The AJ Way

I wish I had better words to show adoration for this act of love! It is so unbelievably hard to go to his grave and “decorate” it. I also carry so much guilt bc I don’t.
My heart is forever grateful to Carly Frey, Kathy Samaco, Jennifer Onder, and Shelly Hawthorne for taking it upon themselves to do this and making it look beautiful, just like our AJ!
Thank you so very much for loving our family and never forgetting Ashton!💜🧡💜🧡💜
💜-AJ’s favorite color
🧡-gun safety

**They asked permission also before doing this which also shows so much respect!

Thank you to the Kent Police Department for continuing to provide free fun locks to our community!

Fi****ms safety and responsible gun storage are a priority in communities across the US.
KPD is a proud distributor of FREE Gun Safety Kits through Project ChildSafe. Check out their Facebook and/or website for more information and safety tips.

If you are interested in a FREE Gun Safety Kit they are located in our lobby at 301 S. Depeyster St.
NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
Please take only what you need.
Thank you in advance.

To our Kent community...we are asking for you to help this family like you helped ours! This is a tragedy......for our supporters outside of Kent area please help if you can!!! This mama lost her husband and her son! 💔💔💔💔💜💜💜💜 praying for their family, our community and the Stanton Middle School kiddos!!!

Logan and Kelly Carver 68 organized by Ed Ickes A childhood friend and high school classmate has lost her husband and 13 year old son. A fishing tr… Ed Ickes needs your support for Logan and Kelly Carver 68

Send a Happy Birthday message to AJ for his family to see.

Birthday Tribute for AJ Nicholson We're creating a video montage (or "Tribute") for AJ Nicholson and want you to join us. It will only take you a minute to record your video and you can do it from any device. Click on the link to learn more and submit your video. Thanks!

RHS Hockey will forever have our hearts! 💜❤️🖤🏒

Today we received our very first graduation card for AJ!!!! My heart about exploded!!!!! Joe and I want you all to know that any donation made towards AJ’s 2020 graduation will be 100% put towards the AJWay! I keep thinking about him opening his cards, so excited, he’d be thinking about 1. How he could use the money personally, But 2. Mostly how he could use it for college!! He ALWAYS wanted/planned on going to KSU with his “brother” Liam (Ann Bauer)!! He wanted to join the SWAT team but I’m sure Kyle Branham would have got ahold of him at KSU and he would have joined the Army! I used to always tell him “you won’t be able to join the Army bc I won’t let you!” To which he’d reply “how are you going to stop me if I am 18?” I would laugh (and teasingly say) “it’s going to be hard to sign up when I have you tied up in my basement!” I was so afraid he would really enlist!!! The possibility of losing him due to enlisting, freaked me out! We will always long for “what could have been,” even if that meant joining the Army!!! Despite our loss, I promise his death won’t be in vain!!! We will pay it forward in a big way!!! Thank you all for thinking of us always! But...more importantly, thank you for LOVING our Ashton!!!! 💜💜💜💜💜

Thank you for those who donated to help families out during these next few weeks! We were able to purchase gift cards to local grocery stores that will be distributed between RHS and Kent Elementary schools tomorrow! 💜💜💜💜💜

With schools closing for the next 3 weeks, we know a lot of Kent families rely on the schools for meals. If you need help these next few weeks or if you know of a Kent family that is in need, please DM or email us at [email protected] and we will take care of what we can. Or Venmo

https://venmo.com/code?user_id=2415346053021696624

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Our hearts and prayers go out to the young man who passed yesterday in Ravenna. No parent should have to go through this ever!!! Hug your kiddos extra tight today💜💔

Father and 4-year-old son shot in head while play wrestling when man's concealed gun discharges A 36-year-old father and his 4-year-old son were rushed to hospital after being accidentally shot in the head when a gun discharged while they were play wrestling togethe