funds for town and families related to Sandy Hook 3 ... - Newtown, CT

DonorsChoose.org/Newtown
Contributions received through DonorsChoose.org, Newtown teachers the ability to design and fund classroom in specific projects and to
buy needed materials…while the road to recovery will belong, we know that children, educators and the community of Newtown will mover
forward…The money raised by DonorsChoose.org will be divided equally among teachers in Newtown.
Contacts:
Charles Best 212-239-3615 x201
Kelly Donnelly 860-713-6525
Marcus Mrowka 202-531-0689
Janet Robinson 203-270-6130
Glen R. Atkinson Memorial Scholarship Fund, Inc. – Non-Profit 501(3)(c)
-Scholarship Fund for Sandy Hook
Contact: Paul Babbage
203-240-0933
www.pbabbage@gmail.com
-Memorial Fund for the Memory of Ann Marie Murphy
Michael Grillo
203-994-0290
mgrillo@cidra.com
-Strides for Sandy Hook Memorial Run
Contact: Maxc Beitel
mtbeitel@gmail.com
203-733-9689
Funds to be applied towards a Memorial, a playground or scholarship fund
Hartford Police Department Federal Credit Union – Newtown Victims Relief Fund
50 Jennings Road
Hartford, CT 06120
ceo@ghpfcu.org
860-522-0899
CT Credit Union Charitable Foundation
Healing Newtown Arts Support Fund - Newtown Cultural Arts Commission
c/o Cultural Alliance of Western CT
39 West Street
Danbury, CT 06810
www.healingnewtown.org
Contact: Lisa Scails Executive Director Cultural Alliance of Western CT
203-300-2607 Jennifer Johnston
Kevin’s Community Center Free Clinic
www.Kevin’s CommunityCenter.org
Z. Michael Taweh, MD, FACP, CMD
Office: 203-730-2900
Cell: 203-994-7248
e-mail: zmtaweh@aol.com
Mission: Kevin’s Community Center (KCC), the well -established free community health clinic serving the Newtown Health District, has
embarked on a relationship with the Psychiatric Division of Massachusetts General University Hospital to set up a workshop series to train
the volunteer professional medical staff of Kevin’s Community Center in the areas of Cognitive Behavioral Training (CBT) for acute stress,
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and grief counseling. There will be a team of four instructors conducting the long day course, with back up
online assistance and follow up help via multiple means to help ensure proper and full training.
This is a unique opportunity for Kevin’s Community Center to have a nationally recognized program agree to sponsor a program tailored to
our current and future needs. This is a first step to afford KCC the opportunity to build capacity to respond to the dire counseling and
support needs of our community not only in the wake of the 12/14 tragedy that occurred in our community at the Sandy Hook Elementary
School, but also for the long aftermath of need that has become apparent as the residents of Newtown struggle to recover from this tragedy.
The strength of Newtown in this crisis has been its unification as a community to help one another toward the path to recovery. The positive
prognosis for our Town rests in our ability to provide these long-range support services from within the Town, with minimal reliance on
service providers who are not members of this close-knit small town community.
Massachusetts General has secured a grant from one of its major donors to cover most of the costs to initiate this program at KCC in
Newtown. Additional funds will be needed to supplement this donation for the initial implementation and to ensure the ongoing training
and continued capacity building so that our community can be well-prepared to address its needs on a long-term basis. KCC, because of its
long standing reputation of providing free high quality health care to the uninsured and underinsured in Newtown, is well poised to be the
“go to” place in Newtown for residents seeking counseling and support services to address their grief and stress associated with the trauma
that they have experienced.