How to file a complaint with the Attorney's General Office (RE: A4CWSN)

If you have personally made a donation to A4CWSN and would like to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office in the state of Connecticut, please follow these simple directions. 

You will first need to visit this website : Linky-Do

On this page, you'll want to click on the option that reads "Public Charities/Solicitors"

It will open a PDF form.  Please fill that form out, and then submit it either one of the following three ways. 

You can mail it to the following address:

To the Attention Of : Terence Zehnder

 Department of Consumer Protection

165 Capitol Ave

Room 110

Hartford, CT  06106

You can fax your form to the following number:

860-706-1315
(To the Attention of : Terence Zehnder)

Alternatively, you can contact me for the Attorney General's email address and you can email your complaint.  (Email address is linked at the bottom of this post)

Please include in your statement any and all donations you made to A4CWSN, and proof of those donations. 

If you require any assistance filling out these forms, please do not hesitate to email me, and I will be happy to assist you.


Please note that if you email me for his email address or assistance it will be done in complete confidence. Your name and information will not be shared with anyone, at any point.

In case you didn't notice..

Fourmonkeys4me is now a DOT COM!! No more .blogspot.com

No worries, if you've got me saved in your favourites, you will be automatically be redirected to us here at our new home :)


Yay!

At the current moment there does seem to be a small glitch in that all of our comments are missing! (Use an add on widget for comments).  I have contacted CS and hopefully it's just a minor glitch, and all of those 1000+ comments will be returned!

I am also planning on having some more App reviews - apps are a big part of our life, and I'd love to share feedback on some of them.  If you're interested in having me review your app, please contact me here , and I will get back to you asap.

We Cannot be Silenced.

Last night on twitter, threats were made. 

I love this woman, this is her public announcement tonight regarding the above tweet. 

“IMPORTANT NOTE: I became involved with a Facebook group back in September that supposedly raised money to buy iPads for children with special needs. Since my involvement with this group, there have been MANY questions surrounding more money being raised than iPads being distributed. I am one of 25 parents who have asked for full disclosure, but have been responded with intimidation and bullying by the page owner. A complaint was filed with the Connecticut Attorney general and they are taking it very seriously and it has been forwarded to the CT Consumer Protection division. I have not relented, as this mann continues to raise money and take advantage of parents with special needs children. I was threatened on Twitter last night and based on the severity I was forced to get the Calgary Police and Oxford, CT police involved. So, if you have gone to A4cwsn or A4cwsn-Canada based upon my recommendation, I wanted to alert you that it is a page that you should steer clear of ANY solicitations or promotions offered. I really thought that this was a legitimate organization, but have since found out that they are not a registered non-profit and have collected more than 50k in just a few short months. I plan to continue my fight to take this guy down. He has started a new group where developers pay him to promote their apps in return for positive ratings on iTunes. Again, I apologise for exposing my friends to a scam.”

Linky-Do

Anne is the mother of two boys, one who has special needs.  She was an admin for the A4-Canada page, and participated in the App party that took place in October.  She held impromptu photo contests that got people interacting and promoting developers and their apps.

She is an avid advocate for children with special needs and their families. I am very fortunate to be able to call her my friend. 

Last night, I had veiled threats directed at myself as well.

(There are more, but it would take me ages to post them all. You get the idea, I'm sure)

Although, they were not so blatantly obvious as the one that Anne received, threats none the less they were and are.

After Anne shared with me that the Calgary PD told her to inform ANYONE who had been intimidated and bullied and harassed such as herself to report it to authorities, I got on the phone.  

I too, put in a complaint with the CT Police, and then with my local police station.  A very kind officer came to my house this morning and took my statement from me.  He was able to give me some great advice, and I was very appreciative of his reassuring words. 

No one EVER deserves to be threatened. Not ever.  I don't care what accusations that they make towards you, or what bitchy ass names they call you.  You do NOT threaten people.  Period. 

Threats will NOT silence me.  And as stated by Anne, they will not silence her either. 

Below is the contact information for the Oxford, Connecticut Police Department. If you have been a victim of A4CWSN/Gary James and his bullying, intimidating or threats, I urge you to contact them along with your local police department.

429 Oxford Road

Oxford

(203)888-4353

If you are interested in contacting the Attorney General who is working the case, please contact me and I will privately send you this information. 

Please feel free to email me here for the contact information.

Ten Giggly Gorillas - A Wasabi Productions App Review!

I want to preface this post with the fact that this is my first App review ever! So.. please bare with me as I fumble my way through this!  (Much appreciated)

I had a friend message me late last week, and let me know about a new app that was about to be released (and has since been released). It's called Ten Giggly Gorillas - by Wasabi Productions (facebook page linky-do)

I downloaded this app, and immediately opened it up because the name is catchy.  

