Find the Helpers

Social Media Influence

Twitter: 300,000 followers

Fred has amassed approximately 8,200 press spots since February 15, 2018, the day after his daughter, Jaime, was murdered. Many of these spots are a result of “shares” from his social media activity. He was also featured at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

Friends of Fred

• VP Joe Biden and his team
• Michael Bloomberg and his team
• Speaker Pelosi and Christine Pelosi
• Congressman Ted Deutch
• Congressman Eric Swalwell
• Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz
• Members of the House and Senate
• Maria Shriver
• Alyssa Milano
• Tara Strong
• Debra Messing
• Eric McCormick
• Rosanne Arquette
• Patricia Arquette
• Bradley Whitford
• Tom Hanks
• Ellen Show
• Jimmy Kimmel Show
• Richard Schiff
• Chelsea Handler
• Howard Stern Show
• Anthony Scramucci
• David Semas
• Valerie Jarret
• Judd Apatow
• Shannon Watts (Mom’s Demand)
• All of the gun safety groups (Everytown, Brady, Gifforts, Newtown, Guns Down, March For Our Lives, and others)
• Stephanie Miller on Sirrius
• Neal Katyal
• Joel Rubin
• Richard Lewis, Jessica Kirson, Jim Breuer, Alonzo Bodden – comedians
• Tom Arnold
• Rosie O’Donnell
• Ed Stack, CEO of Dicks Sporting Goods
• Randy Rainbow, YouTube star

Media Who Will Cover the Book Launch

• MSNBC. Fred has direct relationships with Mika and Joe, Stephanie Ruhle, Andrea Mitchell, Ari Velshi, Lawrence O’Donnell and Joy Reid. He has a primary contact with MSNBC who can book him on anything.
• CNN. Fred has direct relationships with Jake Tapper, Alisyn Camerota, Brook Baldwin, Poppy Harlow. He also has been asked multiple times for Anderson Cooper, but schedules have never aligned.
• PBS – Newshour with Judy Woodruff
• NPR
• NBC News
• Marie Claire
• BBC
• Buzz Feed (Remy Schmidt)
• Mother Jones (Kara Voight)
• Democracy Now
• HBO Real Sports
• Now This
• Jewish Telegraphic Agency
• LA Times
• Miami Herald
• Sun Sentinel (Tribune Company)
• Washington Post
• NY Times
• Newsweek
• Time Magazine
• Politico
• Reuters
• Rolling Stone
• Showtime show The Circus
• The Hill
• USA Today
• The Young Turks Damage Report
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In this powerful and inspiring book, Fred shows how we can all become agents of positive change as well as identify people who can join in making a change. Find the Helpers is an unforgettable story with an important reminder that we can make this a better world. We are, indeed, better together.

How a Parkland Dad and 9/11 Brother Faced Tragedy

"Don't tell me there's no such thing as gun violence. It happened in Parkland." ―Fred Guttenberg

2020 Nautilus Silver Winner
2021 Chanticleer Hearten Awards First Place Winner

Life changed forever on Valentine's Day 2018 for Fred Guttenberg and his family. What should have been a day of love turned into a nightmare. Seventeen people died at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Fourteen-year-old Jaime Guttenberg was the second to last victim.

“Fred Guttenberg is a hero." ―Lawrence O'Donnell.  That Jaime and so many of her fellow students were struck down in cold blood galvanized many to action, including Jaime’s father Fred now a gun safety activist dedicated to passing common sense gun safety legislation.

Fred was already struggling with deep personal loss. Four months earlier his brother Michael died of 9/11 induced pancreatic cancer. He had been exposed to too much dust and chemicals at Ground Zero. Michael battled heroically for nearly five years and then died at age fifty.

Find the Helpers has a special meaning to the Guttenberg’s. It was a beloved family wisdom learned from watching Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. In the midst of tragedy, "always look for the helpers. There will always be helpers. Because if you look for the helpers, you’ll know there’s hope." ―Fred Rogers, 1999

Healing from grief. Discover the story of Fred Guttenberg’s activist’s journey since Jaime’s death and how he has been able to get through the worst of times thanks to the kindness and compassion of others. Good things happen to good people at the hands of other good people─and the world is filled with them. They include everyone from amazing gun violence survivors Fred has met to former VP Joe Biden, who spent time talking to him about finding mission and purpose in learning to grieve.

If you enjoyed Eyes to the Wind, Haben, or The Beauty in Breaking, you'll love Find the Helpers!

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