<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px"><DIV>Lorraine-</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> We appreciate the resources, and will send at least one or two of the "tips sheets" home. But we</DIV><DIV>have decided not to do the pictures. It's a nice idea, but none of the children seem to be aware of</DIV><DIV>Newtown . We think that in doing the pictures, there would be questions and we have gotten the</DIV><DIV>message from parents that most are trying to keep their children shielded. Our students are all 3 and 4</DIV><DIV>years old. It's not that we don't care and not that we don't want to teach about caring, we just don't</DIV><DIV>feel comfortable with it for children this young who do not seem to be aware of it.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Nadean</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV style="MARGIN: 5px 0px; BORDER-TOP: #bcbcbc 1px solid"> </DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">On 12/19/12, <SPAN>Lorraine Kinney-Kitchen<lmk23@cornell.edu></SPAN> wrote:</SPAN><DIV> </DIV><DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px"><IMG style="WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: none; HEIGHT: 0px" class=shape src="http://mail.verizon.com/webmail/driver?nimlet=download&fid=INBOX&mid=5021&partIndex=0.1&disp=inline" width=0 height=0 v:shapes="_x0000_Mail" v:src="driver?nimlet=download&fid=INBOX&mid=5021&partIndex=0.1&disp=inline"> <DIV class=WordSection1><P class=MsoNormal>I want to know what you think of the idea of having the children in your program draw some bright, colorful pictures for us to send to the children of Newtown…..I know there is probably not enough time to do it before Christmas but I was thinking that we could gather and send them right after the holiday. What do you think?</P><P class=MsoNormal>You could mail them to us, our site visiting staff can pick them up, or if you have the capability to scan and send them, we can print them here. </P><P class=MsoNormal>Just let me know by writing back with yay or nay or I gladly welcome your ideas. I just thought it would be nice to do something to show that we are sending our love and that others do care.</P><P class=MsoNormal>Thanks</P><P class=MsoNormal>Lorraine</P><P class=MsoNormal> </P><P class=MsoNormal> </P><P class=MsoNormal> </P><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">~Is there someone you know who makes a difference in the lives of our children? 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