools failed these people in Connecticut. The Progressives always blame the gun. I want to know how this killer could go through 12 years of government provided education and no one noticed he was off his rocker. I think the system failed the public and all those murdered children by allowing someone such as this to live in the general public. It seems family … more ›