Thursday marks the five-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
On Dec. 14, 2012, the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, claimed the lives of 20 children and six faculty members. To honor the lives of those who were killed, victims’ loved ones have since shared beautiful tributes and set up scholarship programs, nonprofit organizations and more.
We’ve rounded up various places you can donate or volunteer to aid these efforts and to keep the spirits of these children and educators alive.
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Emilie Parker
Courtesy of Alissa Parker
Daniel Barden
Via What Would Daniel Do
Allison Wyatt
Via the Allison Wyatt Memorial Fund
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Ana Grace Márquez-Greene
Via The Ana Grace Project
Josephine Gay
Joeys Fund
Avielle Richman
Via The Avielle Foundation
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Jesse Lewis
Via the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement
Victoria Soto
Via the Vicki Soto Memorial Fund, Inc.
Chase Kowalski
Courtesy of Rebecca Kowalski
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Dylan Hockley
Via Dylan's Wings of Change
Jessica Rekos
Via The Jessica Rekos Foundation
Caroline Previdi
Via the Caroline Previdi Foundation
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Jack Pinto
Via KIDS in the GAME
Catherine Hubbard
Via Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary
Charlotte Bacon
Via The Charlotte Helen Bacon Foundation
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Lauren Rousseau
Via Lauren Rousseau Elementary Education Memorial Scholarship
Noah Pozner
Via Remembering Noah Samuel Pozner
Mary Sherlach
Via Mary's Fund
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Benjamin Wheeler
Via Ben's Lighthouse
Grace Audrey McDonnell
Via Grace Audrey McDonnell Obituary
Olivia Engel
Via Friends of Olivia Engel
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Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung
Via Dawn Hochsprung Memorial
James Mattioli
Via Annual James Mattioli 5k
Madeleine Hsu
Via Madeleine Hsu Memorial
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Rachel D'Avino
Via Team Rachel Marie D'Avino
Anne Marie Murphy
Timothy A. Clary via Getty Images