In the News ... “H E B mobilizes to provide community support to Uvalde"

• Grocer will commit $500,000, launch a donation campaign to support victims and their families

Staff Report
• Odessa American

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - As a member of the Uvalde community for decades, H-E-B is committed to support our partners and neighbors who have been affected by this tragic situation.

To show our support and stand with the Uvalde community, H-E-B will commit $500,000 to aid our fellow Texans affected by this heartbreaking event, a press release stated.

Also, starting Wednesday, H-E-B, Central Market, Joe V’s Smart Shop, and Mi Tienda customers can contribute by making monetary donations in store at the register for $1, $3, $5, $50, or $100 or at checkout in Curbside and Home Delivery orders.

Monetary gifts will go into the Spirit of Giving Fund, a 501c3 nonprofit H-E-B created in the wake of Hurricane Harvey and the Sutherland Springs tragedy. Additional donations to support the fund can be made at heb.com/donate.

All funds collected from the donation campaign and gifted to the Spirit of Giving Fund will benefit the victims and families of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

Additionally, in the spirit of Texans Helping Texans, H-E-B has mobilized to help during this time of great need. H E B stores in the area and our H-E-B Mobile Kitchens will provide meals, supplies, and other resources to community support centers, first responders, and the local school district, and we will work closely with nonprofit organizations providing critical aid to those in need. The company will also provide crisis counselors to support H-E-B Partners and neighbors grieving throughout the community ...

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How to talk to your kids about the Uvalde school shooting

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• Explain things in the simplest yet factual way you can

Nicole Villalpando, Reporter
• Austin American-Statesman

AUSTIN, TEXAS - Another school shooting.

With 19 students and two teachers killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on Tuesday, parents might be at a loss. How do we explain this to our kids? What can we say that we haven’t said multiple times?

After the Las Vegas concert shooting in 2017, Jane Ripperger-Suhler, a child psychiatrist at Seton’s Texas Child Study Center, had this advice for parents about how much we should say about a mass shooting. It’s good advice for what has happened [Tuesoday] ...

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How you can help Texas elementary school shooting survivors, victims

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• Blood drives, GoFundMe page set up for victims of Texas school shooting

Sarah Ann Dueñas, Reporter
• Austin American-Statesman

AUSTIN, TEXAS - The community of Uvalde, Texas, is reeling after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers – at an elementary school Tuesday, authorities said.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the shooter walked into Robb Elementary School in Uvalde around noon Central time and opened fire with a handgun. The shooter was killed by responding police, Abbott said.

Uvalde is a city of about 16,000 people about 80 miles west of San Antonio.

Here is how you can help the community of Uvalde ...

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Ector County Sheriff's Office collecting donations for Uvalde County

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• Donations will be presented to the Uvalde County sheriff on Friday

Staff Report
• KWES-TV

ODESSA, TEXAS - Sheriff Mike Griffis announced on his Facebook page the Ector County Sheriff's Office will be collecting donations for Uvalde County ...

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