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SPECIAL TRIBUTE ISSUE

DEDICATED TO NEWTOWN, CT

HAS ARRIVED!

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Our current issue is a special tribute issue offered as a healing gift to the people of Newtown.

By its very nature it is a publication of historic significance.

Our aims for this issue are to:

Celebrate the people, beauty, culture, and community spirit of Newtown, CT

Remember those we love and lost

Give artistic expression to the grief we have shared

Highlight the role of the arts in healing and the arts’ ability to nurture our humanity

Focus on our love, faith, and hope for the future.

Featuring contributions from:

Nationally acclaimed authors and illustrators such as Wally Lamb, Lois Lowry, Katherine Paterson, and Steven Kellogg

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa

Sesame Street’s Alan Muraoka

National leaders such as Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty

Newtown’s First Selectwoman Pat Llodra

Newtown faith leaders such as Rabbi Shaul Praver and Monsignor Robert Weiss

Newtown educators such as Newtown High School Principal Chip Dumais and

Reed Intermediate teacher Gael Lynch

Newtown residents and high school students

Sandy Hook Elementary School parents David Wheeler and Sophfronia Scott

Sandy Hook Elementary School staff member Cindy Carlson

Sandy Hook Elementary School student artists Daniel Barden, Chase Kowalski, Jessica Rekos, and Avielle Richman

Order: Order copies of THE NEWTOWNER's Special Tribute Issue here

Contribute: Click here to contribute to our indiegogo fundraising campaign to help

provide complimentary copies to Sandy Hook families.

Call for sponsorship: Our hearts’ desire is to provide complimentary copies to the families of Sandy Hook, as well as the greater Newtown community. We are looking for individual and corporate sponsor funding to be able to achieve this goal.

Click here for Sponsorship Packages. Please contact editor@thenewtownermagazine.com to express your interest.

Call for volunteers: The Newtowner is seeking volunteers and interns that would be interested in helping to produce this special tribute issue. Volunteer opportunities are available in the areas of writing, editing, public relations, publicity, fundraising, photography, illustration, design, and distribution. Please contact editor@thenewtownermagazine.com to express your interest.

Thank you in advance for whatever help you can offer in creating this healing gift to Newtown.

Heartfelt thanks,

Georgia Monaghan

Editor

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