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Meow Meow to the Rescue

Father of daughter that drowned at unlicensed summer camp records touching video to child and her favorite pal

Published on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 | 5:00 am
 

The Journey of SuperMeow from D.A. Forbes on Vimeo.

Doug Forbes and his wife Elena Matyas have filmed a visual love story to their daughter Roxie and her favorite stuffed animal Meow Meow.

Roxie drowned at Summerkids an unlicensed summer camp in Altadena on June 28.

“Meow Meow Foundation would like to share this VERY raw visual love letter with you. Maybe we can all feel a little better, smile, laugh, even cry
in a good way,” Forbes said in an email to Pasadena Now.

“It’s also a sneak peek into what will eventually become a book series.”

Roxie entered the camp pool June 28 at about 9:25 a.m., accompanied by a counselor. About ten to fifteen minutes later, another counselor who was
working with other campers about thirty to forty-five feet outside the gate of the swimming pool was the first person to finally notice Roxie
floating face down in the pool, the suit says.

State documents show the California Dept. of Social Services substantiated two allegations that Summerkids has operated without a required license
which the state says “poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.”

The family has teamed with state Sen. Anthony Portantino, who has introduced Senate Bill 955 – “the Roxie Rules Act,” which seeks to address what
Portantino acknowledged is “a deficiency in camp licensing, inspection, and oversight.’’

The state Department of Social Services and Attorney General Xavier Becerra are seeking an injunction that would prevent Altadena’s Summerkids from
opening.

The video can be viewed at meowmeowfoundation.org/news/supermeow-the-journey

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