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Volunteers struggle to keep up with the quantity of donated stuffed goods in a Simms Lane warehouse in Newtown Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012.

Photo: Michael Duffy

Volunteers, including Terry Ritchie, sort donated stuffed animals in a Simms Lane warehouse in Newtown Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012.

Photo: Michael Duffy

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This is one of the messages sent by children to the kids in Sandy Hook, Conn., where 20 students and six school staff members were killed at their elementary school Dec. 14. This picture was taken the evening of Dec. 24, a day when homes across Newtown lit 26 luminaries at 5 p.m. to remember the victims. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers