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Thursday, July 08, 2010
LostNMissing Inc
LostNMissing Inc
– Jul 08, 2010 – LostNMissing, Inc. is pleased to announce the roll out of their new website at http://www.lostnmissing.com
They are a state and federally recognized 501c(3) Non-Profit charitable organization to assist law enforcement and the families of missing loved ones. Working with families in the early days of a disappearance to supply experience, guidance, and resources to them so that the early days of the searching for a missing family member goes smoothly. And, in the event of a long and arduous search -- or even a long period of not knowing what has happened -- LostNMissing stands in support of those having hope for their loved one's return.
They do this by providing many useful, supportive services for families of missing loved ones. These include communicating with law enforcement, identifying a core 'team' of family members dedicating themselves to the case, creating online social networking platforms such as a website for the missing person (on which photos, information, rewards donations, vigils, and media coordination can easily occur) as well as Facebook group pages, which allow friends and family to broadcast their message and interact.
Additionally, LostNMissing provides financial resources to these families in the form of printed posters, balloons, candles for vigils, and other needed items for marketing a missing loved one to the public for awareness.
Special programs are also offered by LostNMissing. They contract with Search And Rescue (SAR) teams, paying for their travel and gas expenses. They also provide safety education programs for all families, produce a magazine about the missing and work with media all across the country. Their website: http://www.lostnmissing.com gives complete details on all of their services as well as information about missing loved ones from children to elderly.
This is all done without charging families of the missing. They do this with public and corporate donations, with 80% of their budget coming from these donations. As with any non profit, they are in need of donations. This charitable organization focuses on a large frequently ignored issue in our country and they need the public's help from volunteering to making small donations towards their cause.
Please take a moment to view their new user friendly website and perhaps you may recognize a missing loved one and help provide a family with their needed answers.
Cynthia L. Caron
President/Founder
LostNMissing, Inc.
PH: 603.548.6548
www.lostnmissing.com
– Jul 08, 2010 – LostNMissing, Inc. is pleased to announce the roll out of their new website at http://www.lostnmissing.com
They are a state and federally recognized 501c(3) Non-Profit charitable organization to assist law enforcement and the families of missing loved ones. Working with families in the early days of a disappearance to supply experience, guidance, and resources to them so that the early days of the searching for a missing family member goes smoothly. And, in the event of a long and arduous search -- or even a long period of not knowing what has happened -- LostNMissing stands in support of those having hope for their loved one's return.
They do this by providing many useful, supportive services for families of missing loved ones. These include communicating with law enforcement, identifying a core 'team' of family members dedicating themselves to the case, creating online social networking platforms such as a website for the missing person (on which photos, information, rewards donations, vigils, and media coordination can easily occur) as well as Facebook group pages, which allow friends and family to broadcast their message and interact.
Additionally, LostNMissing provides financial resources to these families in the form of printed posters, balloons, candles for vigils, and other needed items for marketing a missing loved one to the public for awareness.
Special programs are also offered by LostNMissing. They contract with Search And Rescue (SAR) teams, paying for their travel and gas expenses. They also provide safety education programs for all families, produce a magazine about the missing and work with media all across the country. Their website: http://www.lostnmissing.com gives complete details on all of their services as well as information about missing loved ones from children to elderly.
This is all done without charging families of the missing. They do this with public and corporate donations, with 80% of their budget coming from these donations. As with any non profit, they are in need of donations. This charitable organization focuses on a large frequently ignored issue in our country and they need the public's help from volunteering to making small donations towards their cause.
Please take a moment to view their new user friendly website and perhaps you may recognize a missing loved one and help provide a family with their needed answers.
Cynthia L. Caron
President/Founder
LostNMissing, Inc.
PH: 603.548.6548
www.lostnmissing.com
Monday, July 05, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Help Support Angels That Care
Help Support Angels That Care
Do You Care About:
Missing Children
Missing Adults
Abused Children
Molested Children
Sex Offenders
Domestic ViolenceParental/Elderly Abuse
Spousal Abuse
Any Kind Of Abuse/Child Related Issues...?
