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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Thank You for Your Generous Donations!
WOW - Thank you to everyone who made such generous donations and spread the word about the Stuffed Puppy Fund for the students at Sandy Hook Elementary. To date, we raised $4,969.00, which covers the cost of the puppies and a little more. The remainder of the donations not used to pay for the puppies will be sent to the school to help meet any additional needs of the students and families that may arise with the transfer to a new location. The letters had been shipped last week, and the puppies were shipped today to arrive via FedEx prior to the students' return to school. Again, thank you so much for helping make this happen for the students, as we could not have done it without you.
Additional thanks go to PayPal, who kindly waived all of their fees that would have normally come out of our donation money...and to the Ty corporation for expediting the shipping and upgrading to FedEx shipping at no extra cost to us to ensure delivery on time.
Have a wonderful and safe new year, everyone!
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Stuffed Puppies for Sandy Hook Students
Please use the link below to donate to our Sandy Hook Stuffed Puppy Fund to help us provide each student with a plush stuffed puppy and accompanying letter to comfort them when they return to school in the aftermath of this tragedy. Each puppy costs approximately $10, depending on whether or not the vendor provides any sort of discount. Any additional money raised will be sent to the school system and used to provide additional counseling services to the students or to address other needs related to the tragedy.
(PayPal donation button has been removed to close donation period.)
Stuffed puppy, "Nuzzle," from http://world.ty.com/:
Student Letter Accompanying Puppy: