Ongoing Support for Annunciation

Our hearts and prayers continue to be with the Church of the Annunciation—their school and parish—as they continue to heal and recover from the trauma of August 27. If you are looking for ways to move your feet, as the principal of Annunciation, Matthew DeBoer, asked us to do, citing an African proverb, here are some ideas:

• Lobbying for funding to make mental health access affordable and accessible for everyone, such as expanding school-based mental health access

• Working to make sure each person you know is radically and unequivocally accepted as they are and can find community

• Joining our small group at STB about Ending Gun Violence: a place for gun owners and non-gun owners to come together in a safe space and be listened to STB Small Group

• Giving blood this month

• Donating to Children’s Hospital Minneapolis Wish List or reach out to HCMC Pediatrics ICU With a Note of Thanks or use their Wish List, both hospitals who gave emergency care to victims

• Attending a prayer vigil for peace or a march to end gun violence

• Working for legislation for stronger gun control: Call D.C. and asking to be routed to your Senator: 202-224-3121 or consider joining non-profit movements like Everytown for Gun Safety or Sandy Hook Promise

• Reading the book: The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic by Jillian Peterson, PhD and James Densely, PhD

• Visiting and praying at the memorial site at the Church of the Annunciation

• Donating to make sure that Annunciation school and parish have funding to begin again, coordinated by the Catholic Community Foundation: Hope and Healing Fund

• Making sure each family with a Go Fund Me account has their needs met: View the List of Families Here along with other ideas

• Remembering +Fletcher and +Harper in prayer and lifting their families up so their feet never have to touch the ground