We at "ANGELS THAT CARE" do care...AND WE CARE A LOT!
Do You Care About:
Missing Children
Missing Adults
Abused Children
Molested Children
Sex Offenders
Domestic ViolenceParental/Elderly Abuse
Spousal Abuse
Any Kind Of Abuse/Child Related Issues...?
We at "ANGELS THAT CARE" do care...AND WE CARE A LOT!
Sunday, June 06, 2010
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Find Andrew
Find Andrew
'On the Road' I will be cycling through the UK and Europe from May 2010 onwards to look for my 5 year old son Andrew John Thompson as well as raise awareness about international parental child abduction, missing children and help others in a similar situation.
'On the Road' I will be cycling through the UK and Europe from May 2010 onwards to look for my 5 year old son Andrew John Thompson as well as raise awareness about international parental child abduction, missing children and help others in a similar situation.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
COMMUNITY UNITED EFFORT- C U E . Reviews and ratings from volunteers, donors, clients on GreatNonprofits.org.
COMMUNITY UNITED EFFORT- C U E . Reviews and ratings from volunteers, donors, clients on GreatNonprofits.org.
Write about CUE Center for Missing Persons
To find your reviews, visit www.greatnonprofits.org/reviews/community-united-effort-c-u-e
You still have plenty of time to gather reviews and highlight the incredible work of your nonprofit.
Write about CUE Center for Missing Persons
To find your reviews, visit www.greatnonprofits.org/reviews/community-united-effort-c-u-e
You still have plenty of time to gather reviews and highlight the incredible work of your nonprofit.
Bring Home the Missing
http://angelsthatcare.homestead.com/ALERTemag5_2010.PDF
May our efforts help to bring home the missing and
Bring justice to criminals.
WWW.RECOVERTHEMISSING.ORG
http://angelsthatcare.homestead.com/missing_children.html
May our efforts help to bring home the missing and
Bring justice to criminals.
WWW.RECOVERTHEMISSING.ORG
http://angelsthatcare.homestead.com/missing_children.html
Friday, May 14, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Amber Alerts,Have you seen these children?
Amber Alerts,Have you seen these children?
Always check the Amber Alerts,
And forward it on to friends,
You may save someone's life today,
Because of the time you took to send
Always check the Amber Alerts,
And forward it on to friends,
You may save someone's life today,
Because of the time you took to send
Saturday, May 08, 2010
Friday, May 07, 2010
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
Daughter continues search for missing mother 10 years later - PEACE4 THE MISSING
Daughter continues search for missing mother 10 years later - PEACE4 THE MISSING
Pamela Bradshaw has been missing since September 2001
Pamela Bradshaw has been missing since September 2001
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Awareness Angels Network
Awareness Angels Network
Trevor Paul Morse missing since May 6, 2007 from Las Vegas, NV
For Immediate Release
May 1, 2010
El Paso, TX/Las Vegas, NV: I am the father of a missing son. It has been three long years (May-6-07) since my son, Trevor Morse, vanished from Las Vegas NV where he was a resident. On this 3rd year of Trevor being missing I am asking that media help bring awareness by publishing or airing a story on Trevor’s disappearance.
Prior to his disappearance Trevor was working as an electrician in Las Vegas and had just relocated there in October/November 2006. While there he had purchased a 2006 Ford Mustang GT, furniture and even some pet turtles. Normal purchases of someone just relocating for work, purchases that point to an emotionally balanced person: good job, self-sufficient and who is kind enough to enjoy pets. This is in sharp contrast to how a detective who never met Trevor portrays him. This detective wants us and the public to believe he committed suicide yet there has been no body recovered and no suicide note. He was last seen in an area that had he committed suicide he would have been found immediately. The detective would also like us to believe that he walked away to assume a new life which is what almost all the families with missing adult loved ones are told. Because of his activities prior to his disappearance such as purchases, ongoing education and request for job transfer back to El Paso we his family do not buy into the detective’s assumptions.
