Gina DeJesus made an appearance at the Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday in Cleveland three days after a judge sentenced Ariel Castro to live in prison for kidnapping and holding against their will her and two other women in his home for over a decade.

Amanda Berry's grandmother Fern Gentry responded to the video released Tuesday by her granddaughter, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus thanking people for support after being rescued from captivity in Cleveland, Ohio.

A charity set up to help the three women freed from a decade of captivity in a Cleveland house has raised more than $480,000 so far, according to an official. Lynne Woodman of KeyBank said that there have been more than 5,100 donations to what has been dubbed the "Cleveland Courage Fund." She said donations have come from all 50 states and foreign countries. The money will go into four trust funds established for the victims.

Ohio kidnap and rape victims Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus have been released for the hospital and reunited with their families last week but the third victim saved on May 6, Michele Knight, reportedly remains in the hospital and refuses to see her family.