How to Help Families Affected by Newtown, CT School Shooting

People all over the world want to know how to help Sandy Hook residents following Friday's horrifying mass shooting.

In the wake of the unimaginable tragedy at Sandy Hook School Friday people from all over the world—in Connecticut, California, Canada and much farther away in Australia and India—sent an outpouring of support and want to know how they can help. If you want to be notified via email of ways to provide comfort and support during this difficult time, please post in the comments section: "I want to help." Patch will continue to update this article with ways to help—posting updates to the story as well as in the comments thread, triggering an email notification to commenters—and if you know of an organization or fundraiser providing assistance, let us know in the comments section, too. Already the United Way of Western Connecticut, in …

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Best Buy Donates $200K in Product, Tech Support to Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts

Geek Squad agents are hitting the ground to assist those people and organizations providing disaster relief.

Editor's Note: The following is a Best Buy press release. We join the millions of people around the world whose thoughts and prayers are with those who have been impacted by Hurricane Sandy. The devastation is enormous and more than any one organization can solve – so we’d like to contribute to the many generous efforts by individuals, nonprofits and companies across the country. On behalf of our 170,000 employees worldwide, Best Buy is donating $200,000 of product and Geek Squad tech support services. Geek Squad Agents will be on the ground lending their unique expertise and support to nonprofits, schools and libraries delivering disaster relief to the region. Agents will have on-site charging and email stations, as well as mobile …

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