SIGN the Sandy Hook Global Sympathy Card

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To: The community of Newtown; the survivors of the Sandy Hook shooting, and the families of the victims

Our Sincere Condolences.

We wish to express our deepest sympathies to all of the families of those lost, to the survivors and their families, and to the others impacted by the senseless and unthinkable tragedy that unfolded at Sandy Hook Elementary School. We cannot begin to comprehend the...

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Our Sincere Condolences.

We wish to express our deepest sympathies to all of the families of those lost, to the survivors and their families, and to the others impacted by the senseless and unthinkable tragedy that unfolded at Sandy Hook Elementary School. We cannot begin to comprehend the depth of your sadness and grief. Please know that we care deeply for you and we join with you in sharing your sorrow and pain. We only hope that you receive some measure of comfort in the knowledge that we, and an entire nation, stand with you during this extraordinarily difficult time.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

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2,591,506 people signed the petition

Please take a moment to express your sympathy, condolences, and support for the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, for the survivors and their families, and for the community of Newtown, Connecticut.

Location: Newtown, CT

1. Update #16

   Posted by David Paine (Campaign Leader) on May 1

   Friends, 

   I wanted to address some of the comments on this page. First, this is not about taking away anyone's Second Amendment right to bear arms. I fully support the Second Amendment. I also want to assure everyone that if you signed the Sympathy Card, your name is not being used for any other petition. Here's background on what's happened to this Cause since the shooting: After we delivered the Sympathy Card to the Sandy Hook families in December, 2012, we wanted to find a way...

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   Friends, 

   I wanted to address some of the comments on this page. First, this is not about taking away anyone's Second Amendment right to bear arms. I fully support the Second Amendment. I also want to assure everyone that if you signed the Sympathy Card, your name is not being used for any other petition. Here's background on what's happened to this Cause since the shooting: After we delivered the Sympathy Card to the Sandy Hook families in December, 2012, we wanted to find a way to continue to help and support them. We spent more than a month working closely with leaders in Newtown -- many of them gun owners. About two months after the shooting, we decided it was important to keep this Cause active and honor their request that we support common sense solutions to gun violence in America. So moving forward we plan to continue to talk about, and advocate for, the need for responsible reform in many areas of the law, mental health, school safety, and yes, gun ownership. That's where we are headed. Again, I strongly support the Second Amendment, but I share the views espoused by Sandy Hook Promise and many gun owners that reform is needed in some areas. I do not believe that any type of legislation that involves guns is automatically bad. For instance, I joined with the majority of gun owners who support expanded criminal background checks as drafted in the U.S. Senate legislation. I also support limitations in high capacity magazines. Now many of you may agree, and many may not. That's freedom of speech. The First Amendment. But again, I want to assure everyone that if they signed the Sympathy Card, their name is not being used for any other purpose, and never will be! Second, if you do not want to remain as a member of this Cause moving forward, which I can understand if you have different beliefs, then you can easily remove yourself from the list by clicking "Leave this campaign" at the top of the main campaign page. Details here: http://support.causes.com/entries/20341536-How-do-I-leave-a-campaign-and-remove-it-from-my-profile. I do hope you'll stay, because open dialogue depends on differing points of view. But if you decide to leave, I wish you all the very best! 

   David
   

2. Update #15

   Posted by David Paine (Campaign Leader) on Apr 11

   Your voices are being heard!  This morning (4/11/13) the U.S. Senate voted 68-31, including 16 Republicans, to approve the start of debate on a key measure that would require criminal background checks for most gun sales, except those between private parties and neighbors. This is a key initial victory for those who support common sense solutions to reduce gun violence. This measure was supported by many conservative, gun-owning Senators on both sides of the aisle. Visit: http://causes.com/f...

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   Your voices are being heard!  This morning (4/11/13) the U.S. Senate voted 68-31, including 16 Republicans, to approve the start of debate on a key measure that would require criminal background checks for most gun sales, except those between private parties and neighbors. This is a key initial victory for those who support common sense solutions to reduce gun violence. This measure was supported by many conservative, gun-owning Senators on both sides of the aisle. Visit: http://causes.com/familiesforgunsafety to sign our petition supporting common sense legislation of this nature, to read today's new story, and for a live feed to the Senate debate, expected to begin later today.  
   

