Camp offers help for NV school shooting survivors






Organizers heard from many mothers whose children were traumatized by the shooting, he said, and registration was offered on a first-come, first-serve basis. Students were offered free overnight accommodations, meals and transportation with the help of donations and a $12,000 grant from a Presbyterian program.

"We want to make sure kids who were most traumatized get the benefits," Dotson told The Associated Press. "Moms were really relieved to know this event is happening and that it will help their children."



"I think there's a really specific catharsis in talking to someone who knows what you've been through," she said. "I hope my experience and what I have to offer can help in any small way."



"One is knowing there's a community of survivors out there ready to support them and they're not alone in the healing process. There are a lot of other people who have gone through school shootings, unfortunately," Bell said.

"The other is just to maybe give them a sense there's a future ahead of them where this event (shooting) isn't a big event in their life and they're going forward with happiness to a future of possibilities."


