atherella
Where is Haleigh?
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Also, from my understanding, the donations are to help her with her daily expenses. Daily expenses can mean new clothing for tv appearances. If the foundation is non-profit, she has to keep receipts and records for whatever that money gets spent on. It's not a case of someone donating 500$ and her just debiting the money for a new bag or taking her kids to Disney World for the day.
With all that said, I think people kinda just assume that the money that gets donated is going to be used as the donatee (is that a word?) sees fit. If they are worried that it's being misappropriated, they should refrain from donating.
But I totally get what you're saying. Thanks for posting that and getting my mind working tonight. It needed a bit of a jump start!
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Just one little thing, which really isn't a big deal but I just wanted to point it out if anyone is interested -- I'm not sure if the Haleighbug Foundation is non-profit or not, but it isn't tax-deductible. I don't know why they would set it up that way, but when I went to the site, I did notice that.
Anyhow, I don't really see a problem with Crystal looking presentable for national tv appearances. When we were originally seeing her, she was mulling around in jeans and a t-shirt. And that is perfectly normal when she is in Satsuma looking for Haleigh. But, when she is going on a national tv appearance, there really is nothing wrong with putting on a decent outfit and brushing her hair.
I don't know if she got paid or not -- GR said no (quite emphatically also). Chances are the show did NOT cut her a check for her appearance. I do know there are ways around appearance fees such as "selling photos". That said, I haven't seen any new pictures of Haleigh on tv lately (other than the ones that Ron's attorneys have released to fight the allegations of abuse, so obviously Crystal didn't sell those). Besides, Crystal was only on GR's show last night for a total of probably 4 minutes. If I were her and Ron, I'd be begging every show in the world to put my face on so I could get my child's story out there -- no appearance fee necessary!