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Diamond ring donation honors Newtown victims

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Friday, January 18, 2013 - 7:59 p.m.

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A diamond ring dropped into a Salvation Army red kettle in La Crosse came with a note attached.

The message said the donation was a random act of kindness to honor the 20 young children and 6 adults killed by a gunman in Newtown, Conn.

The note made special mention of 6-year-old Olivia Engel. She was one of the first-graders killed in a shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School Dec. 14.

Salvation Army officials tell the La Crosse Tribune the ring, estimated at about $325, helped push the fund raising goal for the first time in four years.

A national movement called “26 Acts of Kindness” to honor the Newtown victims began on social media. Its Facebook page exceeded 99,000 likes by Friday.

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carlitosway
Jan 19, 2013 at 6:52 p.m.
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I hope that ring goes to the victims mentioned and not to another Country as the donations for Christmas did a few years ago.

dantheman
Jan 19, 2013 at 4:05 p.m.
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Iconoclast: People like you make me sick. The donation is to honor the 26 people killed. It happen to go to the Salvation Army. Let us keep the focus on why the donation was made!

saxcat70
Jan 19, 2013 at 8:32 a.m.
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Unfortunately, Iconoclast, I agree with you. It is unfortunate that any charity organization puts politics before common good.
also, as a former jeweler, they couldn't have made a more inefficient donation. that $325 ring probably cost someone about 2 grand initially.

iconoclast
Jan 19, 2013 at 7:30 a.m.
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The Salvation Army is a homophobic Christian organization that doesn't deserve a penny, yet this CHURCH gets 100's of million of TAX DOLLARS annually.
Unfortunately people still give to this organization. Either people don't know, or don't care. If you don't know, then click the link below. If you don't care then you're just a bad as they are.
http://www.wisconsingazette.com/breaking...

justasking
Jan 19, 2013 at 6:05 a.m.
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AMEN

bassman
Jan 18, 2013 at 8:03 p.m.
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Very Nice ! There are so many kind people in this world and ,they need to be recognized. It's nice to see something good in the news for a change.

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