Samantha's Fundraiser for Whitney/Strong

Hola friends & fam!

Did you know Columbine happened when I was a sophomore in HS? From there, school shootings increased in frequency and I became more vocal about my anti-2A sentiment. My fights with FB "friends" (aka kids I knew in middle school) also grew in frequency. Then in July of 2012 there was a mass shooting at a movie premiere in Aurora, CO. One of my good buddies from elementary school who grew up in the same tiny speck-on-the-map town of Lake(less) Los Angeles died protecting a friend. His name was Jesse Childress and he was only 29. That absolutely gutted me. All those years I hated guns and I hadn't taken any tangible steps to stop mass shootings from happening. 

That's why today, I made my donation to Whitney/Strong, a non-profit organization I am incredibly proud to support during this year's Give for Good Louisville campaign. 

Your donation of $5 or more will help fund Whitney/Strong's mission to find common ground to end gun violence through data-driven, responsible gun ownership solutions.

Please don't wait until *it* happens to you or someone you know and/or love. We've all gotta get off the sidelines. At the end of August *it* happened during the first week of school during Mass. Then on 9/10 there was another school shooting at Evergreen HS in CO. 

Today's the day you can turn your complacency into action. Together we can turn heartbreak into hope. 

This isn't just about a donation. It's about being part of the solution. 

We can do better and we will do better together.