3. Update #14

   Posted by David Paine (Campaign Leader) on Apr 10

   If you support common sense legislation that would require criminal background checks for gun sales, and limit high capacity magazines like those used by Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook Elementary School, please review and sign our new petition supporting this legislation at: Families For Gun Safety. The U.S. Senate is scheduled to take action on this legislation tomorrow (Thursday, 4/11/13). 

4. Update #13

   Posted by David Paine (Campaign Leader) on Apr 9

   Dear Friends of Sandy Hook, 

   Thanks again for signing the Global Sympathy Card, which recently surpassed more than 2.5 million signatures from concerned people in more than 140 nations. 

   Now's the time to join the fight for common sense legislation to help prevent another Sandy Hook tragedy! Click below to read the letter signed by relatives of the victims, urging the U.S. Senate to support meaningful legislation that would, among other things, limit high capacity magazine clips and require...

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   Dear Friends of Sandy Hook, 

   Thanks again for signing the Global Sympathy Card, which recently surpassed more than 2.5 million signatures from concerned people in more than 140 nations. 

   Now's the time to join the fight for common sense legislation to help prevent another Sandy Hook tragedy! Click below to read the letter signed by relatives of the victims, urging the U.S. Senate to support meaningful legislation that would, among other things, limit high capacity magazine clips and require criminal backgrounds checks on gun sales.  

   Please take action to support these common sense solutions right now by signing the online Sandy Hook Promise, at http://www.sandyhookpromise.org. Also call or email your U.S. Senators right now, and urge them to support common sense legislation that helps protect all families from the risk of gun violence. 

   READ THE LETTER FROM THE SANDY HOOK FAMILIES:

   Letter to U.S. Senate: http://bit.ly/XYIHRc
   

   Sandy Hook Promise is the nonprofit created with the support of friends and relatives of the victims of the Newtown Shooting.
   

   
   

   
   

5. Update #12

   Posted by David Paine (Campaign Leader) on Feb 14

   Today, Valentines Day, marks the two-month anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting.  Please join me and many others in sending a "virtual valentine" to the families of those lost and injured, and the community of Newtown.  Here's where to go -- it's a wonderful thing!

   http://www.causes.com/actions/1732042-send-a-valentine-today-to-the-families-of-sandy-hook?ctm=home

   

   David

6. Update #11

   Posted by David Paine (Campaign Leader) on Jan 17

   UPDATE: In just three days, the Sandy Hook Promise (the community's follow-up to the National Sympathy Card) has already passed 50,000 signatures in Causes. But we need you to add your voice! Help us keep the national momentum alive for real change that reduces long-term gun violence in America. Join this movement today by Making the Promise now at: http://causes.com/sandyhookpromise.

   PS: Here's a link to a great story today by Lisa Belkin on the key role that all parents must play in...

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   UPDATE: In just three days, the Sandy Hook Promise (the community's follow-up to the National Sympathy Card) has already passed 50,000 signatures in Causes. But we need you to add your voice! Help us keep the national momentum alive for real change that reduces long-term gun violence in America. Join this movement today by Making the Promise now at: http://causes.com/sandyhookpromise.

   PS: Here's a link to a great story today by Lisa Belkin on the key role that all parents must play in this vital national discussion: http://huff.to/USQdHh.

7. Update #10

   Posted by David Paine (Campaign Leader) on Jan 15

   In just 24 hours, more than 30,000 people have already signed the Sandy Hook Promise on Causes, and over 60,000 including at the sandyhookpromise.org website. Here's a link the lead story about the launch of Sandy Hook Promise in the New York Times this morning: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/nyregion/newtown-school-massacre-families-organize-on-gun-violence.html

   If you haven't already done so, please consider signing the Promise yourself to help support a constructive national dialogue...

