Stoneman Douglas Memorial Fund
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My name is Logan Locke and I am currently a Junior at Stoneman Douglas High School. I have been living in Parkland for all of my life, encompassed by an outstanding community that helped shape who I am today. I attended the local Elementary and Middle Schools near to Stoneman Douglas High School with the same group of kids I am still friends with to this day. Throughout my life, Parkland has provided me with an environment that I have always felt safe and comfortable with. Never once have I felt scared to be in this city. But that all changed on February 14, 2018, a day which celebrates the spreading of love, and has now been turned into a day of loss and mourning to those who attend Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
No one ever thinks something so terrible like this would ever happen to them, until it actually does. I hope it will never happen again. This was a day where someone showed their very worst on innocent and vulnerable kids on a normal day at High School. After I thankfully returned home safely from this tragedy, as many did not, I could only sit and watch as the number of casualties went up. The list of many names turned into faces that I saw each day at school. The victims ranged from students, faculty, and teachers who all were trying their best to not only do good for themselves, but do good for everyone around them. I had a connection to almost every victim. Some were classmates, some were siblings of my friends, and some were people I saw around campus.
The effects of this horrible day will forever remain in the thoughts of everyone at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and that will never change. I will now live life with the thought of this event in the back of my mind. I wish I never experienced what I did that day, as no child should. No student should ever have to go through this. No parent should have had to worry if their child was going to return home that day, as many did not. No first responder should fear for their lives as they bravely attempt to protect thousands of children from a gunman with a determination to harm.
I can only hope that something like this will never happen again to anyone, anywhere. But I know it will, and that thought terrifies me. Knowing that someone else will have to go through the same horrifying event as I did makes me sick. Knowing someone else will have to hide in the corner of a room praying that the gunman will not come into their room makes me sick. Knowing someone else will have fear for their life in a place that they are supposed to feel safe and protected at makes me sick. This will continue as long as there is no change. Not just a small adjustment, a complete reconstruction of laws surrounding not only gun control, but mental health. The terrible reality is that this will soon be forgotten and it will be brushed away like every other school shooting that occurs too often in this country, leaving no signs of improvement behind. But we can change that, and we will change that. Not only as a school, not only as a city, not only as a county, not only as a state, but as a country united for one cause.
The donations raised will be used to construct a memorial dedicated to the victims and families of this horrific shooting. The memorial will be used to remember and honor those affected. It will ensure that no victims will be forgotten, as they so innocently lost their lives establishing their future and creating memories surrounded by people they love. The memorial will be a place of peace, comfort and reflection remembering all those who were affected by the events of February 14, 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, those who were injured and those whose lives were taken that day.
I would love to incorporate some sort of community involvement in the designing and construction of this memorial. We could possibly have students vote on designs made from other students, or mix aspects of many different designs. I would also love to have the community involved in the construction of the memorial, possibly assigning students different tasks for parts of the memorial. Another idea I thought of it having some sort of mural or artwork where every student contributes some small detail to. The details are a little fuzzy right now because I just started school again, but I will update everyone as soon as I receive new information.
The money will be given directly to the school if given permission. If permission is not granted, 100% of all funds will be promptly redirected towards the Broward Education Foundation's Fund.
No words can express the mourning everyone is experiencing because of this tragic event. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.
Thank you.
No one ever thinks something so terrible like this would ever happen to them, until it actually does. I hope it will never happen again. This was a day where someone showed their very worst on innocent and vulnerable kids on a normal day at High School. After I thankfully returned home safely from this tragedy, as many did not, I could only sit and watch as the number of casualties went up. The list of many names turned into faces that I saw each day at school. The victims ranged from students, faculty, and teachers who all were trying their best to not only do good for themselves, but do good for everyone around them. I had a connection to almost every victim. Some were classmates, some were siblings of my friends, and some were people I saw around campus.
The effects of this horrible day will forever remain in the thoughts of everyone at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and that will never change. I will now live life with the thought of this event in the back of my mind. I wish I never experienced what I did that day, as no child should. No student should ever have to go through this. No parent should have had to worry if their child was going to return home that day, as many did not. No first responder should fear for their lives as they bravely attempt to protect thousands of children from a gunman with a determination to harm.
I can only hope that something like this will never happen again to anyone, anywhere. But I know it will, and that thought terrifies me. Knowing that someone else will have to go through the same horrifying event as I did makes me sick. Knowing someone else will have to hide in the corner of a room praying that the gunman will not come into their room makes me sick. Knowing someone else will have fear for their life in a place that they are supposed to feel safe and protected at makes me sick. This will continue as long as there is no change. Not just a small adjustment, a complete reconstruction of laws surrounding not only gun control, but mental health. The terrible reality is that this will soon be forgotten and it will be brushed away like every other school shooting that occurs too often in this country, leaving no signs of improvement behind. But we can change that, and we will change that. Not only as a school, not only as a city, not only as a county, not only as a state, but as a country united for one cause.
The donations raised will be used to construct a memorial dedicated to the victims and families of this horrific shooting. The memorial will be used to remember and honor those affected. It will ensure that no victims will be forgotten, as they so innocently lost their lives establishing their future and creating memories surrounded by people they love. The memorial will be a place of peace, comfort and reflection remembering all those who were affected by the events of February 14, 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, those who were injured and those whose lives were taken that day.
I would love to incorporate some sort of community involvement in the designing and construction of this memorial. We could possibly have students vote on designs made from other students, or mix aspects of many different designs. I would also love to have the community involved in the construction of the memorial, possibly assigning students different tasks for parts of the memorial. Another idea I thought of it having some sort of mural or artwork where every student contributes some small detail to. The details are a little fuzzy right now because I just started school again, but I will update everyone as soon as I receive new information.
The money will be given directly to the school if given permission. If permission is not granted, 100% of all funds will be promptly redirected towards the Broward Education Foundation's Fund.
No words can express the mourning everyone is experiencing because of this tragic event. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.
Thank you.
Organizer and beneficiary
Logan Locke
Organizer
Pompano Beach, FL
Broward Education Foundation
Beneficiary
