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a nonprofit organization for children's rights
HALEY’S RIGHTS
PRESS RELEASE
DATE: June 10, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HALEY’S RIGHTS FOR THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN
Introducing the Haley’s Rights Organization: Advocates for Children’s Rights in the
Court System
Haley’s Rights President, Jacques Bobrowsky, Creates Non-Profit Organization in Loving Memory of His Daughter Haley Jordan Bobrowsky
Boca Raton, FL- The Haley’s Rights organization emphasizes investigation in the court system and
enforcement of laws for the rights of children. The non-profit organization, founded by Jacques
Bobrowsky on March 23, 2001, was formed in loving memory of his dearly departed daughter Haley Jordan
Bobrowsky who died from injuries as a result of a fatal car crash. “The System failed my daughter in life and
death,” states Mr. Bobrowsky, “When we started to investigate the case involving my own daughter’s death,
we found that the laws were there for children but weren’t being enforced. Our purpose is to insure that the
laws in place are enforced when there is a crime against a child, and if we find that a case has gone astray, we
investigate that case and expose our findings to the public and/ or U.S. Federal Government. We are the
watchdogs.”
Jacques Bobrowsky decided to create Haley’s Rights following the death of his only child, Haley,
on March 7, 2000, at only 8 1/2 years of age. Haley Jordan Bobrowsky died of complications arising from
a car crash that occurred on February 22, 2000. Stacie Persin, Haley’s Mother, was driving in excess of
49 mph in a 30 mph speed zone, without having Haley wear a seatbelt, nearing a school, on a wet road,
when she lost control around a curve and her vehicle rotated counterclockwise and collided with a car
traveling in the opposite direction. Haley was thrown from the rear window of the sports utility vehicle,
onto the street, and shortly thereafter, the vehicle rolled over onto her. Haley Bobrowsky was taken to
Delray Medical Center with two collapsed lungs and was hooked up to roughly 50 tubes and a brain monitor.
Her mother was also taken to Delray Medical Center, where she tested positive for cocaine.
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Ms. Persin was arrested in June 2000 for manslaughter and 4 counts of culpable negligence, and in July 2000,
she pleaded no-contest to Vehicular Homicide and received five years probation. The court granted
Ms. Persin the right to consume alcohol on probation, and also allowed her to file for a driver’s license.
“For over a year after Haley died, I didn’t function. I prayed everyday not to wake up. I then decided
to form Haley’s Rights and became much stronger from it,” says Mr. Bobrowsky.
Haley Jordan Bobrowsky (B. August 10, 1991- D. March 7, 2000), attended Temple Beth El
Pre-School, and afterward, was a student at Calusa Elementary School for one month before being transferred
into the gifted program at Del Prado Elementary School in Boca Raton. Haley’s favorite activity was Dance,
and at five years old she was enrolled in dance class, and at the age of seven, she performed a solo dance
number in front of eight hundred people. Haley also loved karate, bike riding, picnics on the beach. She had
a great appreciation of nature and was very concerned about the environment.
Jacques Bobrowsky was born and raised in Yonkers, New York. He studied music throughout his
late teens and early adulthood, and attended Herbert H. Lehman College (Bronx, NY) and Pace
University of New York (New York, NY). He worked on the floor of the New York Stock
Exchange in Risk Arbitrage from 1986-1989 and later moved to Boca Raton, FL, where he became
a wedding photographer. Mr. Bobrowsky has volunteered for the Palm Beach County Schools,
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and Home Safe for Children. He is in the process of writing a book
concerning the life and death of his beloved daughter, Haley.
For additional information on Haley’s Rights, please contact Jacques Bobrowsky, President,
at (561) 350-0308 or log onto www.haleysrights.org .
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