Re: Germany Fundraiser

From: Sarah (helpsarah@earthlink.net)
Fri Jan 24 15:13:21 2003


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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