March 9, 2004

Victims Rights Foundation

814 West Diamond Ave., Suite 200

Gaithersburg, MD 20878

Attn: W. Gregory Wims

Re: Donation for Tai

Victim of November 9, 2002

Shooting death of Danielle

Dear Mr. Wims:

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Victims’ Rights Foundation for your gracious donation. Your contribution in helping to fund the psychological therapy for my grandson is greatly appreciated. If not for this donation made available through your organization the behavioral assessments and child therapy for Tai Vaughn as a survivor/witness of a violent crime would either have been extremely difficult or impossible to maintain.

On November 9, 2002 Tai witnessed his Dad shoot and kill his mother as she sat behind the wheel of her car waiting to see if he would provide some monetary support for Tai. Tai was transported along with his Dad to the Criminal Investigation Division and held and questioned for over six hours. The interrogation room he was held in was adjacent to the interrogation room his Dad was handcuffed and being held in. They were both soaked with blood and although this child was scared and confused by what he had witnessed his father do, that very man was the only familiar face and yet he could not get comfort from Dad.

We buried Tai Vaughn’s mother and my only child one week later and life for us has not been the same since. The trial was postponed three times, and once we finally got to court, I was denied entry into the trial at the request of the defense attorney. Tai was put on the witness stand two days in a row to testify against his father. He qualified to testify and did a remarkable job on the witness stand for a child of six years old. But regardless of what my feeling may be. Tai still has love for his father and this was a very difficult task for him. As a result of his father being acquitted he has began to feel he did not do a good job for his mother. I believe even from sitting in the hall out side that courtroom that he did a wonderful job. He did not fail his mother; he gave it his best in a bad situation, he did more than most of us as adults could have done. The judicial system and adults who should know better failed this child, the child failed no one. As a result, there are days that he goes to school and does nothing other than stare into space, he is not a discipline problem he just simply does not participate in his academic studies on those days. Then there are other days that he is so busy that he can make the best of us hate life. Again not doing anything bad just moving a mile a minute. I knew from this and some other behavior, such as fear of abandonment, or as he regressed and acted more in baby ways that he needed therapy. In the spring of 2003 I began seeking the help needed. After visiting with four (4) different therapists we lucked up on Dr. Price and she and Tai clicked which was a plus. Then we hit another stumbling block when I was laid off of my job as meeting and conference planner of 16 years, due to budget cuts and my new role as a mom. You see the job required a lot of travel and overtime and regardless of the support system I had in place, the powers to be decided that parenting and travel did not go together. So I was then faced with the challenge of no longer having medical insurance and how to pay for this much needed therapy.

One of our family members told me about your organization. When I contacted the Victims' Rights Foundation, you spoke to me with dignity and respect and did not talk done to me as so many others have in this situation. You just seemed too interested in how we could help this young child and somehow keep him from becoming another statistic; I truly appreciate your kindness.

To date Tai has resumed therapy and has had two sessions with Dr. Price, Phd.ABD. Dr. Price is presently putting the focus on identifying any Post Stress Trauma and Grief issues that exist. It is my belief that once the behavioral assessment is complete and a behavioral management plan is established, myself along with Dr. Price and his school will be in a better position to help Tai to grow into a healthy young man and he will be able to strengthen his academic studies.

Our family will never forget this warm gift of love and friendship. To see the smile on Tai's face again and to hear him say, “Wow, a lot of people really care about me, leaves me speechless.

Thank you very much for your support, May God continue to bless you and all that the Victims' Rights Foundation will be doing in the future.

Sincerely,

/s/

Cynthia