We have been informed that the money has been returned to the people who donated to PayPal. It was sent by Gina to Paul, who credited the money through the donor's PayPal accounts. If you have not received a refund, please let us know. If you sent Gina gifts or donations privately, you might want to contact her personally about returning those.
On another note, when the CF community was told their donations were going to be returned, many asked that the money be donated to other CF causes. They said they had intended the money to be a donation, and they maintained they still felt that way.
We do not know anyone with CF, but can imagine the monumental cost of the health care associated with it, especially when a transplant is involved. We assume that young adults with CF hit their insurance benefit maximums fairly quickly.
And yet, despite everything, from the cost of their own care to the events that have unraveled this week, they continue to donate money to others.
What a fantastic group of people.
**Edited to add:**
If you would like to make a donation yourself, we have attached a link to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's donation page. If anyone knows of any other non-personal CF organizations that need or accept donations, please let us know by email or comments, and we will add it here as well.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Cystic Fibrosis Research, Inc
University of Minnesota - Fairview
Cystic Fibrosis Trust (UK)
Live Life Then Give Life (UK)
4 comments:
In the UK there is the CF Trust whose website is cftrust.org.uk (I think) or there is Live Life, then Give Life livelifethengivelife.co.uk which is a tranplant charity.
Hi Emma the wheelchair princess! I'm another Emma with CF from the UK and I'm the Chairman of the Live Life Then Give Life charity. Thanks for giving us a mention. Would be nice to catch up with you via email as you live fairly near me it seems: emma @ livelifethengivelife.co.uk
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The talk about prosecuting her clearly frightened her into returning the money. However, the crime of soliciting money under false pretenses STILL stands, and should be reported.
I donate my money to the Cystic Fibrosis Research Institute in Menlo Park, California.
www.cfri.org
Thanks!
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