To the Blog World and Anyone Else who Wants to Help,
Yesterday, tragedy struck so many of us in ways we did not foresee. An elementary school and small town in Connecticut was shattered by a mass shooting. We knew we wanted to help and we came up with this:
On Tuesday, December 18th, there will be a blogger day of silence. We will post the button and that’s it. Please try to not post anything else that day if possible.
We are also raising money that will go to an organization in the memory of this tragedy. The organization is called The Newtown Family Youth and Family Services.
Here is the official description of the support service we are donating to:
“Newtown Youth and Family Services, Inc. is a licensed, non-profit, mental health clinic
and youth services bureau dedicated to helping children and families achieve their
highest potential. NYFS provides programs, services, activities, counseling, support
groups and education throughout the Greater Newtown area.
ANY DONATIONS MADE TO NEWTOWN YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES WILL BE DONATED DIRECTLY TO THOSE EFFECTED BY THE SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING.”
Please visit THIS PAGE to make your donation.
We can’t imagine how they must be feeling, especially this close to the holidays. We would love for you to spread the word on your own blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Let’s make a difference and use blogging in a positive way.
Thank you in advance for participating.
Love,
The Blog World
Special Thanks to Michelle and Meg for helping with this. We three worked together to come up with this post and so many wonderful people reached out wanting to help so I thank every one of you that sent me email addresses and asked what you could do. Bloggers can change the world.
Thank you ladies so much for doing this. I will definitely be sharing this on my blog as well. What a great way to use our blogging platform as a way to help others in this tragedy.
I love that you ladies came up with this. I will be participating and plan to spread the word. Stacie xo
Sharing this on my blog. Thank you for doing this.
I did this yesterday, I shut everything off and did not post but one thing saying I was shutting stuff off and taking the day for those people in Connecticut and I did it.
I can’t figure out how to share this on my blog, how do i do that?
I scheduled mine to post on Tuesday!
I love you, sweet girl. <3
Will do this. Great idea. Thanks.
I already scheduled my post! Thank you, Neely, for giving bloggers a way to feel useful and helpful in this tragedy.
Just in case anyone wants more options for donations, a local newspaper here compiled a list of non-profits/organizations that are accepting donations and such.
Here is the link:
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2012/12/15/news/doc50ccad0f987e7873533209.txt
the only thing i can say is that there really are no words. this is perfect because there really are no words. thank you!
I will be posting this on my blog! 🙂
This is such a respectful thing to pay tribute, and such a small gesture. I will also be sharing this on my blog,and social networks. Thank you ladies for organizing this.
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