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Hialeah resident Ebony Nesbitt said GoFundMe deleted a campaign she created in honor of Stoneman Douglas athletic director Christopher Hixon, a Naval Reservist she served with in Miami, and only allowed her to create another one after she confirmed Hixon's sister as beneficiary, with full rights to withdraw from the fund.
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«If you think about it more than a minute, it's a pretty silly campaign... and there are so many better causes on GoFundMe,» he said.
«We're most proud of how GoFundMe has helped those affected by national tragedies such as the Colorado theater shooting, Hurricane Sandy, the Boston marathon bombings, and the Oklahoma City tornadoes,» says Damphousse.
Mr. Clavering's GoFundMe campaign raised more than $ 25,000, but he said the cost for the entire event was likely around $ 100,000.
«GoFundMe is working closely with all parties, including the state and local officials in Florida, to ensure all of the money raised goes to victims and families,» said Katherine Cichy, a GoFundMe spokeswoman.
On a GoFundMe page, organizers say they are «calling for [their] fellow veterans to assemble as a peaceful, unarmed militia at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation... and defend the water protectors from assault and intimidation at the hands of the militarized police force and DAPL security.»
Writing on a GoFundMe page which is raising money for his family, Kelly Carke's brother - in - law, David Beard said: «We want to thank each and every one for their support both financially and the prayers.
A GoFundMe page set up by Mr Bockarie said his father died on December 8, and that the funeral would be held in Reading.
A GoFundMe spokesman said officials will have discussions with Charlie's parents about what will happen to the money.
«For a woman to stand up and put up a GoFundMe together for me — I find that very flattering,» Caputo said.
«I'm not a political activist; I'm not a scam artist,» Letina said on that first GoFundMe page.
Kim's mother has since written about her support for gun control legislation, while a GoFundMe page in Kim's honour said she was «a senior Girl Scout and loved by many».
His film predates social media, but it's like a lumbering filmic version of that one Facebook friend who shares random GoFundMe pages and tired old memes, lists their job as «SAG - AFTRA,» has profile pictures of bouquets of flowers with captions like «You know what they say, love is blind» (an actual quote from the film).
The GoFundMe has been amazing in helping to cover the costs, she said, and the support her paper has received has bolstered her drive to continue telling her high school's story.
«GoFundMe is working closely with all parties, including the state and local officials in Florida, to ensure all of the money raised goes to victims and families,» said Katherine Cichy, a GoFundMe spokeswoman.
Missy Wilford, whose post was embedded on a GoFundMe page set up by friends of the family, said her daughter suffered gunshot wounds that «went through her back, crushing her ribs, piercing her right lung and exiting her stomach.
GoFundMe and law enforcement authorities say they are working together to make sure accounts listed on GoFundMe are legitimate.
Links to several campaigns posted on Facebook soliciting donations for victims of Wednesday's shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were removed by GoFundMe because their creators had no personal, direct connection to the victims or their families, the company said.
«So if you are donating to a crowdfunding site, GoFundMe is making sure that those funds will go to true victims and their families,» she said.
Accepting money from a GoFundMe campaign specifically created to help a victim with funeral or medical expenses might then render a victim ineligible to seek compensation from the state for the same expense, Mason said.
On a GoFundMe campaign organized to raise expenses for the planned March for our Lives gun control demonstration in Washington D.C. on March 24, Stoneman Douglas student Cameron Kasky said half of the money raised would be given to the Broward Education Foundation's fund.
Bartlett Jackson, a regional communications manager for GoFundMe, said the Broward Education Foundation has created an official GoFundMe campaign, and Mason called the foundation's effort a «legitimate campaign.»
Meanwhile, two other GoFundMe campaign organizers said they've been satisfied with how the crowdfunding site has communicated with them regarding their campaigns.
Organizers said when you add in money from other collections outside the GoFundMe page, they've actually raised close to $ 3.5 million.
One of the first, the Stoneman Douglas Victims» Fund, was launched by the Broward Education Foundation on the night of the shootings and has raised more than $ 3 million, including $ 2.5 million from nearly 32,000 donors to the campaign's GoFundMe site, organizers said Tuesday.