Following An Extensive Meeting Tuesday Morning With Mental Health Staff At Richneck Elementary School & The Newport News Public School District, The Uvalde Foundation For Kids Has Released The Following Statement:

  “The Uvalde Foundation For Kids, Is Greatly Encouraged Following Today’s Meeting With NNPS Mental Health Staff & Administrators, Following The Recent Shooting At Richneck Elementary School Of Teacher, Abby Zwerner.

  We Are Now Confident In The District’s Awareness Of The Daunting Challenge Their School Community Faces, Following Recent Events; And In Their Overall Focus On Providing Current & Ongoing Mental Health Crisis Support To Students, Staff & Family Members As Well As Ensuring The Safety Of Their Schools.

  As A Result Of This Meeting, Our Foundation Is Committed To An Ongoing Collaboration With NNPS In Providing Safety Training Resources, Crisis Response Training & Mental Health Care For Students, Faculty & The Greater School Community. This, In Addition To Current & Developing Internal School Programming, Will Include Ongoing 24 Hour Online & Phone Professional Mental Health Support For Students, Staff & Community Members; As Well As Adjustments To Current School Safety,  Student Behavior Response Protocols & Overall Mental Health Provisions.

  Specific Programs Are Currently In Place By NNPS; With Additional Resources Being Provided By The Foundation, To Ensure School, Parent, Teacher & Community Concerns Are Addressed & Implemented Immediately In These Processes.

T  he Uvalde Foundation For Kids Continues To Extend Its Heartfelt Empathies & Encouragement To The Entire NNPS School Community – As Together, Our Work To End School Violence Continues In Newport News & On Campuses Across The Nation.”

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“OUT OF TRAGEDY – HOPE”

Newport News Public School District & Select Administration From Richneck Elementary School In Newport News, Virginia Have Confirmed This Week; A Safety & Collaborative Support Meeting With Foundation Executive Team Members, Thursday, January 26th 2023, Via ZOOM.

In Discussions On Current & Future School Safety Training & Student Well Being, Parent/Student/Teacher Concerns Will Be Addressed & Integrated.

The Uvalde Foundation For Kids Will Be Providing An Official Report As Developed.

UPDATE: Statement From The Uvalde Foundation For Kids Founder & National Director Daniel Chapin, Following the January 6 School Shooting

At Richneck Elementary School In Newport News, Virginia.

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“As The Community Of Newport News and The Extended National Community Continue To Seek Answers and Healing Following The Recent School Shooting Wounding Teacher Abby Zwerner In Newport News Last Week – The Uvalde Foundation For Kids Continues To Communicate With Newport News School Officials & The Newport News Community On Collaborative Support Resources, Including Providing Additional Counseling Support & Ongoing School Violence Training & Preparedness Resources.

 

We Applaud Newport News Public Schools’ Efforts & Focus On Providing Care For Their Teachers, Students, Parents & The Greater NNPS Community.

Our Foundation President, Dr. Michael Stevens, Myself, and Our Board & Staff From Across The Country Stand Committed In This Collective Endeavor.

While Our Foundation Understands That The Local & School Community Have Many Questions Requiring Answers, Particularly How A 6-Year-Old Obtained & Brought A Gun Into His 1st Grade Classroom – Our Foundation Suggests That The Question Should Extend Beyond This To How Do We Change The Culture & Mentality Of Our Youth From Seeing Violence As A Way To Express Anger or Pain? WHEN We Begin To The Ask Different Questions Such As These & Change This Culture Of Violence – GUNS Will Not Be An Option To Our Students.

It is Understandable In Our Search For Answers to Seek a Scapegoat – Someone or Something to Blame. Collectively America – We All Hold The Responsibility For What Happened In Newport News & In Schools Across This Nation. Change The Questions & Solutions Can Happen.”

-The Uvalde Foundation For Kids Founder & National Director Daniel Chapin

The Uvalde Foundation For Kids Wishes To Thank AMAZON & Those Other Sponsors Who Have Come Forward To Enable Our Foundation To Extend The Delivery Of 800 CLEAR Backpacks To The Newport News School District & Richneck Elementary School In Virginia. This, Following The Recent School Shooting Of Teacher, Abby Zwerner This Past Week.

