Villager Pledges Money to End Gun Violence with Students' Help
John Bykowsky will donate $1 for every Ridgewood student who walks 27 minutes at school on Friday.
Shaken by the massacre in Newtown, Conn. last Friday, a Ridgewood man is pledging to donate big dollars – with the help of students – to end gun violence in America. If John Bykowsky's vision comes to form, you'll see thousands of Ridgewood students walking around the schools on Friday as a loose extension of a national remembrance march for the 27 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. "Everytime I look at a six-year-old kid I see how tender they are, how beautiful they are," Bykowsky, a father of two, said. "The thought of shooting one is just devastating...I can't even fathom it. It's unbelievable." The Ridgewood resident is pledging to donate $1 for every student who walks 27 minutes at their school on Friday, whether it…
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7:05 pm on Sunday, December 23, 2012
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