Local Students Gather letter of Support for the Victims of the Sandy Hook Tragedy
April 30 ,2013
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Kenny Song, 17, of Ridgewood and Justin Kim, 18, of Closter created a website ( https://www.letterstosandyhook.com/ ) in which people could share messages of grief, support and hope for the families and friends of the victims, of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. (https://www.northjersey.com/news/205346301_Students__book_comforts_Newtown_families_.html )
In the article “Students’ book comforts Newtown families” Tantiana Schlossberg of the Bergen record details the driving forces behind the students looking to share grief and comfort those who suffered .
Shortly after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, two Bergen County Academies students created a worldwide forum for grief. Now they’re turning it into a book.
Kenny Song, 17, of Ridgewood and Justin Kim, 18, of Closter created a website in which people could share messages of grief, support and hope for the families and friends of the victims, as well as for one another.
The website, letterstosandyhook.com, collected 318 letters over the course of a month, including submissions from all over the world. The goal of the project was to create a book to send to the families of the victims, and now Song says he and Kim will do just that. ( https://www.northjersey.com/news/205346301_Students__book_comforts_Newtown_families_.html )
According to the website ; the website is the bridge between the families of the victims and the people who want to reach out. With all the heartfelt but scattered posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr, we wanted to create an easy way for anyone to write a letter, and to collect it all in one place. It gives people an effective way to comfort the heartbroken, and it acts as a way for people to become aware of how much others care.
The tragedy that recently took place in Sandy Hook Elementary School is truly unforgettable, and many people have been emotionally hurt by it. Families and many others are heartbroken, and Newtown is in turmoil. Giving the families of victims a comforting word or two can go a long way in helping them, and we want to make an easy way to reach out to them.
https://www.letterstosandyhook.com/