  HOWEVER – The Foundation Has Learned Today, That The District Has Allocated BUDGETING For Backpacks Via Another Source. Hence, Our Teams Will Be Researching Another School Recipient To Potentially Receive Our Clear Student Backpacks At This Time.

  Our Foundation Continues To Work With Students, Staff & School Administration On Proactive Plans To Prevent Violence Within The Newport News School District In The Future & Continues To Hope For A Quick Recovery For Teacher, Ms Abby Zwerner.

   The, “Run For Their Lives,” Team Leader, Lupita Hernandez, Provided An Update On Their 300 Mile Journey From Houston To Uvalde, Texas.

Over $5,000 Raised for The Uvalde Foundation For Kids Ongoing Work, Locally & Nationally, To Provide Response & Followup Mental Health Care To Victims Of School Violence & Their Communities.

Detailed Information Link:

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“OUT OF TRAGEDY – HOPE”

The Uvalde Foundation For Kids Releases Statement On Richneck Elementary School Shooting In Newport News, Virginia.

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“The Uvalde Foundation For Kids Is Disheartened To Hear Of The Recent School Shooting In Newport News. Our Foundation Will Utilize To The Fullest Extent, Available Resources To Provide Needed Crisis Support For Students & The School Community including our 24 hour crisis support line and emergency aide funding.

Today’s Incident Highlights, yet again, The Need To Prioritize In This Nation, The Protection Of Our Schools, Our Students & The Communities Who Care For Them.

Yet again, In Another School In This Nation; Students Are Facing Fear – Instead Of Joy; Lessons In Violence – Instead Of Peace. Until those lessons change, our work continues…”

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 According to the Travis Manion Website it states:

 “On January 6-8 2023, Run For Their Lives, a relay team this year (5 runners) will be stepping off at 0600 from VFW Post 8790 Houston, TX to City of Uvalde Town Square in Uvalde, TX to raise PTSD Awareness.

 The RFTL Team will run 300+ miles, placing a flag every mile along I-10. We will honor a veteran/1st responders who lost their lives due to PTSD and honoring those veterans struggling with PTSD/mental health. We will also honor those lives lost at the UVALDE school shooting.

 The 2023 Run For Their Lives team will fundraise to help the Uvalde community. There is a current need to support organizations that assist families that lost a child and are having a hard time coping or children who are suffering with coping with ptsd due to the tragic circumstances that occurred at Robb Elementary.

If you’d like to contribute to Lupita’s initiative, donate here: https://pledgeit.org/run-for-their-lives-ptsd-and-mental-health-awareness-endurance-run

This project will honor the life and legacy of all of our fallen that lost their lives due to PTSD & to those killed in the Uvalde shooting.”

Information & PLEDGE LINK

Travis Manion LINK:

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   Beginning THIS WEEK, The Uvalde Foundation For Kids Will Be Joining A Growing Number Of Nonprofit Organizations From Around The Country Who Will Be Saying, “GOODBYE,” To Facebook. An Official Statement From Our National Director, Mr. Daniel Chapin, Was Released Today:

  “The potential For data leaks, interference by foreign or domestic “Robots,” the sharing of donor information for paid marketing purposes or an unwillingness to stop the spread of conspiracy theories, hate speech and the glorification of violence, leaves Facebook consistently on the wrong side of history..These Factors, Coupled With The Increasingly Low Quality Of User Engagement, Fail To Meet The Level Of Education, Maturity & Focus Our Mission Requires.

  Hence, After Much Research On The Effectiveness & Actual Quality Of This Social Networking Platform, It Has Been Decided To Move Into Other Avenues Of Disseminating Information On Our Foundation, Moving Forward With Our Programming & Connecting With The Communities We Serve.”

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  The Foundation further announced that Its online INTERNET WATCHDOG TEAM OPERATIONS Will Not Be Effected By The Change. An Official Release With Additional Information Will Be Posted Later This Week.

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