On Tuesday, an 18-year-old student open fired at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing at least 19 children and two adults, while wounding several others.
Several victims from the mass shooting continue to battle their injuries at local medical facilities.
Two local funeral homes, Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home and Rushing-Este-Knowles Mortuary, said they won't charge families of the victims for their services.
As the community begins to face the aftermath, here are some ways you can help the people of Uvalde, Texas:
Donate
- GoFundMe created a hub with verified fundraisers for donations for those affected by the Robb Elementary School shooting. Included is VictimsFirst, a network of families who are victims of previous mass shootings.
- A San Antonio nonprofit, Hill Country’s Community Foundation, established a relief fund for victims and their families.
Blood drive
- For Texans, the South Texas Blood and Tissue blood bank is holding an emergency drive at Herby Ham Activity Center from 9 am to 2 pm local time.
- University Health, a teaching hospital in San Antonio, is also accepting and encouraging blood donations.
- (If you don't live in the San Antonio area, there is still a need for blood donations in your community as there is a nationwide shortage at blood banks.)
Volunteer attorneys
- San Antonio Legal Services Association said attorneys licensed in Texas are needed to assist victims of the shooting and their families.
This story will be updated with other ways to help as they are announced.
-Jamie Epstein
(Photo: William Luther)
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From what I've heard, an anonymous donor has paid for all the funerals. That's HUGH and THANK YOU for your compassion.
Also, two other small companies deserve recognition and Thanks for their contributions.
Mike Mims w/ Cherokee Child Caskets and
Trey Ganem and his son Billy w/ SoulShine Industries
who have suppled the 'painted' caskets. '“We feel like our children deserve a nicer casket than us adults,” Mims said.
THANK YOU AND BLESS YOU!
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/georgia-company-provides-child-caskets-texas-man-who-customized-them-school-shooting-victims/Y6QWHGAZMBBX3EIDWWJYTAEP4Y/
Reps., maybe you should reach out to these small businesses, particularly the one here in Edna.
Cherokee Child Caskets, which has been in business for 81 years, is based in Griffin. The company’s president, Mike Mims, confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that the company sent several caskets to Trey Ganem, who is customizing the caskets for the victims of the school tragedy, free of charge.
Ganem runs SoulShine Industries out of Eden, Texas. A Facebook post on Tuesday by I’m From Denver showed how Ganem has personalized the caskets with themes for each child’s favorite movies and cartoon characters
Hey LaPierre, Dumpsterfire and others: How's that good guy/bad guy gun thing working out for the kids and teachers in Uvaldi?
I'm praying that we can get enough Democratic senators in the next Congress so that we can pass meaningful legislation.
As long as the Republicans have a filibuster, nothing will change, nothing will happen, and people will keep dying from gun violence.
And again, sorry, but how many children need to die before we take a closer look at ourselves. Glad Marty made a successful business, IMHO, but maybe a little too far on the Second Amendment. Come on Texas, time to take a stance!
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/maker-gun-used-uvalde-shooting-long-known-incendiary-ads-rcna30631
#TakeoutTheTexasTaliban
Before they takeout YOUR child
#VoteBlue22
#EndTheNRA
#EndCitizensUnited
from the article...
"Eight days before a Texas teenager killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School, the manufacturer of the rifle used in the massacre posted an ad on social media that featured a toddler holding a similar weapon.
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it,” read the post from Daniel Defense on May 16, the same day the Robb Elementary shooter turned 18."
and more ...
"A Daniel Defense spokesman told NBC News that the company has decided to skip the NRA event in Houston "due to the horrifying tragedy in Uvalde, Texas where one of our products was criminally misused."
"We believe this week is not the appropriate time to be promoting our products in Texas at the NRA meeting," he added.
The weapon used by the Texas shooter was a DDM4 V7 rifle, which sells for upward of $1,870. A Daniel Defense promotional video hails it as “a perfect rifle for everybody.”
Daniel Defense makes some of the priciest semi-automatic rifles on the market, charging upward of $3,000 for versions of weapons that can be bought elsewhere for less than a quarter of the price."
To my Reps., please look and Think! Not that that would ever happen.
Sorry folks, but FUCK YOU CRUZ! BOUGHT AND PAID FOR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BSc2dG5neY
#VoteBlue22
#EndTheNRA
#EndCitizensUnited
and from me to all my #GunsOverPeople Reps. (thanks Kristen for the idea) ...
#TakeoutTheTexasTaliban
Before they takeout YOUR kids
How we can help is that we need stricter gun laws. Thoughts and Prayers are useless and meaningless. That statement is also a cop out.
Perhaps if The GOP took NRA's hands ouf their own pockets something meaningful would be done, but alas!-