KATEY MARIE CAMPBELL FUND

WE ARE THE PARENTS OF KATEY MARIE CAMPBELL. KATEY WAS A TROUBLED CHILD. 

UNKNOWN TO US, SHE WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED AT 3 YEARS OF AGE BY A FOSTER CHILD LIVING WITH MY PARENTS.  THEY WERE AWARE THAT THIS HAPPENED AND WENT TO THEIR GRAVES.....NEVER REVEALING THE INCIDENT THAT KATEY BATTLED WITH UNTIL HER DEATH.

KATEY SUFFERED ALL THROUGH HER LIFE WITH BULIMIA,  ANOXERIA, DEPRESSION, OBSSESIVE COMPULSION DISORDERS, DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE.

DESPITE HER MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, KATEY WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED HER UNIVERSITY DEGREE IN THE FINE ARTS WITH NO DEBT!!!!!

SHE WENT ON TO TEACHER'S COLLEGE AND WAS SUCCESFULLY EMPLOYED BY THE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD OF NIAGARA.

KATEY WAS CLEAN FOR SEVERAL YEARS...THE KATEY WE LOVED....THE LOVE OF HER STUDENTS......SHE USED HER ARTISTIC ABILITIES AS A TOOL FOR TEACHING.

SHE MET A YOUNG MAN THROUGH THE "PROGRAM" AND THEY PURCHASED A HOME TOGETHER IN FORT ERIE, ONTARIO.

UNKNOWN TO US, HE WAS EMOTIONALLY ABUSIVE AND AFTER 2 YEARS THEY SEPERATED AND SHE WAS BACK INTO HER ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR.

ONE DRINK FOR KATEY WAS LIKE 10 FOR A "NORMAL" PERSON.....AND WHEN SHE DRANK, SHE MADE POOR CHOICES.

ON JULY 18, 2013, AFTER A NIGHT OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, SHE DECIDED TO TAKE A SWIM IN THE UPPER NIAGARA RIVER.

WE KNEW SHE DID NOT WANT TO DIE....WE TALKED ABOUT IT ON A REGULAR BASIS.  HOWEVER SHE MADE A CHOICE THAT CAUSED HER DEATH.

SHE WENT OVER NIAGARA FALLS, DESPERATELY TRYING TO REACH A SMALL ISLAND JUST ABOVE THE BRINK.......IT TOOK ALMOST TWO WEEKS BEFORE THEY FOUND HER BODY.

WE MADE A DECISION TO CREATE THE "KATEY MARIE CAMPBELL FUND", THROUGH THE NIAGARA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

WE INITALLY RAISED $20,000 THROUGH FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS.  THE FUND WAS INCREASED TO OVER $40,000 WITH A FUND RAISING EVENT THAT WAS SUPPORTED LOCALLY IN 2014.

ALL PROCEEDS GO TO TWO ORGANIZATIONS, THE NIAGARA FALLS YWCA (WHERE KATEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME LIVING DURING HER STRUGGLE), AND PATHSTONE (AN ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES CHILDREN WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS).

THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR THE CLIENTS OF THESE TWO ORGANIZATIONS.......A NEW BLOUSE FOR A WOMAN LIVING AT THE YWCA GOING FOR A JOB INTERVIEW........THE PRICE OF MEDICATION FOR A CHILD THAT THE PARENTS CAN'T AFFORD.

WE WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS DIRECTED TO THESE TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL SPECIFICALLY HELP THEIR CLIENTS, AS WELL AS INCREASE THE TERMS OF EXPIRATION FROM 20 YEARS TO 40 YEARS.

KATEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PLEASED WITH OUR DECISION TO FUND THESE ORGANIZATIONS.