Many families affected by the Parkland shooting have since started foundations or performing other charitable work dedicated to a variety of causes: protecting students; providing scholarships; tightening gun laws, and more.
. It advocates in state legislatures for “Alyssa's Law,” which requires that teachers receive panic buttons tied directly to law enforcement. The law has been enacted in Florida, New York and New Jersey, and it is being considered federally and in several states.The foundation has also distributed to schools kits for treating gunshot victims, and it started high school Make Our Schools Safe clubs to give students a voice and instruction on violence-prevention.
“ was Scott’s magic place,” his mother, Linda Beigel Schulman, said. “He could be a kid. He could be whoever he wanted to be.”Scott J. Beigel Memorial Fund, “We are much smaller than a lot of the other charities and foundations of the other families,” said Joseph Chiarella, the fund's treasurer. “But we plan to expand as needed and requested.”Aaron Feis, a security guard and assistant football coach, hurried to the building after being told a gunman was inside, but he was shot just as he got to the door. The 37-year-old, who had graduated from Stoneman Douglas, received the National Football Foundation's gold medal for his actions.
The charity provides college scholarships to dancers, special needs children and students who want to go into helping fields, like physical therapy.
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