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   In just 24 hours, more than 30,000 people have already signed the Sandy Hook Promise on Causes, and over 60,000 including at the sandyhookpromise.org website. Here's a link the lead story about the launch of Sandy Hook Promise in the New York Times this morning: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/nyregion/newtown-school-massacre-families-organize-on-gun-violence.html

   If you haven't already done so, please consider signing the Promise yourself to help support a constructive national dialogue on these urgent issues. We are already one-third of the way toward our initial goal of 100,000 signatures!

   Thanks,

   David

8. Update #9

   Posted by David Paine (Campaign Leader) on Dec 29, 2012

   Just a quick update. We are just 15,000 signatures away from reaching a remarkable 2.5 million people who have joined in signing the Sandy Hook Sympathy Card. Any help you can provide by forwarding it to more friends would be much appreciated. We plan to keep this card open and are now exploring donating the page to the Sandy Hook families so they can continue to make the card available on their own website, which should launch soon.

9. Update #8

   Posted by David Paine (Campaign Leader) on Dec 23, 2012

   The final three funerals for the 26 victims were held on Saturday. Laid to rest were Emilie Parker, 6; Josephine Gay, 7; and Ana Marquez-Greene, 6, marking the end of a very difficult week of services for the community. Please take a moment to send out one more request inviting your friends to sign the online sympathy card at http://causes.com/sandyhookcard.

   Friends and family were asked to wear the color purple at Josephine Gay's funeral --- the little girl's favorite color. She had just...

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   The final three funerals for the 26 victims were held on Saturday. Laid to rest were Emilie Parker, 6; Josephine Gay, 7; and Ana Marquez-Greene, 6, marking the end of a very difficult week of services for the community. Please take a moment to send out one more request inviting your friends to sign the online sympathy card at http://causes.com/sandyhookcard.

   Friends and family were asked to wear the color purple at Josephine Gay's funeral --- the little girl's favorite color. She had just turned 7-years-old this month. Her parents say she was autistic and though she could not speak, she touched the lives of so many around her-- with hugs and her sense of humor. Also buried were 6-year-old Ana Grace Marquez-Green. The little girl from a family of jazz musicians, loved to dance and sing. The family of beautiful Emilie Parker said its goodbyes as well, and thousands of pink ribbons were tied to fences, trees and signs in the 6-year-olds native town of Ogden, Utah.

   This will be my last update regarding the sympathy card. Thank you for all your support. I know that your personal expression of condolence has meant, and still means, a great deal to the community of Newtown.

   Best wishes,

   David

   (Info courtesey of Fox Network)

10. Update #7

    Posted by David Paine (Campaign Leader) on Dec 22, 2012

    Friends,

    Last night, at the candlelight vigil in Newtown, we formally presented the Global Sympathy Card, and the first 20,000 signatures to Newtown First Selectman Patricia Llodra and more than 2,000 members of the community who attended the ceremony honoring the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The town plans to display the card and some of the signatures at its municipal building. Here is a link to the story mentioning the card in USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/s...

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    Friends,

    Last night, at the candlelight vigil in Newtown, we formally presented the Global Sympathy Card, and the first 20,000 signatures to Newtown First Selectman Patricia Llodra and more than 2,000 members of the community who attended the ceremony honoring the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The town plans to display the card and some of the signatures at its municipal building. Here is a link to the story mentioning the card in USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/21/newtown-massacre-vigil-children-lanza/1786129/. Thank you again for all your support!!! It is making a real difference to the community. David

11. Update #6

    Posted by David Paine (Campaign Leader) on Dec 21, 2012

    Friends,

    Thanks to the tireless efforts over the past 12 hours by the Causes programming team, a remarkable custom landing page for the Sandy Hook Sympathy Card went live today, at http://causes.com/sandyhookcard. This beautiful page, donated by Causes, displays the names of EVERY person who has signed the card to date (and those who will sign it in the future.) The page also displays on a rotating basis some of the more than 170,000 comments that so many of you have posted on our page...

