Mr.Albero,
I writing you regarding an issue that is deeply bothering me. I am a family member of Sarah Foxwell and I have just come to learn that there is an event in her name this Saturday at the Powellville VFW. The problem I am having is that the event is from 8pm to midnight, with alcohol and a rock band,and of all things it is called Sarah Foxwell "Kick Off" Event. Sarah was an 11 year old girl and how on earth is this a benefit to her. Who gives these people permission to use her name in this way.
I will add this as well. I have come to learn that some family members are planning a Candle Light Vigil very near Christmas Day. I am appalled that we would ask this community to live this tragedy over again especially at Christmas time. Enough is Enough!! I know everyone in this community will be thinking of her and how we lost our "Christmas Angel". I will not be attending either event. My mourning will be done in private.
I would like to take this moment to say Thank You to everyone who searched and prayed for Sarah. I would also like to Thank You Joe for your work in Annapolis. You helped to make sure that our children are better protected in the future.
I will close with this, I wish everyone a Safe and Merry Christmas.
Signed,
Missing You "Haleybug"
38 comments:
These events will continue to raise money in Sarah's name for Sarah's House. The reason it is called "kickoff" event is because there will be another one in April to repeat last years event. These events raise a lot of needed money for Sarah's house and also the scholarship fund in Sarah's name. Be thankful the surrounding communities want to keep Sarah's memory alive. I'm sure the people that do events don't mean to hurt Sarah's family in any way. And they put a lot of work into planning these events. They don't get anything for doing it but the satisfaction of donating to a great cause.
BJC
i agree completely. my wife and i have for awhile now, felt that everyone needs to just let her "rest in peace". everytime you turn around, theres a sarah benefit, sarah event, police dog named Sarah, sarak this or that. i know its a touchy subject, to be critical of these events. but alright already. it was a sickening terrible tragidy, what happened to Sarah. but we need to stop all this, and let her RIP.
I am so sorry for your loss of Sarah and I know this must of been very hard for you to write but you do speak the truth. God Bless You and your Family.
Anonymous 12:55 - You have a valid point however we are talking about a child not an adult or a biker. So WHY are all these events geared around partying? Why don't we have a Sarah's Walk to raise money or something like that. IMHO this is done in poor taste.
I personally believe that if the money raised is going towards the Sarah Foxwell fund, then what does it matter where or how the money is raised as long as it's legal? These people are doing something to raise money for a good cause. They aren't trying to hurt the family in anyway. Would you prefer that everyone just stop all fundraisers in her name and raise no more money to support the cause? Come on seriously. This family member is reading WAY to far into this. The FD is going to be donating probably thousands of dollars to her fund.... trying to do a good thing and someone wants to complain about it.
Were these events okayed by Sarah's mother and father? If so, then I do not have a problem with them.
Shame on Sarah's House then. To me, this is clearly an opportunity for some to USE Sarah's name to party in the hopes of raising money.
Look more carefully at what this Family member said. The event is from 8 to midnight. IF the event was during the day, like Chuck Campbell's fundraisers were, that's one thing. We ALL know this is more about a party then it is anything else.
All I can say is, Jennifer better not be involved with this crap as she has enough troubles in her life right now.
Again, SHAME ON SARAH'S HOUSE!
2:12, ther parents are ALCOHOLICS. HELLO!
Tom McGuire, I really could care less what YOUR opinion is, so stay off this Blog.
Remember Idiot, you and your Wife wished Brooke Mulford dead.
DI agree that the family, alone, should approve of her name and likeness. If it is to raise funds it should have been titled "Powelville VFD fundraiser, proceeds to benifit Sarah's House" no need to title it a Sarah Foxwell fundraiser. Everyone knows that Sarahs house is named in her memory. The title of the event is just in bad taste. Plain and simple.
A scholarship was established in Sarah's Memory at SU. This scholarship is to help a student or students that want to HELP MAKE a difference in the Social Work area. The community came together in hopes of finding her and we all mourned her together. What happened to Sarah should have NEVER happened. The people that are doing this event are not trying to hurt anyone they are trying to PREVENT this from happening to another. Sarah's memory should stay alive and NO ONE should forget what happened to this poor little girl. As far a biker event, the biker community is AMAZING! They are a family tighter then most families. They come together and they stay together. When someone gets hurt they all help. Look at B.A.C.A. (Bikers Against Child Abuse) they are bikers and THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE...Bikers are the MOST GIVING PEOPLE....Trust me I speak from experience with the biker community. Do you know bikers are lawyers, judges, fireman, police, nurses, docotors..Or are people so shallow that when they see biker they think bad all the time...Blue Knights(bikers), Red Knights (biker), Vietnam Vets (bikers) people and their steriod types need to open their minds...All the above clubs named, FOUGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM and are LAW ABIDING CITIZEN. As far as drinking, no one makes anyone drink at any of these events. That is your choice. I personally am not a drinker. The VFW are VETRANS again, that fought for you and my freedom. If Sarah was my child and this happened to her, I can promise you, I would be doing all I can to help people to learn from waht happened to her.
