Fourth Anniversary of PULSE Nightclub shooting. 

Friday June 12th, 2020

Fourth Anniversary of PULSE Nightclub shooting. 

For those of you who regularly read my blog posts, you know that they are usually informative with a bit of sarcasm and what I consider wit, thrown in.  Today’s post takes a more somber and reflective tone as we remember the forty-nine victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. 

Things you can do during this pandemic to honor and remember the forty-nine souls lost on that tragic day. 

1.      At 7 p.m. Friday, the onePULSE Foundation will stream a pre-taped ceremony on its Facebook page and YouTube channel. The program includes the reading of the 49 names by family members and remarks from Poma, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings and onePULSE Foundation board chairman Earl Crittenden.

2.      Donate to the OnePulse Foundation. https://onepulsefoundation.org/donate/. The OnePulse Foundation is raising money for a permanent memorial and museum. They also have a scholarship fund and plan on giving out $333,000 for the 2020-2021 school year. 

3.      If you are a gun control advocate, today would be a good time to contact your state representative, Senator and congressman/congresswoman. 

4.      There is still time to sponsor someone in the 2020 CommUNITY Rainbow run as it has been rescheduled to September. https://www.communityrainbowrun.com/

5.      Lastly, take a few minutes to pause, read this poem, and reflect. This poem was posted on Facebook by a friend of mine who lives in Orlando. 

Tonight on heaven's dance floor

49 will take the stage

They'll raise the roof

To give us proof

We cannot be afraid

They dance tonight as angels

In our minds and in our hearts

To show the world forever more

We can't be torn apart

As the DJ mixes wildly

They dance into the night

As thunder claps reminding us

That things will be alright

Tonight our friends will finish

What they never got the chance

Tonight the ones forevermore

The 49

They dance

Tyler Scott Parker

 Footnote: Some of this information was taken from an article written by Kate Santich in the Orlando Sentinel, June 10th 2020.

We’d like to give thanks to all of those who have given personal sacrifice to make the lives of the many of us easier and who have laid a path to equality.

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Ted and Larry

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