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    Friends,

    Thanks to the tireless efforts over the past 12 hours by the Causes programming team, a remarkable custom landing page for the Sandy Hook Sympathy Card went live today, at http://causes.com/sandyhookcard. This beautiful page, donated by Causes, displays the names of EVERY person who has signed the card to date (and those who will sign it in the future.) The page also displays on a rotating basis some of the more than 170,000 comments that so many of you have posted on our page since last Saturday. We just passed 2.3 million signers, from throughout the world, so we changed the name to Global Sympathy Card (used to be National). PS: Our thanks to the more than 100 organizations that have joined us as partners in promoting the Card. Our newest partner is Save The Children! Welcome.

    Keep sharing with friends!

12. Update #5

    Posted by David Paine (Campaign Leader) on Dec 20, 2012

    Friends,

    I am pleased to report that we have been invited to formally present the National Sympathy Card to First Selectman Patricia Llodra and the community of Newtown at the candle light vigil on Friday, December 21, at 7pm at Fairfield Hills in Newtown. The township also hopes to display some of the signatures at its Municipal Center, subject to space. Tomorrow we will have more information also on the beautiful new web landing page that Causes.com is custom creating to support the...

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    Friends,

    I am pleased to report that we have been invited to formally present the National Sympathy Card to First Selectman Patricia Llodra and the community of Newtown at the candle light vigil on Friday, December 21, at 7pm at Fairfield Hills in Newtown. The township also hopes to display some of the signatures at its Municipal Center, subject to space. Tomorrow we will have more information also on the beautiful new web landing page that Causes.com is custom creating to support the National Sympathy Card. I have seen an early version, and it is very moving. So stay tuned. Right now we are approaching 2.3 million signatures, spanning all 50 states, 140 countries, 31 languages represented and 5412 towns worldwide . If possible, let's all work together to achieve our current goal of 2,500,000 signatures. We'll get there if everyone shares the card with a few more friends.

    I wish you all the very best and will post another update on Friday morning.

    David

13. Update #4

    Posted by David Paine (Campaign Leader) on Dec 18, 2012

    Important Update: The Governor of Connecticut has called on the nation to observe this Friday, Dec. 21, as a National Day of Mourning in memory of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. He is urging all of us to participate in a voluntary moment of silence on Friday at 9:30 AM EST. Will you join me in also pledging to support this important request? To pledge to support the National Day of Mourning and the moment of silence this Friday visit:

    http://www.causes.com/action...

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    Important Update: The Governor of Connecticut has called on the nation to observe this Friday, Dec. 21, as a National Day of Mourning in memory of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. He is urging all of us to participate in a voluntary moment of silence on Friday at 9:30 AM EST. Will you join me in also pledging to support this important request? To pledge to support the National Day of Mourning and the moment of silence this Friday visit:

    http://www.causes.com/actions/1716813

    PS: Our National Sympathy Card is nearing two million signatures, the most ever in Causes. Your support has been amazing, inspiring and humbling!!!

14. Update #3

    Posted by David Paine (Campaign Leader) on Dec 17, 2012

    Friends... we just surpassed 1.5 million signatures on the Sandy Hook Elementary School National Sympathy Card, making this the single largest gathering of signatures ever within the Causes community. Remarkable! Please keep inviting your friends to sign as well -- we want to reach at least two million signatures. Tonight Mashable featured the National Sympathy Card story on its homepage. Here's a link to that great story: http://mashable.com/2012/12/17/sandy-hook-causes/.

    David

15. Update #2

    Posted by David Paine (Campaign Leader) on Dec 17, 2012

    Friends,

    A quick update on the progress of the Sandy Hook Elementary National Sympathy Card. Thanks to your help, we just passed the 1,000,000 mark - in less than 48 hours. Wow! We have reached out to the leaders in Newtown Connecticut to explore the best way to share the card respectfully with the community. More to come on that. Meanwhile we will continue to keep the card open for signatures throughout this week. So please continue to share with friends.

    Best wishes,

    David

16. Update #1

    Posted by David Paine (Campaign Leader) on Dec 16, 2012

    Incredibly, in just 24 hours more than half a million people have already signed the National Sympathy Card for the families of the victims, the survivors and others impacted by the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. We've had over a million shares already on Facebook, and more than 60,000 people have posted personal comments expressing their condolence! It is a remarkable response! Thank you so much for your support thus far! http://tinyurl.com/NationalSympathyCard