I personally think its great that some people out there still care and are trying to help others. Those people are the ones that make the community a family.
Only a portion of the benfits money goes to SARAH's HOUSE and to make it clear they did not ask anyone for anyhting. Has any of you ever spent time at The Child Advacacy Center (SARAH's House) / DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY DO? They help the silent voices that can not speak for themselves or defend themselves from so called GROWN UPS. They work on DOANTIONS!! They volunteers their time!! THEY ARE MAKING a difference in a CHILDS LIFE....Who made a difference in Sarah's life? Who PROTECTED HER?
And YES I ride motorcycles and I AM PROUD TO BE PART OF THE BIKER COMMUNITY.
Are you all kidding me?? You are going to make an issue out of something good? So what if you do not agree with where it is being done or how it is being done..It is a good cause being done by people that are wanting to help our community and yes REMEMBER SARAH and what happened to her. Poeple that do not want another child to suffer the way Sarah did..I am AMAZED by the people and their petty ways....UNBELEIEVABLE..btw did ya know BIKERS are lawyers, judges, police officers, firefighters, nurses, doctors etc...GET A LIFE PEOPLE and quit being stupid over the good in BIKERS!!
Most are aware of the parents "habits." But I believe it's still their call. If they are okay with Sarah's name being used than it shouldn't be a problem with anyone else. Those who are opposed or who are offended are free to not attend.
What would you like the event to be called....It is being done to raise money for SU Scholarship that is named The Sarah Foxwell Memorial Scholarship. It is being done by a group of people..YES BIKERS, that started this in Sarah's name....Right now there is over $15,000.00 at SU in SARAH'S MEMORY fors scholoarship(s)to help less fortunate students to presue their dream of becoming a social worker and working to HELP PREVENT this kind of stuff happening to a child. Eventually the scholarship will be opened to help others who want to become some oen to work with children at centers like SARAH's HOUSE....Why must someone always see the negative in everything and not see the positive this is....I am sure no one is trying ti hurt anyone, especially not the family. What happened to Sarah was awful, but don't we all want to remember what happened and make sure it does not happen again? Look at KateLyn Stinnett (google her story) and what happened to this poor little girl in Florida...It is now nationally known and is helping to raise awareness and getting MORE pople involved in helping. Also what about B.A.C.A. (bikers against child abuse) look them up...See what they are about and what they do....I am very proud to be part of such a wonderful family, the BIKER FAMILY...they are very close and they look out for all...Homeless, less fortunate ( Toys for Tots), Habitate for Humainity...Can someone please tell me, why that makes them bad? Seems to me I was brought up to respect all and to not judge a book by its cover....Every book has a story with it....Bikers are the most caring and giving people I have ever met...Let them raisemoney for a good cause whatever they seem fit to do...If you all want to put a walk together go for it..I can tell ya there will be bikers there to show thier support....Also when ya hear about the FAMILY FUN DAY planned for Jolley Rogers for the same cause, remember BIKERS will be there to..Thats righ tthey are family members too...they have children, grandchildren and god children..AMAZING HUH..BIKERS are just like you and me....
I agree with 2:35, the naming is a poor choice and in poor taste. The event it's self is a way to raise money and let's be honest here folks there are a LOT of people that drink and it will draw a crowd which will mean more money to donate.
As an outsider looking in the naming of the event is the main "beef". No one is raising money for Sarah any more, she is not going to benefit from any fundraisers, it is to help other children in Sarah's honor, so they need to reconsider the repeat event title.
Speaking of using Sarah's name for publicity and/or attention; my daughter's were in Ocean City with friends recently, and they used cab service to get around. The "lady" driving the cab turned around and said, "Do you who I am? I am Sarah Foxwell's mother. You probably recognize me from TV."
Once again no good deed goes unpunished.
Joe, if you think this is big wait a couple more weeks. Why would Sarah's mom want to have a baby so soon. She is three months right now. The people will not leave that poor lady alone now. RIP Sarah
Another shame is that the Child Advocacy Center was renamed Sarah's House. The did very little in the investigation, it is just a way to use a name.
I was at an event at the VFW in Salisbury and gave Sarah's mother a pin from the ride in 2009 she huged me thanked me My God lets make the world a better place.
I agree the named should be changed if for nothing else liabailty issues. Just imagine someone getting a DUI or having an accident when leaving this event. Any time you have alcohol at a event you are accountable. Just my opinion.
