The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
Murphy honors Sandy Hook victims by helping at FISH
WEST HAVEN — On the sixth anniversary Friday of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy visited clients of FISH of Greater New Haven and assisted with grocery deliveries as part of his act of kindness to honor the lives lost in 2012.
Murphy also urged others to do acts of kindness in their community in honor of the Sandy Hook victims.
“Nothing we do can ever bring those kids back, but we should be inspired by Newtown’s efforts to make the world a kinder, more loving place,” Murphy said in a release Friday. “We can reach out to one another and help those in need. This morning, I’m delivering meals to families in need in New Haven. I hope everyone takes some time to do their own act of kindness — big or small — in their communities.”
FISH of Greater New
“Nothing we do can ever bring those kids back, but we should be inspired by Newtown’s efforts to make the world a kinder, more loving place.” Sen. Chris Murphy
Haven is a nonprofit organization that provides free, nutritious food to homebound residents in the New Haven area, according to a release.
FISH of Greater New Haven receives federal funding through the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, which supports food assistance for 2,400 low-income seniors across Connecticut. Murphy has made this program a priority of his on the Senate Appropriations Committee and helped to expand it in Connecticut, according to a release from his office.