Helping Kids Transform Tragedy & Inspire Change by The Newtown Foundation

The community of Newtown, Connecticut has overcome major adversity since the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in 2012.

The Newtown Foundation, a Newtown-based all volunteer organization, provides educational programs, community enrichment, and additional support resources to people and communities impacted by, “and living or growing up among or in the aftermath, of violence in American society.”  A goal of the Newtown Foundation is to help teens in their community transform tragedy into positive activities, in an effort for the youth to become leaders in the journey for cultural change.

Last April 2013, the Newtown Foundation granted scholarships to ten Newtown high school students to attend the annual PeaceJam New England Spring Conference at the University of Connecticut.

PeaceJam is an international education organization, whose mission is to create young leaders to inspire positive change in themselves, their communities and the world through inspiration, as well as enable their peers to take action for positive change (PeaceJam Foundation, 2014).

This year, the Newtown Foundation is continuing to help Newtown teens, as well as teens from additional Connecticut communities, attend the 2014 PeaceJam event.  This is a life changing opportunity for Newtown teens who wish to inspire others and who have a passion for action and social change.

The Newtown Foundation is raising funds to send change motivators and community dedicated teens to the 2014 PeaceJam March 15^th-16^th, 2014, with focused themes on protecting the Earth’s Environment and True Human Security.  All funds raised through this campaign will provide scholarships to enable teens to attend this year’s PeaceJam event.

Help Newtown Youth transform tragedy and inspire change! The Youth are OUR Future.