4:16 - your post makes it very obvious that you have absolutely no idea of how The Child Advocacy Center is organized or operates. It is a cooperative effort that includes the Sheriff's office, the State's attorney's office, the City Police and the Dept of Social Services.
Try telling anyone with a grain of sense that those agencies wer enot front and center during the tragedy.
Too often, people around here shoot off at the mouth without any foundation in fact.
3:41 Sarah's mother wants her own 15 minutes of fame!!!!!!! How sick she is!!!! I agree with the family member who wrote on your blog!!!! R.I.P. Also, as a mother of a teen I would have never aloud all of this!!
STOP!! I think you all have lost sight of the original post. Sarah was an 11 year old child. WHY have an event where her brothers and sisters and even friends can not attend. None of this money is going to the family the way the event reads.I AGREE with this family member 100%.
Joe , Jennifer has trouble now and has always had trouble. I believe she is toxic and if the comment is true about her being pregnant I am sick to my stomach. Question of the day " Who will raise it" ?????
Her mother is pregnant again??? What is wrong with that woman she didn't raise the 7 she already has now she's going to have another one? She is a poster child for sterilization.
Would you want your child to go to a event where the horror of what happened would be talked about. I have a 6 year old girl no way. If she heard about being taken out of her bed at night ect. The nightmares would not end. There is a time and place for that. Its not at a party.
Anonymous 5:44 - You said it the best!
I have to agree w/the family member. Having a fundraiser w/the name "kickoff" for someone who died is in poor taste. Also, I think it is in poor taste to have a late night party with drinking with a child's name associated with it. There are many other ways to fundraise for Sarah's House. I made a donation to the SU fund during a school Christmas concert last year which seemed to be a more tasteful fundraiser. If it is true the parents have an addictions problem, then yet another reason why it is in bad taste. I attended both candlelight vigils last year (one near her home on Christmas Eve when we all prayed she would be found alive, then one at the city park after she was found dead). I'll have to agree w/the family member again, when will it end? Let the child and family rest in peace. The community will always remember her and how our community was forever changed. RIP Sarah Foxwell
If it is true Sarah's mother is pregnant again that is very sad. I hope it is not true.
Jen is claiming she is 18 weeks pregnant. She didn't go to court today for a second eviction notice in the past two months because she claims she had a doctors appointment to see if she is actually pregnant. Funny, she seems to know she's 18 weeks pregnant but she has not gone to a doctor. After 9 pregnancies you'd think she'd get it by now. She lost all of her children and seems to be dying for more attention.
She's not pregnant at all. She just didn't want to go to court today because she's going to get thrown out of her house just before Christmas. Jen also went to jail last month for not paying child support. Everyone else is paying her bills while she parties at happy hour at station 7.
Anonymous 6:49 - Your words are so true. I was trying to think what to say and you said it for me. Thank You
Sarah will not RIP until the animal that did this to her is tried and convicted. And her memory should never be forgotten.
Not meaning to sound stupid but what is all the talk of her not being able to rest in peace about? I have never understood that statement. I am not at all trying to be disrespectful or uncaring because my heart broke along with many others when Sarah was missing and again when she was found. I just don't understand what that means. Once someone has passed and had received a burial they are at rest in a final resting spot so how does any fundraisers, events, speach of her name make that not so?
Sarah is gone, she will never be back here for any of that didn't know her to get to know. Her siblings and loved ones will never be able to hold her or watch her grow up. So any feelings that are still here are only feelings of those still living and may upset some but the reality is Sarah is not feeling anything about any of it.
Raise money for a good cause to good people in her honor so no one can forget the child, but be sure it is in good taste and with good reason as to not offend anyone still living that were touched by Sarah's untimely preventative murder. Sarah is in no pain and that is the one and only thing that no one can take from her.
5:38, and 5:44, right on.
The thought of this woman bringing yet another child into this world that she is not fit or capable of raising IS sickening!
It would have been differnet if the benefit has something to do with childeren since Sara is was child. A day of fun would have brought in the same amount of money as a drinking party and would make more since. A day with moon bounces clowns pony rides things that Sara enjoyed. We will all miss her and always remember her and we need to remember her as she was and i don't think that remembering her with partying is the way to do it.
As far as her mother having another child it will just be taken away from her and a family member will raise this one too. That is if she is even having another baby she lies alot.
For a long time now, I have been tired of seeing the faces of certain family members on the news looking for attention when they are the ones that failed this innocent child to begin with. let her rest in peace, stopping using her for your own personal gains. everyone should move on and concentrated on efforts to see this doesn't happen again.
@7:00 PM...This is what WE are trying to do..PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. I am not one to lay blame anywhere on anyone person. I feel a lot of people failed this little girl. I feel it is our place as ADULTS to make sure it doesn't happen again... No one is trying to hurt or blame anyone here. This is to HELP others..Nothing more and Nothing less....
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