Glassworks in Morristown invites public to frame memories for families of Newtown shooting victims, Jan. 14

Stacey Schlosser, left, and Morristown Councilwoman Rebecca Feldman are inviting people to make personalized picture frames for families of victims of the Sandy Hook school shootings. The free event runs from 4 pm to 7 pm on Jan. 14 at Galssworks Studio in Morristown. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Stacey Schlosser, left, and Morristown Councilwoman Rebecca Feldman are inviting people to make personalized picture frames for families of victims of the Sandy Hook school shootings. The free event runs from 4 pm to 7 pm on Jan. 14 at Galssworks Studio in Morristown. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
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Stacey Schlosser has experienced the pain of losing a child. So when a friend approached her about doing something special for the families of the 26 children and teachers shot last month in Newtown, Conn., no pondering was necessary.

On Monday, Jan. 14, Stacey is inviting the public to her Glassworks Studio in Morristown to make personalized picture frames for survivors of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy.

“Each frame can reflect a child,” with designs that refer to some unique facet of his or her life, said Stacey, who lost a baby boy, Mark, to sudden infant death syndrome 20 years ago.

She will provide all the frame materials and how-to instruction, between 4 pm and 7 pm, at 151 South St.

The suggestion came from Morristown Councilwoman Rebecca Feldman.

“I wanted to do something,” Rebecca said. “I knit for newborns. You can’t knit for someone who’s not there. I thought a handmade picture frame would mean the most…”

Stacey Schlosser, left, and Morristown Councilwoman Rebecca Feldman are inviting people to make personalized picture frames for families of victims of the Sandy Hook school shootings. The free event runs from 4 pm to 7 pm on Jan. 14 at Galssworks Studio in Morristown. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Stacey Schlosser, left, and Morristown Councilwoman Rebecca Feldman are inviting people to make personalized picture frames for families of victims of the Sandy Hook school shootings. The free event runs from 4 -7 pm on Jan. 14 at Glassworks Studio in Morristown. Photo by Kevin Coughlin

Stacey, who celebrated the studio’s 10th anniversary last month, said she hopes the frames will bring a smile to grieving loved ones of victims. She remembers how hard it was for her to handle Mark’s death after all the mourners went home.

“Everyone moves on, and you’re sitting there with leaden grief,” she said. “Everything about this will be painful. There is nothing about losing a child that is not painful.”

Stacey has a personal connection to Newtown as well. As a high school student, she worked with an apparel business that took her there to set up merchandise in a store. She still recalls an “awesome diner” in the town.

Glassworks caters to people and groups who enjoy creating pretty objects in a relaxed environment.  Stacey, who serves on the boards of Sustainable Morristown and the Morristown Partnership, said she wants to host special benefits for a different charity each month, to give something back to the community.

“It’s a beautiful gesture,” Partnership Executive Director Michael Fabrizio said of the picture frames. “She’s very sweet to do it.”

Last month’s school massacre was the second-deadliest in U.S. history.  A 20-year-old man killed his mother, then fatally shot 20 children, ages 6 and 7, and six school staff members before killing himself on Dec. 14.

One week after the shootings, Morristown clergy, the town government, emergency responders, the Morris School District and Morristown Medical Center came together to post banners proclaiming solidarity with the people of Newtown. “They were all our children,” the banners say.

 

 

 

 

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