Every day since we received the news of Trevor’s having becoming missing has been a living hell. I personally have become involved with numerous organizations and individuals bless their hearts, as they have helped me survive. Daily I check the internet and Google search, “Missing,” “Human Remains,” and “Trevor Morse.” I read and share the heartbreak of the families; sometimes I interface with some and share information as to whom and what organization to contact and other times I just lend a shoulder to cry on and an ear so they can just vent.
Once you have been associated with the circumstances of “Missing Person” you are a life time member of a club that you wish you had never heard of. There are many who receive “closure” (a very over used catch phrase), often though the answer they receive is the one that tears them apart. But, even in their anguish the families will tell you that an answer no matter what it is will always be better than no answer.
I could list all the organizations and people who are involved and list the statistics of missing people (140,000 US alone) but this would require several pages where the reader and the angels of mercy would become lost in the type. Instead I offer my heartfelt thanks to those and they know who they are.
After you read this I pray that when you hear of someone gone missing that you consider not just the mystery surrounding the case but please also consider that there are loved ones left behind hungering and praying for answers, please be compassionate.
Also if you could visit a couple web sites (see below) and read what the families go through my hopes are you will have a greater understanding of the world of the missing and their families. Maybe with media’s increased understanding more stories of the missing will be aired/published. For the majority of cases it is only in awareness that answers will be found and the media plays the foremost role in attaining this awareness.
► http://www.myspace.com/missing_trevor_morse
► http://www.projectjason.org/aan/AAN_TrevorMorse.pdf
► http://www.projectjason.org/
► http://www.ncmissingpersons.org/
Trevor Paul Morse missing since May 6, 2007 from Las Vegas, NV
For Immediate Release
May 1, 2010
El Paso, TX/Las Vegas, NV: I am the father of a missing son. It has been three long years (May-6-07) since my son, Trevor Morse, vanished from Las Vegas NV where he was a resident. On this 3rd year of Trevor being missing I am asking that media help bring awareness by publishing or airing a story on Trevor’s disappearance.
Prior to his disappearance Trevor was working as an electrician in Las Vegas and had just relocated there in October/November 2006. While there he had purchased a 2006 Ford Mustang GT, furniture and even some pet turtles. Normal purchases of someone just relocating for work, purchases that point to an emotionally balanced person: good job, self-sufficient and who is kind enough to enjoy pets. This is in sharp contrast to how a detective who never met Trevor portrays him. This detective wants us and the public to believe he committed suicide yet there has been no body recovered and no suicide note. He was last seen in an area that had he committed suicide he would have been found immediately. The detective would also like us to believe that he walked away to assume a new life which is what almost all the families with missing adult loved ones are told. Because of his activities prior to his disappearance such as purchases, ongoing education and request for job transfer back to El Paso we his family do not buy into the detective’s assumptions.
Every day since we received the news of Trevor’s having becoming missing has been a living hell. I personally have become involved with numerous organizations and individuals bless their hearts, as they have helped me survive. Daily I check the internet and Google search, “Missing,” “Human Remains,” and “Trevor Morse.” I read and share the heartbreak of the families; sometimes I interface with some and share information as to whom and what organization to contact and other times I just lend a shoulder to cry on and an ear so they can just vent.
Once you have been associated with the circumstances of “Missing Person” you are a life time member of a club that you wish you had never heard of. There are many who receive “closure” (a very over used catch phrase), often though the answer they receive is the one that tears them apart. But, even in their anguish the families will tell you that an answer no matter what it is will always be better than no answer.
I could list all the organizations and people who are involved and list the statistics of missing people (140,000 US alone) but this would require several pages where the reader and the angels of mercy would become lost in the type. Instead I offer my heartfelt thanks to those and they know who they are.