The book has the option of you reading it, or having it read to you. I'm kinda lazy, so I clicked have it read to me. (Oh c'mon on, it's just like an audio book!) 

It begins and this amazing Australian accent comes on, and starts to read the book. 

Cute, catchy rhymes sing out to me. Basically, it's a countdown from 10 gorillas in the tree right down to one. 

On top of this, it's an interactive book. It gives you directions on how to find the proper gorilla to tickle to make it jump out of the tree, in the rhymes! The gorilla that jumps off the page is also highlighted. 

You can also touch the other gorillas and they have these cute sayings that they'll say to you, or they'll move about on the page. Super cute!

On top of just touching the appropriate gorilla, you can search for a toucan on each page. Now I've got to say, even I found it difficult to find that trickster toucan on some of the pages, but on others it's way more obvious. I strongly suggest that the developer considers adding the ability to change the difficulty for this part.

I was in this fit of giggles over the rhymes and these silly gorillas dancing and diving off the pages. 

Our youngest, Martyn (18mos) doesn't normally sit through book apps. Out of all the book apps we have (around 100) there are maybe two? that he'll actually sit and listen too. We can now add this book to the list!

Here's a little video clip of him and dad with this app. 

He absolutely loves listening to the gorillas say Not me! Nuh huh!  He's such a silly guy.

Our other boys had fits of giggles over reading this app, and I asked my eldest (7yrs old) what his thoughts were, here's what he had to say and I quote:

"The toucan can be a little hard to find, but when you can see part of it's beak, it's not too bad. The gorillas sure are funny!"

When I asked him to rate it 1-5, I explained, 1 being the worst book app we've ever had, or 5 being one of the best, what do you think, his response was:

 "5!!! It is a great book! The gorillas are so much fun!"

I think he nailed it on the head.  Super cute, fun and interactive book app. 

As an added bonus, this app also comes with a memory matching game at the end- we haven't actually used this yet, because my kids just keep replaying the book!

You can check it out on iTunes here - Linky-do. (In Canada this book is for sale @$3.99)

Heartfelt thank you

I wanted to send a heartfelt thank you to some very special people.

• Teriann M
• Lisa McC
• Rivkah H
• Lisa R
• Good Karma Apps
• Tracy S
• Kaisa S
• Jennifer E-K
• Julie McC
• Ashley W
• Jody L-P
• Carol R-A
• Jennifer A-K

Last night/early this morning I created a ChipIn page for our youngest son, Martyn.

(He is four days old in this picture)

He has severe GERD that causes life threatening episodes (apnea spells).  I created the page for friends and family to help to purchase a Pulse Oximeter Machine for him.

Originally, I had set a goal of $400.  To purchase a new machine.  Fortunately, I was able to find a mama only a couple of hours away from us, who so kindly offered to sell us her machine.  A $1000 machine.  For $250.
Tonight, we met this goal.  Less than twenty four hours after I originally posted the link. A family friend will be picking this machine up for us this weekend.  THIS.FREAKING.WEEKEND!!!!

We are so grateful and appreciative.


Since he was a little infant, he has struggled with respiratory and GERD issues.   He has had multiple hospital stays, tons of tests.  He's such a trooper.  Always has a smile on his face (well, unless you tell him no, lol).

(He really wanted the cannula's off!)

His team has refused to prescribe us one of these machines for home use.  They do not believe it would make an impact on his outcome.

I'm sure most of you mothers with children can understand our worry.  Sitting at home in the middle of the night, unsure on if you should pack up and rush to the hospital, or wait it out.

We have had a difficult time with Martyn because of his history.  He has always since he was born, appeared to be in respiratory distress.  He has trach tugs, and he indraws.   It makes it rather difficult to know just how bad off he is.

I remember when he was about 3mos old, and he had his first apnea spell.  It was just after midnight.  I'd nursed him and put him in his bassinet beside the bed. He had had some minor cold symptoms all day.
About ten minutes later he made this gawd awful noise, and I jumped out of bed to get him.  His lips were blue, and he was just making these awful noises. He couldn't catch his breath, and he was obviously terrified. I called 911.  By the time the ambulance arrived to the house, he appeared fine.  In fact, they didn't even feel like they needed to transport him to hospital.  I disagreed and told them I felt like we needed to go.
We arrived at the hospital, and no one seemed overly concerned.  The on call physician did decide for Martyn to get a chest x-ray.  He had pneumonia. Two days later, he was admitted for a week.  That would be his first of many hospital admissions.

Martyn is now 18 months old.  While he's doing better than he was when he was younger, he still faces a lot of struggles, and still suffers apnea spells on a nightly basis.

We will now have the peace of mind that we will know if he is truly in distress.

Thank you.  All of you.  

For giving us peace of mind.