No parent wants to plan their child's funeral, John.

After my beautiful butterfly Dylan was murdered, I was in shock. As a mother, I couldn't imagine never seeing Dylan again or hearing his infectious laugh. Even when I saw Dylan's body in his tiny casket, I couldn't believe it. It took months before I stopped calling him to dinner each night.

The only way I know how to deal with my grief is by speaking out. At Dylan's funeral, I talked about the change that needed to happen so that no other parent loses a child to gun violence – and my life ever since has been consumed by working for that change. But each time I see another shooting on the news, another parent who's been forced to plan their child's funeral and go through what I have, it kills me that we weren't fast enough to save them.

That's why we're doing everything we can to expand our lifesaving programs in the new year – because we need to work even faster to prevent the next tragedy from happening. But if we don't secure every single dollar of this generous $490,000 year-end match, I'm worried more children will be at risk.

I can't live with that, so please, will you donate right now to help us reach our match goal before our year-end deadline?

Please make a tax-deductible gift of $10, or as much as you can, to Sandy Hook Promise right now to double your impact and protect more children from gun violence next year.

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Securing every dollar of this match will help save other parents from planning their child's funeral – from keeping an urn next to their bed like I do, with Dylan's ashes. I kiss it every morning and every night and tell Dylan that I love him and miss him.

I'm building a legacy for him by protecting other children from gun violence, and I couldn't do that without you. I'm so grateful for everything you do to help me keep speaking out and working to prevent tragedies from happening.

With love,

Nicole Hockley (Dylan's mom)



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