Re: Germany Fundraiser
From: Sally Grigg (LostCst@mcn.org)
Fri Jan 24 18:41:38 2003
At Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Sarah wrote:
>
>Thanks for the support. I agree about the message being pulled, but I
>have no control over it. I made my feelings clear to the people in
>charge of this site, as they personally emailed me about pulling the
>message. I've seen several other messages from women selling items,
>including raffle tickets to raise money. All I wanted to do was ask
>people to go to my site, and let others know about it. I thought that
>was what this site was all about, helping each other out.
>
>As for having someone vouch for me, I'm not sure how that could be done.
>I mean, my mother, and several close friends and family members have
>sent out messages to their contacts, to let them know that this is
>legit, and not a scam. But there will always be people out there who
>don't believe, and it's understandable. Sad, but understandable. It
>should be just about helping someone that needs help. Just like I
>mention on my site, the past 3 Christmas', I have helped needy families,
>by purchasing dinners for them, and gifts for the children. It's
>something I look forward to every year, and try and get others involved
>in. I'm sure some of the families that put their names on the lists
>don't need the help, but I'm not going to question them. My feeling is
>that it's mainly for the kids anyway.
>
>But, thanks for your kind words. I do appreciate them!!
>
>Have a great weekend.
>
>At Fri, 24 Jan 2003, kaths Yahoo wrote:
>>
>>Hi Sarah,
>>I would like to say that I wish you well with your website and if
>>successful will be good for others to follow. I think if your post was
>>pulled it would be a bit petty as others have advertised their websites
>>on this board whether intentional or unintentionally.
>>
>>I am sure that the websites that are pulled for soliciting are those who
>>are trying to sell their products for financial gain or those who
>>unscrupulously feed on ill and disabled people for financial gain. I am
>>sure they will get what's coming to them when they meet their maker at
>>the pearly gates.
>>
>>I would like to give you one piece of advice that might help you and
>>that is it might be a good idea to have someone vouch for you, to verify
>>that you are who you say you are. You may think I am a horrible person
>>for suggesting this but in this day of the internet you could be
>>anybody.
>>
>>It has been known in the past as I remember, a girl who said that she
>>had cancer and set up a website to fund her surgery. I can't really
>>remember all the details of her story or how she was found out to be a
>>fraud. I remember she was very young and a lot of people were taken in
>>by her and the fact that it was not all that long ago it will still be
>>in peoples minds. So for your own safety it might be worth getting
>>someone who knows you to guarantor for you.
>>
>>I myself was very hurt this week to find out that someone whom I had
>>emailed many times and had grown to love and respect, shared hurts and
>>fears with her, thought I new her as a friend and then to be told that
>>she signed up to my email group under another name to spy on me. It's a
>>horrible feeling when you think you know someone and then you realise
>>that they were a fraud. Which just goes to show with the internet it can
>>be horrible as well as good.
>>
>>I hope I haven't hurt you as sincerely this is not my intention, I am
>>just one of those people who wear their heart on their sleeve and I know
>>how emails can be misconstrued and taken the wrong way. I wish you all
>>the best with your venture and would like to see you succeed and that
>>others may follow and at last get some relief from this dreadful
>>disease. I would also be happy to put your web url on my message board.
>>
>>In Friendship Kath Findlay
>>The UK Adhesion Society
>>http://www.adhesions.org.uk
>>Kath.Findlay@adhesions.org.uk
>>
>>Please feel free to roam the UKAS website, research all about Adhesions,
>>causes, treatment and prevention.
>>United we stand Knowledge is power ARD is our fight Surrender never
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On Behalf
>>Of Sarah
>>Sent: 24 January 2003 17:20
>>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
>>Subject: Re: Germany Fundraiser
>>
>>I have been informed that this is not allowed to be on here, and will
>>probably be pulled because solicitation is not allowed. All I was
>>trying to do was show people where my site was, ask everyone to let
>>their contacts know about it, and give others the idea of doing
>>something like this in the future to get help. I hope that I haven't
>>offended anyone, or upset anyone.
>>
>>At Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Sarah wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi everyone. I hope everyone is having a pain free day.
>>>
>>>As many other women, I am trying to raise the money to go to Germany
>>for
>>>surgery. My wonderful, sweet brother has created a website for me,
>>>http://www.helpingsarah.com that I have sent out to all of my friends
>>about,
>>>and asked them to tell their contacts about.
>>>
>>>I realize that many of you are also saving money to go to Germany, and
>>>cannot help me, but I am asking if you would please email any of your
>>>contacts and let them know about my website.
>>>
>>>Also, I wanted to say thanks to Helen, who helped me quite a bit with
>>>some of the writing of the website, and some of the links. I really do
>>>appreciate it. I mentioned this site, and asked visitors of my site to
>>>visit here and read some of our stories, so hopefully we will get some
>>>more recognition.
>>>
>>>Thank you very much, and have a great weekend!
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Dear Sarah, I can't say that I understand why your message is being pulled.
If you need surgery its better to go where you will be well cared for. Maybe
people are afraid that it will become a trend. I pay money to advertise my
Inn/Ranch on the site, but no one has visited from that ad. People in pain from
adhesions don't want to travel and especially this far. The ad is mainly a way
to support the IAS site. I wish you well. It is a novel approach. How old are you?
Do you have a resume? The only reason I ask is that teachers, schools, employers
etc could be your references. With kindest regards, Sally Grigg