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In the wake of this terrible tragedy, numerous organizations were founded in honor of those who lost their lives. The work being done by all of these charities is important and your support will be greatly appreciated.

These two organizations were established with the goal of preventing tragedies like this from ever happening again:

Sandy Hook Promise

Research has proven that Sandy Hook Promise’s Know the Signs programs effectively teach youth and adults how to prevent school violence, shootings, and other harmful acts. Students and educators learn how to identify at-risk behaviors and intervene to get help. These early-prevention measures empower everyone to help keep schools and communities safe.

Safe and Sound Schools

Founded by parents who lost children at Sandy Hook School, Safe and Sound is a national non-profit school safety advocacy and resource center that provides research based tools and support for crisis prevention, response, and recovery, helping to protect every school, every student, every day.

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Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial
Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial

Twenty Six Bells




“Twenty six bells will always ring at Christmas
Twenty six bells will ring in my heart
Twenty six bells will always ring at Christmas
Twenty six bells as long as we’re apart”

On December 14, 2012 another piece of our innocence was destroyed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. On that day, twenty precious and innocent first graders, along with six amazing adults who had dedicated their lives to teaching and caring for children, were violently swept from our lives. The pain and anguish caused by this unthinkable act fueled the inspiration for Twenty Six Bells.

Twenty Six Bells was first written down on paper on the morning of January 13, 2013. At the song's inception, I believed it was just a distant dream, an impossibility of logistics with the need to gather a whole host of talented individuals together for a presentation. Twenty Six Bells would need a soloist, a choir, a hand bell choir, a pianist, and a violinist, all of which were available, but needed to be nurtured together from just the seed of an idea.

This seed of an idea eventually culminated in a presentation of Twenty Six Bells at St. Stephens Episcopal Church in Longview, Washington on December 14, 2014, the second anniversary of the Newtown tragedy. The St. Stephens Choir and the St. Stephens Hand Bell Choir were joined by soloist Samantha Solon, pianist Ann Long, and violinist Gary Lindstrom, to bring Twenty Six Bells to life and create a lasting memorial to ensure that those who lost their lives that day will never be forgotten.

~ Lloyd Solon