How can I confirm this is legitimate? It looks OK, but I am always suspicious of 0-activity newbie posts asking for donations (no offence!).
I also sceptical.
The link is on the town's website. So if it's a scam, someone in the town's IT department is in on it or someone hacked their web site.
Thank you. My friend had to call the town IT guy and get him to update the site while he was on a flight. This is a tiny rural mountain town. Everyone knows my friend. If he ran off with the funds he wouldn't be able to go back to the place where he was born and raised. Likewise, if he hadn't been from Darrington there is no way that link is getting put up.