IF YOU WANT TO HELP:
The Town of Newtown is taking contributions to both its Sandy Hook Special Revenue Fund (donations specified for the benefit of the town to be used for a public purpose, such as schools, police, parks, playgrounds and memorials) and the Sandy Hook Private Purpose Trust Fund, which will benefit individuals or private organizations, including scholarships.
Newtown Social Services is starting a fund for the first responders at Sandy Hook. Checks should be made out to the Town of Newtown ? be sure to write "First Responders" in the memo line ? and can be mailed or dropped off at the office at 3 Main St., Newtown, CT 06470. Newtown Social Services also is collecting gift cards for restaurants and food that will be distributed to victims' families in January. Call 203-270-4330.
Newtown Social Services also is seeking other establishments to which to donate some of the thousands of teddy bears and other stuffed animals that have poured into town. Some will be brought to the Connecticut Children's Medical Center. Call 203-512-8866. An event also is planned Saturday at Edmond Town Hall to distribute some of the extra stuffed animals to all the children of Newtown. Volunteers were being sought to help sort out the items Saturday morning. Call 203-270-4330.
Volunteers also are needed Saturday morning at about 10 a.m. to help plant thousands of spring bulbs at Treadwell Park on Philo Curtis Road in Sandy Hook, in honor of those who lost their lives. Call 203-270-4330. Also, the town's Parks and Recreation Department is taking contributions to the Park Gift Fund in honor and memory of Sandy Hook victims. Go to http://www.newtown-ct.gov and click on Parks & Recreation to give online.
The Sandy Hook School Support Fund: United Way of Western Connecticut and Newtown Savings Bank have joined to establish this fund. Mail donations to Sandy Hook School Support Fund, c/o Newtown Savings Bank, 39 Main St., Newtown, CT 06470; drop off at any Newtown Savings Bank branch location; or contribute online at https://newtown.uwwesternct.org/ or at http://www.uwwesternct.org. For details, call United Way of Western Connecticut at 203-792-5330.
The Newtown Youth Academy's Sports and Fitness Center has been hosting Newtown kids to let them have fun out of the public eye. Donations of snacks are requested.
The Hartford Police Department Credit Union has set up a bank account for donations to the victims of the Newtown shooting. Donations may be sent to: Newtown Victim Relief Fund, c/o the Hartford Police Department Federal Credit Union, 50 Jennings Road, Hartford, CT 06120.
The Connecticut chapter of the American Red Cross asks people who want to make a donation to help the affected families to contribute to the Sandy Hook School Support Fund, https://newtown.uwwesternct.org.
The 211 InfoLine has been taking calls from people who want to donate goods or volunteer services ? from grief counseling and catering to therapy dogs and floral arrangements for funerals. Call 211 or 1-800-203-1234 or go to 211ct.org.
HONORING THE VICTIMS
Eastern Connecticut State University has established the Victoria Leigh Soto Memorial Endowment Scholarship Fund to support students studying to teachers and who have unmet financial need. Checks should be made payable to the ECSU Foundation Inc. and mailed to Victoria Soto Memorial Endowed Scholarship, Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham St., Willimantic, CT 06226, Attn. Kenneth J. DeLisa. Or donate online at http://www.easternct.edu/advancement/victoria_soto.html.
The University of Connecticut has established a memorial scholarship fund honoring the victims of the Newtown school killings. The Sandy Hook School Memorial Scholarship Fund will provide financial aid at UConn for any students who currently attend the elementary school, as well as siblings of those killed in the assault and dependents of the teachers and other adults who also lost their lives. All money will be spent on scholarships; none on administrative costs. If funds remain once the needs have been met, the fund will be used to benefit any future student from Newtown who attends UConn. To donate, go to http://www.friends.uconn.edu/sandyhook.
Danbury High School has established a scholarship in memory of alumna Lauren Rousseau, one of the teachers who died at Sandy Hook. Send donations to the Lauren Rousseau Memorial Scholarship, Danbury High School, 43 Clapboard Road, Danbury, CT 06811.
Donations to the Victoria L. Soto Memorial Fund for Education may be made c/o Adzima Funeral Home, 50 Paradise Green Place, Stratford, CT 06614.
Donations in honor of special education intern Rachel D'Avino may be made to Autism Speaks, 1 East 33rd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016.
Contributions in memory of school psychologist Mary Sherlack may be made to Fairfield County Community Foundation's Fund for Health and Wellness, 385 Main Ave., Norwalk, CT 06851, to continue her work with children and mental health
Donations to the Dylan Hockley Memorial Fund may be sent to 34 Charter Ridge Road, Sandy Hook, CT 06482.
Funds in honor of Ana Grace Marquez-Greene have been established at the Outpatient Clinic/Family Therapy Institute, Klingberg Family Centers, 370 Linwood St., New Britain, CT 06052; The Artist's Collective, 1200 Albany Ave., Hartford, CT 06112; and the Ana Grace Marquez-Greene Scholarship Fund, c/o Western Connecticut State University, Office of Institutional Advancement, 181 White St., Danbury, CT 06810 or http://www.wcsu.edu/ia/greene-scholarship.asp. Friends also have established the Ana Grace Fund at http://www.AnaGraceFund.com for the Marquez-Greene family.
Donations in memory of Catherine V. Hubbard may be sent to Newtown Animal Center, P.O. Box 475, Newtown, CT 06470.
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