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Trump's campaign crowdfunded millions online in an untraditional approach to emergency relief
Read full article: Trump's campaign crowdfunded millions online in an untraditional approach to emergency reliefFormer President Donald Trump’s campaign is using GoFundMe to rally its donor network around the survivors of his July assassination attempt and Hurricane Helene’s destruction.
Miami-Dade PD: Gunman fatally shoots woman, child outside Chase bank before taking his own life
Read full article: Miami-Dade PD: Gunman fatally shoots woman, child outside Chase bank before taking his own lifeThree people are dead, including a child, after a shooting occurred Friday morning outside of a Chase bank in west Miami-Dade, authorities confirmed.
Here’s why GoFundMe won’t shut down Aventura woman’s Trump fundraiser, despite backlash
Read full article: Here’s why GoFundMe won’t shut down Aventura woman’s Trump fundraiser, despite backlashGoFundMe responded to concerns a page set up after former President Donald Trump was fined in his civil fraud judgment is in breach of the platform’s rules.
Miami-Dade woman launches GoFundMe for Donald Trump’s ‘unjust’ $350M fine in civil fraud case
Read full article: Miami-Dade woman launches GoFundMe for Donald Trump’s ‘unjust’ $350M fine in civil fraud caseA Miami-Dade woman launched a GoFundMe page Friday to pay approximately $355 million that former President Donald Trump was fined after his New York civil fraud trial.
GoFundMe says $30 billion has been raised on its crowdfunding and nonprofit giving platforms
Read full article: GoFundMe says $30 billion has been raised on its crowdfunding and nonprofit giving platformsGoFundMe crowdfunding campaigns have generated $30 billion since 2010, the fundraising platform announced Tuesday, as younger generations look beyond institutions to make their donations.
‘Devastated and heartbroken’: Family asks for help after murder of 22-year-old pregnant mother of 4 in Broward
Read full article: ‘Devastated and heartbroken’: Family asks for help after murder of 22-year-old pregnant mother of 4 in BrowardShambre Boyd was just beginning to make her mark as an adult, already a mom and four months pregnant when she was tragically killed Monday night.
‘We need help’: Family of 4 injured, 6 residents homeless after gas explosion in Broward’s West Park
Read full article: ‘We need help’: Family of 4 injured, 6 residents homeless after gas explosion in Broward’s West ParkFour people, including two children, were injured after an explosion leveled a house and damaged neighboring homes and cars early Tuesday morning in Broward County.
Miami-Dade girl, 4, dies after being shot in head by brother, mother confirms
Read full article: Miami-Dade girl, 4, dies after being shot in head by brother, mother confirmsA 4-year-old girl who was shot in the head by her younger brother over the weekend has died, her mother confirmed on a GoFundMe page set up to help with funeral expenses.
GoFundMe page created to help family after father attacked in front of son at Doral hotel
Read full article: GoFundMe page created to help family after father attacked in front of son at Doral hotelA GoFundMe page has been created to help a man and his family after he was severely beaten in front of his young son at a hotel in Doral.
Daughter creates GoFundMe after mother of 7 killed in northeast Miami-Dade shooting
Read full article: Daughter creates GoFundMe after mother of 7 killed in northeast Miami-Dade shootingSeven siblings are asking for the community’s help Thursday after their mother was killed in a shooting in northwest Miami-Dade Tuesday afternoon.
Bills' Hamlin will put the millions raised into his charity
Read full article: Bills' Hamlin will put the millions raised into his charityBuffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin will use the $10 million given to online fundraising campaigns by well-wishers after his on-field collapse to fund his own nonprofit, the Chasing M’s Foundation.
More than $2 million raised for toddler orphaned in Chicago parade shooting
Read full article: More than $2 million raised for toddler orphaned in Chicago parade shootingA GoFundMe account created to help a boy orphaned by the deadly parade shooting in Chicago on the Fourth of July has collected more than $2 million.
Woman creates GoFundMe for parents whose home was destroyed in fire
Read full article: Woman creates GoFundMe for parents whose home was destroyed in fireSamara Molina and her brother, Joshua Molina, are asking for the community’s help after their parents’ home in southwest Miami-Dade was destroyed in a fire last week.
