Fun Fest to honor little girl's memory

As part of a series of three special events to be held this fall, The Talbot Hospice Foundation will sponsor a day of celebration and fellowship to honor the life and memory of Royal Oak resident Megan Fox.

Some of the activities to be included are: beach ball toss, tug-of-war, horse shoe pitch, pirate walk, three-legged race, sailing regatta, and much more.

The Fun Fest in Memory of Megan Fox will be held at the Miles River Yacht Club for young people ages 9 to 13. While admission is free and the event is open to all, pre registration is required.

Call 410-822-2020 or write to Megan's Cup, Talbot Hospice Foundation, 216 South Street, Easton, Md., 21601-2937. Be sure to include the child's name, phone number, school, grade, and address.

Photo of Megan & Jay Fox

Photo by Chris Tyree

Megan and her father, Jay Fox, at home in St. Michaels two years before
her death in June of 1996
Megan Fox fought a brave battle

By MAGGIE TRICE
Editor
Megan Alyssa Fox died of complications from the AIDS virus June 3, 1996, just a few days before her twelfth birthday.  She contracted the virus from her mother, Carol Harper Fox, who contracted HIV through a blood transfusion during surgery before Megan was born.

Carol Fox was diagnosed with the disease in November of 1990 and died a little more that a year later on Christmas day.

Following her mother's death and while Megan was relatively, Megan and her father, Allan "Jay" Fox, traveled widely talking to people about HIV and the AIDS virus.  When they settled in the Bay Hundred they found a community that welcomed and embraced them.

Janice Colvin reported the words of Pastor Sandra Steiner Ball of St. Luke's United Methodist Church in St. Michael's at Megan's funeral in June 1996 in the Star Democrat in an article entitled, "Megan's Story:  AIDS battle is lost, but message lives on."

The pastor said: Megan "taught us how important it is to love and care for other people and how important it is that each individual, no matter who they are or how old they are, has something they can contribute to make this a better world.  Individuals can and do make a difference  ...  Megan made a difference."

You can read about Megan and about AIDS on the Eastern Shore at the Megan Memorial Page created by Jay Fox. The Internet address is: http://megan-fox.org/

Megan's Home Page