Local mother receives over $100,000 dollars of donations and national attention
A Liberty Township mother is receiving national attention and over $100,000 dollars on a 'Go Fund Me' page that continues to grow.
Public figures, including a Cleveland Cavalier and Congressman, also shared their support for 24-year-old Shaina Bell, who was charged with child endangering after heading to work at a pizza shop and leaving her 10-year-old and 3-year-old in a Liberty Township motel.
21 News spoke with Shaina Bell's mother, Danielle Hosey, who said her daughter is taken back and never expected this kind of support. Hosey said she never considered a 'Go Fund Me' account until receiving an outpour of messages from people wanting to help her.
The 'Go Fund Me' page with over $100,000 dollars is one of the multiple accounts created. Hosey said Shaina asked the initial pages be removed because she didn't expect this kind of help or attention, but after receiving a continuous flow of messages from people wanting to help her, Shaina gave her mom permission to create one.
Her top donations include Music label co-founder, Pierre "Pee" Thomas donating $10,000 and a Cleveland Cavalier, Javale Mcgee, donating $5,000 dollars.
Thomas wrote on Instagram, "My mom used to have to do the same thing when we were young, not cause of abandonment issues, it's because people can't afford child care working at a pizza shop. She wasn't hanging out at a club. She was at work."
Bell's story also hit the political sphere. An Arizona Congressman Ruben Gallego tweeted, "Women are dammed if they do or damned if they don't. Stay at home with your kids and receive government assistance and you are a leach, go to work for poverty wages and can't get consistent sitters and go to jail."
Hosey said Bell is focusing on her children and finding housing.
Bell pleaded not guilty and is out of jail on bond. Her next court date is set for April in Girard Municipal Court.