'Glue me back together': Online pleas to aid parade victims
Read full article: 'Glue me back together': Online pleas to aid parade victimsFriends and families of the roughly 60 people hit by an SUV that sped through a Christmas parade in a suburban Milwaukee downtown say some suffered life-threatening injuries.
Aumentan las solicitudes de GoFundMe en Colombia y Venezuela para pagar gastos médicos
Read full article: Aumentan las solicitudes de GoFundMe en Colombia y Venezuela para pagar gastos médicosFamilias en Colombia y Venezuela piden ayuda financiera a través de GoFundMe, para pagar gastos relacionados con tratamientos médicos de COVID-19.
Donations pour in for families of Atlanta shooting victims
Read full article: Donations pour in for families of Atlanta shooting victims(AP Photo/Ben Gray)Shortly after his mother was killed in the Atlanta-area shootings, Randy Park launched a GoFundMe page asking for $20,000 to pay for funeral expenses. For now, donors to victims of the Atlanta shootings must scour individual GoFundMe accounts. A page for Yong Yue’s family drew more than $115,000. AdPark's family was the first to launch a GoFundMe page. This is simply a change in my life,” Park wrote to the 70,000 people who had contributed as of Sunday afternoon.
Investigators say fire in Fort Lauderdale home started in teen girl’s room
Read full article: Investigators say fire in Fort Lauderdale home started in teen girl’s roomFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A 16-year-old girl was taken to Broward Health Medical Center Friday morning after a fire erupted inside of a home in Fort Lauderdale, authorities confirmed. Investigators said Friday that the fire started in an electrical outlet not far from the girl’s bed. Fort Lauderdale firefighters work to extinguish house fire. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Stephen Gollan said the smoke detectors inside the home saved the family’s lives. .they aren’t able to open a window and go out that way because it is blocked by the hurricane shutters,” Gollan said.
GoFundMe page set up for family of 13 displaced after fire in Miami Gardens
Read full article: GoFundMe page set up for family of 13 displaced after fire in Miami GardensMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – A GoFundMe page has been created for a family of 13 who were displaced after a fire erupted Wednesday inside their home in Miami Gardens. “We had heavy smoke showing from multiple sides of the structure,” Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Ray Jadallah said Wednesday. These four children were among the six kids who were home April 1 when their home caught fire in Miami Gardens. Olgance Anice, 31, who uses a wheelchair, was also hospitalized, according to the GoFundMe page. A neighbor who witnessed the fire said the family members were breaking windows, trying to get everyone out of the burning home.
Unverified GoFundMe accounts appear to raise money for family of slain UPS driver
Read full article: Unverified GoFundMe accounts appear to raise money for family of slain UPS driverHIALEAH, Fla. – Several apparently fake GoFundMe accounts have been created to raise funds for the family of Frank Ordonez, the UPS driver gunned down during Thursday’s shootout in Miramar. However, only two of the funds have been verified and will guarantee delivery of donations to the Ordonez family. The other account, which can be FOUND HERE, has been created by a fellow UPS driver named Ray Mathers. His account will disburse the funds raised through the local drivers union in South Florida. None of the other GoFundMe accounts listed on the page have been verified by the family, although they may also be planning on donating the money to the family.
Trick-or-treating family dies after Halloween night crash
Read full article: Trick-or-treating family dies after Halloween night crashGoFundMeLONG BEACH, Calif. - An entire family trick-or-treating on Halloween night was killed after a suspected DUI crash. The Los Angeles Times reports Raihan Awaida, 32, died Sunday of injuries suffered in the accident, days after her husband Joseph and 3-year-old son died following the crash in Long Beach. The Awaida family was walking on the sidewalk while trick-or-treating when they were struck by a 2002 Toyota Sequoia. The driver of the vehicle, Carlo Navarro, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and gross vehicular manslaughter. A GoFundMe page had already raised nearly $198,000 for funeral expenses for the family.
