Dear friends,

Our hearts and hands join with the Annunciation community, with the families of Fletcher and Harper, with the injured children and parishioners, and with all those who are suffering.

We have been so moved by the overwhelming number of you asking for ways you can help. In this moment of grief, we believe it is important to stand as one and provide help as one. As such, we invite all who follow and support our individual missions to give to those affected by making a donation to the Annunciation Hope and Healing Fund.

In coordination with the leadership of the Annunciation community, we will work together to channel the generosity of the community through this fund, administered so generously by the Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota.

Please consider making a gift and sharing the availability of this fund with others. At this time, the Annunciation community asks that you focus your support through prayer and financial contributions rather than other, non-monetary means.

We know too well how deeply it affects each of us when even one individual or family suffers in a school community. We, too, have found ourselves at a loss how to process the scope and scale of this tragedy. Together, let us accompany Annunciation and all who are hurting—reminding them they are not alone, and that the future is, indeed, filled with hope.

Together,

Ricky Austin
President, Aim Higher Foundation

Anne Cullen Miller
President, Catholic Community Foundation

Steve Hoeppner
Interim President, Catholic Schools Center of Excellence

Marci Franzen
Associate Director, Catholic Services Appeal

Judy Logan
Managing Director, Emmaus Partners

Beth Flatherty
Executive Director, Flaherty Family Foundation

Amy Goldman
CEO and Chair, GHR Foundation