Sue Scheff: Help Josie Ratley (Teen that was nearly beaten to death) as she comes home soon. Supplies Needed - Consider Donating

As Josie Ratley turns a page in her recovery, she will need the generosity and support of the community to help her family as they prepare for her to come home.

According to Jowharah Sanders, founder of the National Voices for Equality, Education & Enlightenment, http://www.nveee.com/  (pronounced "Envy") and spokesperson for the Ratley Family, "There is a list of items the family will need at this time from the basic medical supplies, educational item, and a new home that will allow the family more space for a child whose primary form of transportation is now a wheelchair and a walker."

Among the items specifically noted are:

EDUCATIONAL/REHABILITATIVE ITEMS

"Easy to read" books
Writing pads
Legos, blocks and any type of building items (to aid in motor skills)
Preschool learning toys
Electronic interactive learning items with batteries. The items include a Leap Frog learning Pad or leap Frog Computers and DynaVox EyeMax Educational Systems.
Magnetic letters and puzzles
Wall stickers in the shape of numbers of letters
Soft cushy balls in different colors (to aid in sensory development)
Learning CD's and music for children.

ART SUPPLIES

Artist sketch pads or water color pads
Pens
Colored pencils
Paints and brushes

PERSONAL ITEMS

Towels
Wash cloths that are white
Queen-size bedding and queen-size
Waterproof mattress covers
Gift Cards

MEDICAL ITEMS

Regular Gauze (size 2x2 and 4x4)
Rolled Gauze (2")
Normal saline
Gloves
Medical tape
Allevyn (Adhesive Hydrocellular Dressing) in both sizes, 3x 3 and 5x5
Blue Chux Underpads or any type of disposable changing pads.

The requested items can be DROPPED OFF at the following locations:

Gallery 101
501 N. Andrews Avenue, Suite 103
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Fache Arts
750 NE 124 Street, Suite 2
North Miami, FL 33161

The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
1799 S.E. 17th Street,
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316

Or you can MAIL YOUR DONATIONS to:

NVEEE
PO Box 23837
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33307
(954) 561-2626
** Please make checks payable to NVEEE/Josie Lou Ratley

For more information, please visit Pray for Josie Lou Ratley Facebook Group.

Please forward this list to all your friends in your contact list. If everyone gives a little, there will be a lot!

Sue Scheff: Texting Terror - Violence in Schools - 15 year-old beaten

Wake up parents, teachers, schools, and all other that work with today's youth; those keystokes, clicks of a mouse, taps of fingers can lead to nearly deadly results.

Ironically at the same school that Michael Brewer attended, the teen that was doused in alcohol by other teens and set on fire, 15 year old Josie Lou Rately was nearly beaten to death and is in a medically induced coma.

According to NBC Miami Josie Lou Ratley, 15, has undergone two surgeries to relieve pressure on her brain from the savage beating that took place last Wednesday outside Deerfield Beach Middle School.

Doctors at Broward General Medical Center said Friday that they're optimistic about Ratley's recovery, but that it's now a matter of waiting for her to heal.

Her alleged attacker, 15-year-old Wayne Treacy, is being held at a juvenile detention center. Treacy's 13-year-old alleged accomplice, Kayla Manson, is also being held. Manson is charged as a principal because she helped Treacy find Ratley, authorities say. (See photo's below in slideshow).

Appearing on the NBC's Today Show and CBS's Early Show, Josie Lou's mother Hilda Gotay Ratley, and aunt Linda Sarmiento stated Josie did not know the suspect. They also asked that families reach out and talk to their own kid about this incident and make this a teachable moment. The dangers of school violence, bullying and terrors of texting is a growing problem that parents need to be in tune with and open lines of communication.


Visit STOMP OUT BULLYING and learn more on talking to your children about this sensitive and critical subject.


Bullying is a problem that affects millions of students of all races and classes. 1 out of 4 kids is bullied and 42% of kids have been bullied while online. Child and teen Bullying and Cyberbullying are at an all-time high. Some kids are so tormented that suicide has become an alternative for them. It has everyone worried. Not just the kids on its receiving end, but the parents, teachers and others who may not understand how extreme bullying can get. Love Our Children USA is working aggressively to prevent these issues and to help the kids and teens affected by it. - STOMPOUTBULLYING

Be an educated parent, you will have safer children.

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