re: Legit reasons for a Go Fund Me

I started one when my dad went to MD anderson. He and my mom are both retired. They have great insurance, but on top of bills they had here, they also had living expenses there as well. I started one only because i didn't have time to arrange a fundraiser (which was my first choice). Parking is $25 a day, plus 1300 for living, plus food, gas, other misc expenses. He was supposed to be there 60 days. He didn't make it past day 4. I cut the gofundme way short of the 10k goal since my mom would now have life insurance. The couple thousand we raised in 2 days my mom donated to a charity.