Battle4aCure, an organization that raises funds for childhood cancer research, clarified its contact with Emily Dirr.
“I am actually crazy busy right now, I am headed to Africa on June 4th to work with children there. As far as the Eli hoax goes, it was quite the opposite; someone from the hoax actually sent items to us. They sent support bracelets to our organization and donated items for my Africa trip. They did not sign up for any of our programs or ask for any type of financial assistance, they only asked for us to post on our page to support their ‘son’s fight’. We were absolutely sickened and shocked to learn that it was a hoax. We are working on forms to be put in place that individuals seeking support will have to take and have signed by their clinic, so we can verify the validity of their illness. It’s sad that we have to do that, but we want to make sure that our efforts are directed to families who actually need our help.
Please let me know if you have any questions at all! Please feel free to share any of our information on your blog; we do want to clear the air that we had absolutely no idea that it was a hoax and we are better preparing our organization so incidents like this do not happen in the future. “