Strong response in effort to raise money for memorial to students
Published 7:45 pm Saturday, November 1, 2014
MARYSVILLE — What began as a simple idea — selling decals to support a memorial for the students involved in the Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting — has now grown into an effort also offering T-shirts and sweatshirts for sale.
Organizers say that the response has been so great they’re now directing people interested in making purchases either to a Facebook page or to a local shop that’s producing the items, Chameleon Prints at 1241 State Ave. in Marysville.
“We got so many phone calls this morning,” Danna Gibson, one of the organizers, said Saturday. The response to the items being sold was so great, “I’ve been taking notes of what they want,” she said.
Red-and-white sweatshirts cost $30, T-shirts $15 and decals are $6. They all have the MP logo and the words, “Pray for Marysville Pilchuck.”
So far, more than 500 T-shirts and 400 decals have been sold, she said. “I think we have out-the-door more than 150 sweatshirts and more than 100 on order,” she said.
Gibson said the group will be meeting soon to create a formal nonprofit organization.
Although the public responded quickly to the fund drive, Gibson said she wasn’t surprised. “I know this is a good community,” she said.
No plans have yet been made for a memorial, she said. The group will need to get approval from the Marysville School Board and the city, Gibson said. “The really important part is talking to the families” affected by the shooting, she said. “It’s too soon to do that now.”
Sharon Salyer: 425-339-3486; salyer@heraldnet.com.
Memorial items
Decals, T-shirts and sweatshirts are now for sale as part of a fundraising effort to construct a memorial for the students involved in the shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School. More information is available at a Facebook page, www.facebook.com/MPHSmemorial, or by contacting Chameleon Prints, 1241 State Ave. #B105 in Marysville, or by calling at 360-474-7683. The store plans to provide the items, pending availability, from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
