Recipe Book

Updated 10/17/2025 by Jennifer Herbstritt

For years, we’ve thrown around the idea of compiling a family and survivor recipe book but we’ve yet to complete this project. In 2026, we’d love to take that inspiration and make it a reality!

Please consider submitting your family recipes and stories for our membership cookbook. We're looking to collect meaningful family recipes and stories you'd like to share about your family traditions, loved ones, or anything really that you'd like to include in this cookbook. For some of us, this is a way to remember better days, to find solace in happier times, and comfort in the smells of our kitchens and the warmth these dishes once brought to our families and loved ones…to taste that feeling, at least in memory, and share it with others, all while cooking and creating and forming new memories filled with comfort and hope.

Ultimately, our goal is to publish this cookbook and sell it to help raise money and awareness for our VTVCare endowment fund, all of which benefits the long-term trauma related care needs of mass shooting survivors nationwide. Submissions can be sent to Jen or Jody.