We're raising money to benefit Oakdale Inferno Cheer and any donation will make an impact.

The Oakdale community has been devastated by the shocking news that the coach of the Inferno Cheer team has been arrested for embezzling money from the team. The financial loss for these girls is gut-wrenching, but the broken trust is a deeper wound for our community, the athletes, and their parents. You can find information on her arrest and admission of guilt here: Modesto Bee

The Firestorm Elite team has been fundraising for months for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Oakdale community poured support into the girls' fundraising goals. Individuals donated and local business owners held fundraisers on their behalf. These funds were taken.

In addition to the Firestorm Elite team being impacted, we have now learned that the funds for all four of the Oakdale Inferno Cheer teams for the 23-24 season are also missing from their accounts.

These girls and their families are doing their best to rise from this heartbreaking loss. A great team of parents has taken the reigns and is providing new leadership.

We kept hearing and seeing community members ask "What can we do?", "How can we help?" and "We have to make this right for these kids". It is at times like these that Oakdale and its surrounding communities come together and support each other.

We were thrilled to learn a few parents and grandparents quickly and without hesitation made private loans to the Firestorm Elite team to make time-sensitive payments and ensure that the team's trip to NYC was not canceled. We want to acknowledge their quick and generous response.

We've set up this fundraiser to pay back the loans made to guarantee these athletes get their opportunity to represent themselves, their families, and all of Oakdale and to replenish the accounts for the 23-24 competition season.

Thank you to the Oakdale Community, friends, and family for the outpouring of love and support we've seen you give to the team during this time, it's been amazing -- we aren't done yet -- with your support, we're going to help these girls rise from the flames. They'll be our phoenix - a symbol of hope, of life, and of better things to come, born from the knowledge and experience of difficult times and challenging circumstances.

Thank you for any contribution to help these athletes recover from this theft, we appreciate any support for Oakdale Inferno Cheer.

Oakdale Inferno Cheer Website

Oakdale Inferno Cheer Embezzlement Recovery