I know we’ve sent you several messages this week, Andy, but this couldn’t wait.

I just got word that we’re still very short of our year-end goal, so I wanted to make sure you saw that a generous group of donors is providing up to $2.5 million of match funds to triple the impact of all gifts until we use those funds – but only until tonight’s midnight deadline.

My beautiful butterfly Dylan should be home from college for winter break or maybe taking time off from his job for the holidays. There are simply no words to express how much I miss him and how much it hurts to watch his classmates grow up and make new memories with their loved ones – while all I can do is kiss the urn with my baby boy’s ashes every morning and every night.

But I’m doing everything I possibly can to make sure that no other parent has to live with this unbearable pain – with a heart that never stops aching.

That’s why it couldn’t be more urgent for us to ramp up our efforts in 2026, and your support is so important right now because the impact of your gift today can go three times as far toward making that possible.

Please, with time running out, I’m asking from the bottom of my heart: Will you make your first donation before midnight and have your impact tripled up to our $2.5 million in match funding to protect more children from gun violence? Every $10 you give can help train at least four people in our Know the Signs programs. The more students we teach the warning signs, the more lives we can save.

Please donate $10, or as much as you can, to Sandy Hook Promise before midnight. The impact of every dollar will go three times as far, up to $2.5 million, to prevent more school shootings.

Nothing I do can ever bring my beautiful butterfly Dylan back, but together, we can build a legacy for him by saving other children from gun violence in his honor. Thank you for all you do to make this work possible.

With love,

Nicole Hockley (Dylan’s mom)