FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, "Today" show co-host Ann Curry attends the "Today" show 60th anniversary celebration at the Edison Ballroom in New York. A new movement has taken off to honor the 26 people killed at a school in Newtown, Conn. The campaign sparked from a question NBC News correspondent Ann Curry asked herself after the Friday, Dec.14, 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School: "What can I do?" (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, "Today" show co-host Ann Curry attends the "Today" show 60th anniversary celebration at the Edison Ballroom in New York. A new movement has taken off to honor the 26 people killed at a school in Newtown, Conn. The campaign sparked from a question NBC News correspondent Ann Curry asked herself after the Friday, Dec.14, 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School: "What can I do?" (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
NEW YORK (AP) ? A new movement has taken off to honor the 26 people killed at a school in Newtown, Conn.
The campaign sparked from a question NBC News correspondent Ann Curry asked herself after Friday's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School: "What can I do?"
The answer she arrived at was performing 26 acts of kindness. On Sunday, she shared that suggestion on social media, inviting everyone to join her.
By Wednesday, the hashtag "26acts" was trending on Twitter and a "26 Acts of Kindness" Facebook page had exceeded 17,000 likes.
The social media sites describe acts of kindness directed toward members of the Newtown community, as well as to others across the nation and even globally.
Curry wrote on the NBC News website that the movement is a way to "help heal us all."
___
Online:
http://www.facebook.com/26acts
"Today" show: http://nbcnews.to/R2tYBa
Associated PressHurricane Isaac Sam Claflin Tony Farmer West Nile virus symptoms snooki ll cool j amy schumer
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.