Plainfield Realtor Collects Teddy Bears for the Children of Newtown
After the traumatic events of Dec. 14, Sara Latta-Young is working to provide comfort to the young survivors; donations will be accepted locally through Christmas Eve.
Sara Latta-Young didn’t want to just sit around, feeling helpless. Despite being nearly 1,000 miles from the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, the Plainfield realtor and founder of the 365Plainfield website felt she had to do something. Sign up for the Plainfield Patch newsletter. After hearing about the shooting from a friend living in Connecticut, Latta-Young decided to take action, so she got in touch with organizers from Operation Fuzzy Wuzzy II. The name may sound a bit silly, but the group’s purpose is anything but: the Connecticut organization is working to provide comfort in the form of teddy bears to the children of Newtown. “I can’t sit around and feel helpless,” Latta-Young wrote on her website. “I can’t sit here 864 miles away …
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Annie H.
9:13 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012
Just heard on the radio that the United Way in Newtown, or that area, is asking people to NOT send any more toys. They are overwhelmed with toy donations. They ask people to give locally to those in need. http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/world/story/2012/12/22/newtown-school-shooting-donations.html more ›