Sandy Hook Elementary School: The unintended consequences of well-intended generosity.
May 26th, 2019“……In the six and a half years since the deadliest elementary school shooting in American history, more than $100 million in federal, state, corporate and private money flowed into this community of about 28,000 in southwestern Connecticut……so much money engulfed the vulnerable, wounded Newtown that it inevitably sowed division. The town became a case study of how Americans’ material expressions of grief can become more an obstacle than an aid to recovery……..”
- 60,000 teddy bears
“……..Lesson 1” from Sandy Hook is for the authorities — the mayor, the city council or the governor — to swiftly establish a single nonprofit benefiting victims and their families, so money intended for them is not atomized, or given to charities that lack the experience or ability to distribute it to them.
- One Fund Boston
- Pulse nightclub shooting : a single fund benefiting the victims and their families.
- The 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School : established a GoFundMe campaign dedicated solely to victims.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7uv3zqSq9o