Support Newtown and Sandy Hook

I am so overwhelmed with the amount of bloggers I have found support Newtown and Sandy Hook in their time of need. I love seeing how people from all across the world are willing to take the time to do a good deed especially around the busy holiday season. I have said from the moment my family and I started brainstorming on ways to help ... "This is the right thing to do!" No one should question that or have a problem contributing even if it's just a penny! A handful of spare change can add up fast!

Here's a list of ways you can help and show your support for Newtown and Sandy Hook!

There's a great group of bloggers that have set up the event Cookies & Crafts for Sandy Hook. If you are interested in participating in this blog event or would like to learn about Etsy shop that are donating part of their sales to go to the communities, please visit Crazy for Crust's Blog!

If you are looking for a fun winter craft to do with your kids over Christmas Break, please consider making snowflakes and sending them to support Sandy Hook's Winter Wonderland! The students from Sandy Hook Elementary will be attending a new school soon, and these snowflakes will cover the walls in their new school! It's such a great way to show your support! If you'd like more information about this project, jump on over to All for the Bolys Blog!

The United Way of Western Connecticut has also set up a fund that you can donate to to help out the families and communities effected by the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings. If you can give to this wonderful fun, please consider doing so. For more information and to get all the details on how to donate, please visit the Sandy Hook School Support Fund.

The Connecticut Yankee Council BSA has set up a fund to support the families of the two Cub Scouts killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Pack 170 was deeply effected by the lose of two of their Scouts, siblings of other Scouts, and children of Den Leaders within their pack. I personally emailed their council about this, and a representative from their council is going to hand delivery all cards and things sent for the families to Pack 170. If you would like to send donations or just a card to let the families know they are in your prayers, please visit the Connecticut Yankee Council's Volunteer Page.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day and God Bless everyone who has and continues to support the Newtown and Sandy Hook communities! They all need our thoughts and prayers if nothing else!

Talk to everyone soon!

Prayers for Sandy Hook

Good Morning to my fellow followers. I hope everyone has made the most of the week/weekend that is now behind us. As you have probably noticed, I have not made a blog entry since Thursday. Friday, December 14, 2012, was both a happy and a sad day for myself and my family. I stayed pretty busy planning for my son's birthday party and babysitting my favorite little man Jo-Jo. It wasn't until later in the afternoon that I heard about the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary.

It's still incredibly hard for me to wrap my mind around what has happened. Here I am, celebrating the fact that my son is 10 and there's 20 kids that won't get another present. 20 kids that won't have Christmas this year. 20 kids that will never see 10 years old. 20 kids that left this Earth as angels way too soon.

Among these 20 kids and the 6 adults that were killed in Sandy Hook, 2 of the 1st graders were fellow Cub Scouts and parents of others were leaders in Pack 170 in Connecticut. This really hits home for me being the Cubmaster of our pack. We are going to find a way to address this during our meeting on Tuesday and let our Scouts know that we need to come together and be there for these families even though we are hundreds of miles away from CT.

I hope that if you are a reader of my blog and have children of your own, you will take the time to sit down with them and talk about what has happened. This is effecting people all across the US and the world. Make sure your children feel safe. If they don't, find a way to make sure that they do!

We are never promised tomorrow. Take time for your children. Don't just push them away and not spend time with them. There are so many children that never get to spend time with mommy and daddy because they are always "too busy" or "can't play" or simply just don't care. And we wonder why our world is in the shape it is. We all take life for granted, (sadly). Let's take this time and change things if we need to and make those little moments count.

From my heart to yours,

And for all those in Newtown/Sandy Hook

May God Bless Us All!

R.I.P. to all the Angels called Home way too soon!