Girl, 17, succumbs to brain injury in tragic golf cart accident
Read full article: Girl, 17, succumbs to brain injury in tragic golf cart accidentDAVIE, Fla. - A teenage girl who was thrown from a flipped golf cart in Davie on Sunday has died. Ashely Pereira, 17, was in a golf cart with friends heading east on Dykes Road over an I-75 overpass when the vehicle flipped and she suffered a serious brain injury, officials said. Residents in the sprawling communities of Davie and Southwest Ranches say that kids driving golf carts is a common occurrence. One resident told Local 10 reporter Andrew Perez that he knew of another victim who needed a metal plate put in their head after the golf cart they were in flipped. "We've seen kids on these things where they pack them six, seven, eight in a cart," another resident said.
Doctor living in Miami falls to his death during vacation in Ibiza
Read full article: Doctor living in Miami falls to his death during vacation in IbizaMIAMI - Dr. Daniel Sirovich died while attempting to take a picture of a beautiful beach in Ibiza, Spain, his fiance's mother told the Staten Island Advance. Sirovich's friends in South Florida are mourning him after he died Wednesday during his vacation in Ibiza, Spain, a family friend reported on GoFundMe. Diario De Ibiza reported Sirovich fell about 82 feet Wednesday in an area known as Atlantis near Sa Pedrera de Cala d'Hort. Sirovich was with his fiance, Kristi Kelly, a physician's assistant student in Miami, according to Sirovich's friend Gui Ramos. Sirovich's co-workers are planning a vigil at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the KRMC's Room 758 at 11750 SW 40 St. in Kendall.
Pa. duo faked birth, death for GoFundMe
Read full article: Pa. duo faked birth, death for GoFundMeThe couple raised a total of $550 from the GoFundMe, according to a company spokeswoman. Photographs of baby Easton were posted on the couple's Facebook pages, and the baby matched the "appearance of a newborn look-a-like baby doll," the complaint said. Police say they were unable to find any record that baby Easton ever existed. Police checked with the coroner's office in Somerset and Cambria County and neither had records of an Easton Lang, according to the complaint. CNN has also attempted to reach out to the people who gave the couple money and gifts.
Pompano Beach man remains unconscious after being struck by lightning
Read full article: Pompano Beach man remains unconscious after being struck by lightningPOMPANO BEACH, Fla. - A Pompano Beach man remains unconscious days after being struck by lightning. Nick Williams was outside in the Leasureville community on Sunday, sitting under a tree in his wheelchair when he was hit by the lightning strike. According to a GoFundMe account created in Williams' name, his wheelchair was on fire when the woman arrived. Pompano Beach Fire Rescue found Williams burned and unconscious under the tree in his wheelchair. Photo shows where lightning struck the wheelchair of Nick WilliamsThe 28-year-old was later transferred to the Ryder Trauma Center Burn Unit in Miami due to his injuries.
BSO identifies deputy killed in Deerfield Beach crash
Read full article: BSO identifies deputy killed in Deerfield Beach crashDEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. - A deputy hired by the Broward Sheriff's Office last year was killed in Sunday morning's Deerfield Beach crash. BSO spokeswoman Veda Coleman-Wright said Nimtz's cruiser collided with a Toyota Tundra pickup truck at the intersection. Bell said Nimtz's wife and two children, ages 18 months and 3 years, had already moved back to Indiana to settle into their new home. Bell said Nimtz's wife was traveling to South Florida. Anyone who witnessed Sunday's crash is asked to call BSO traffic homicide Detective Carlos De Jesus at 954-321-4842.
Family of drowning victim needs help, relative says
Read full article: Family of drowning victim needs help, relative saysHOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Fritznel Pierre, a student at Fort Lauderdale High School, was swimming in a lake with his friends when he drowned. Fritznel's family wasn't financially prepared to cover his funeral costs, the boy's uncle Olvenso Savoie said. Savoie described him as kind and caring teen. His friend Jasmin Montes, who shared the GoFundMe account with Local 10 News, described him as a "kind hearted" and "amazing" boy. "This has been a extremely devastating time for me and all of his close friends," Jasmin said.