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99Smiles One Team One Goal! If you haven’t heard her story, her name was Jocelyn “Jocey” Walters and she was 14 years old. On September 9th, 2022, Jocelyn took her life.

99Smiles is a 501(c)(3) non-profit EIN # 92-2768021

Fighting for our youth by expanding resources and changing the narrative surrounding Mental Health and building up our childrens Mental Strength and resilience. Her smile was infectious, and her heart was enormous. She had a drive and LOVE for Soccer, number #99 and her favorite color was Purple/Pink. She lived in New Jersey with her amazing parents, Fred and Soly and her sister, Keira and she loved the Smashing Pumpkins. Like every other 14-year-old, teenage life was a struggle, friendships, clicks, etc. Some who never embraced Jocey for the unique, beautiful person she truly was or maybe weren’t dealing with their own issues decided to deflect onto her. Broken and forever empty, Fred and Soly held each person that walked into their daughter's funeral and hugged them tightly and said, “Let’s Do BETTER ''. No matter how shattered they were they supported others and didn’t want anyone else to hurt as they were. I ask you to PLEASE join us to make a difference, show others that there are places to go, there are ways to deal with your emotions, and there are communities that will accept YOU just the way you are. Life has so much to offer EVERYONE. Let’s show the unkind how to be KIND. Let’s show the ones that struggle with handling their emotions, that there are ways to cope, and these communities of KINDNESS are COOL. Be a part of this meaningful movement that affects all of our lives in one way or another!!! A change that cannot wait; a change that needs to happen now. These teenagers are struggling, and we have to show them that we are here for them, that they exist, and they are ENOUGH…

Her name was Jocelyn Walters and her number was 99 and she wasn’t perfect, she was JOCEY… .

10/02/2026

Don’t Believe everything you believe.

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10/01/2026

Do Everything today, Like No One Is Watching, you knucklehead! 😅❤️ …then tell me how awesome the day was 😉

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09/24/2026

If you are friends with me, you should be aware of my sentiments regarding Veterans, so I am bringing it up. I am fairly confident that I already know two individuals who will assist, but I am hopeful that I will receive more responses, as this is a pressing concern. Twenty-two Veterans succumb to their struggles daily. May I request that two friends or family members copy and repost this message? Someone's life may depend on it. ❤️‍🩹

Call:
Veterans Crisis Line
Dial 988 then press 1
OR
Veteran's Hotline
800-273-8255
I am asking for just two individuals to respond with 'done.’

09/21/2026
09/20/2026

Jocelyn "Jocey" Walters was a 14-year-old student at Middletown High School North in New Jersey who tragically died by su***de on September 9, 2022, following what her family describes as an "extended and persistent pattern" of severe bullying and harassment.

Her case drew widespread attention and led to a high-profile wrongful-death and medical malpractice lawsuit filed by her parents, Fred and Solangie Walters.

The Core Details of the Case:

The Bullying Allegations: According to court documents, Jocelyn was subjected to continuous in-person and cyberbullying during the 2021–2022 school year. This included exclusion, harassment on anonymous local social media pages like "MHSN Clowns," and direct abusive targeting from a core peer group. Her family repeatedly provided evidence of the harassment to the high school principal and guidance counselors, but the school district ultimately ruled the complaints "unfounded," classifying the issue as peer-to-peer conflict rather than bullying.

The Lawsuit: In May 2024, the Walters family filed a comprehensive lawsuit naming the Middletown Township School Board, school administrators, guidance counselors, teachers, and individual peers.

Malpractice & Negligence Claims: The lawsuit also targets a licensed psychiatric nurse practitioner who was treating Jocelyn for depression, alleging that he doubled her dosage of Zoloft shortly before her death without proper monitoring or notifying her parents. Furthermore, the suit notes that Jocelyn visited the school nurse on the day before and the day of her death, but her parents were never alerted to her distress.

The Legacy: A dedicated tri-athlete and soccer goalkeeper who wore jersey #99, her family established the 99 Smiles non-profit organization in her memory to fight the stigma around youth mental health and push for structural accountability in schools.

If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, distress, or suicidal thoughts, help is available 24/7 by calling or texting the Su***de & Crisis Lifeline at 988.

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09/18/2026

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