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Flaxbee

(13,661 posts)
Thu Mar 21, 2013, 08:41 PM Mar 2013

Breaks my heart: Animal sanctuary to be built in memory of Sandy Hook shooting victim

Look at that sweet little smiling face. Goddamnit.





Anyway - if you have a few extra bucks - there are so many causes, but here's another one:

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http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/animal-sanctuary-to-be-built-in-memory-of-sandy-hook-shooting-victim

The family of one of the students killed during the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is asking people to donate money to build a new animal sanctuary in her name. Jenny and Matt Hubbard, parents of animal-loving first-grader Catherine Violet Hubbard, announced their plans on Jan. 23. The new shelter will be associated with the Newtown-based Animal Center, which had already been receiving donations in memory of the Sandy Hook victims. The Animal Center is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to animal rescue and welfare. Founded in 2004, the center does not currently have a shelter, and the animals in its care are fostered in volunteers' homes until they are adopted.

In a statement to the media, the Hubbards discussed their daughter's love of animals. "We were amazed as she interacted with all creatures, great and small. She would ride her bike full speed to see the new cat at the bus stop. She'd run to the top of the yard to see the dogs being walked down the street. She would stroll through the barn to gently rub the nose of each horse reaching out of its stall."

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Plans for the sanctuary are still developing, so it is not yet known how big it will be or how many animals it could house. They hope to have it open within five years.

The Animal Center has received so many positive notes about the planned sanctuary that officials there have launched a dedicated Facebook page for the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary, which as of this writing already has more than 1,100 likes.

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Donations may be made through The Animal Center's website or by mail to The Animal Center, Attn: Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary, PO Box 475, Newtown, CT 06470.

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Breaks my heart: Animal sanctuary to be built in memory of Sandy Hook shooting victim (Original Post) Flaxbee Mar 2013 OP
Thank you, Flaxbee, sheshe2 Mar 2013 #1
yeah, I don't want to be a downer here in the Lounge, but it seems we're all animal lovers... Flaxbee Mar 2013 #2
Flaxbee, sheshe2 Mar 2013 #3
Flaxbee, sheshe2 Mar 2013 #4
thank you for the heads up, she! Cha Mar 2013 #6
Catherine Violet sheshe2 Mar 2013 #7
thanks, sheshe2. I appreciate it. Flaxbee Mar 2013 #8
You are so welcome, Flaxbee sheshe2 Mar 2013 #9
Ohhhhh! Cha Mar 2013 #13
This is a beautiful idea, Flaxbee, for a Cha Mar 2013 #5
Thank you for posting this. Yes. Of course I will help. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #10
I know you will, ITW sheshe2 Mar 2013 #11
Oh that sweet beautiful little face! tblue Mar 2013 #12
kicking this for Friday's day crowd Flaxbee Mar 2013 #14
What a wonderful idea... Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #15

sheshe2

(83,319 posts)
1. Thank you, Flaxbee,
Thu Mar 21, 2013, 08:47 PM
Mar 2013

What an inspiring idea the Hubbard's came up with, a Sanctuary in remembrance!

It makes me weep once again at the memory. However this is healing!

sheshe

Flaxbee

(13,661 posts)
2. yeah, I don't want to be a downer here in the Lounge, but it seems we're all animal lovers...
Thu Mar 21, 2013, 08:49 PM
Mar 2013

cats, dogs, horses, ducks, etc.

Just a very nice way to honor their daughter's spirit.

sheshe2

(83,319 posts)
3. Flaxbee,
Thu Mar 21, 2013, 08:55 PM
Mar 2013

You are no downer here.

You could have posted this in GD you know, that's why I rec'ed it!
It is sad, however the thought of the families, that are trying to heal themselves, that is sweet!

sheshe

sheshe2

(83,319 posts)
4. Flaxbee,
Thu Mar 21, 2013, 09:47 PM
Mar 2013

one way or another, I will push this post up, until it hits the greatest!

A Sanctuary for the Animals

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A Memorial for the Children.

sheshe2

(83,319 posts)
7. Catherine Violet
Thu Mar 21, 2013, 10:38 PM
Mar 2013

a beautiful name, for a sweet child.

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may she rest in peace among the violets.

Thank you, Cha

Flaxbee

(13,661 posts)
8. thanks, sheshe2. I appreciate it.
Thu Mar 21, 2013, 11:40 PM
Mar 2013

Very much. I think I may also post this over in the Pets forum later today or tomorrow.

sheshe2

(83,319 posts)
9. You are so welcome, Flaxbee
Thu Mar 21, 2013, 11:53 PM
Mar 2013

When an issue is important, we have to push it, I feel I have to push it.

I do not like seeing OP's that are important sink. They do so many times.

This is a beautiful memorial to a sweet child, she died violently, she deserves the peace that this sanctuary can offer the animals she so loved.

Again, I thank you.
sheshe

tblue

(16,350 posts)
12. Oh that sweet beautiful little face!
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 01:50 AM
Mar 2013
hope this gives her family some measure of peace. Good gracious! How could something like this happen?
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