After you read this I pray that when you hear of someone gone missing that you consider not just the mystery surrounding the case but please also consider that there are loved ones left behind hungering and praying for answers, please be compassionate.
Also if you could visit a couple web sites (see below) and read what the families go through my hopes are you will have a greater understanding of the world of the missing and their families. Maybe with media’s increased understanding more stories of the missing will be aired/published. For the majority of cases it is only in awareness that answers will be found and the media plays the foremost role in attaining this awareness.
► http://www.myspace.com/missing_trevor_morse
► http://www.projectjason.org/aan/AAN_TrevorMorse.pdf
► http://www.projectjason.org/
► http://www.ncmissingpersons.org/
Thursday, April 29, 2010
"Time's Up!": OPRAH, JANE VALEZ MITCHELL AND THE NANCY GRACE SHOW!
"Time's Up!": OPRAH, JANE VALEZ MITCHELL AND THE NANCY GRACE SHOW!
By Cyndi Caron
I’m going to be brutally honest here. Families of missing loved ones have a better chance of winning their state lottery, or in receiving an all expense paid trip around the world, including flights and hotel stays, than they do of getting their missing family member on those shows.
Why? Because for one most of what is presented has been on schedule for weeks by the producers and writers as well as the already interruptions when breaking news happens such as the devastating Haiti earthquake. Unless there is serious foul play involved, in which your local media is constantly portraying, and the surroundings of your missing loved one includes sensationalism, such as the spouse is a suspect who has been found to be committing adultery after your loved one goes missing and more so if children involved, along with your missing “Suzy” having a pristine background, it’s highly unlikely that her status will be aired.
Unfortunately, it’s television. The more scandal the better chance of your “story” being aired.
When is the last time you’ve seen a missing overweight runaway teen with acne, or a missing black male teenager portrayed on a nationally syndicated news or show? Is physical beauty a necessary requirement to capture the attention of viewers? Or as some African Americans will say “only white missing kids make it to those shows?”
What about missing adults? Why aren’t they portrayed? Is it due to the wrong mentality that “adults have a right to go missing?” Yes, nationally syndicated news agencies picked up on Ohio’s “missing mom” Tiffany Tehan, but that was only after it was realized she was spotted on video cameras weeks before with a mystery male. Yes, that story was indeed picked up due to the startling fact that missing mom was seemingly becoming a “runaway mom” leaving behind a church-going husband and her infant daughter. Personally, no adult has the right to go missing unless they are willing to notify their local police agency first. They have a right to leave, but to go missing? No.
So what are the criteria and how do families of missing get their loved ones on these shows?
Let’s start off with Nancy Grace’s show. While at times her show can be quite interesting, it is nearly always about the same case over and again with “breaking news” that happened days or even weeks ago and already known from online readers. While Nancy “gets to the matter” and nearly asks all the questions, that you the viewer want to know, her show is really not set up to portray multiple cases in an equal amount of airtime. Shame because from those I’ve talked with would love to see each nightly episode featuring two new missing cases each eve with no carry over, unless real breaking news exists. This could then be announced in a brief comment prior to commercial interruptions. Course, I’m neither an executive producer nor Nancy Grace’s producer so I will leave well enough said. On a positive note, Nancy does have a great blog online that various cases and missing loved ones are portrayed. There have been a time or two in which I’ve seen some of our LostNMissing loved ones’ banners posted and I welcome her staff to utilize any and as many as they like at any time. Banners are not copyright and all we ask is that they are kept intact as designed when posted.
Jane’s show, which I find has a more variety of topics, along with entire teams of professionals who voice their opinions and present updated facts to a case, is also extremely difficult to reach as producers schedule either far in advance or very near or immediate to whatever has happened the day before. It’s unfortunate as I feel her show is probably one of the most ideal to have a variety of missing loved ones portrayed. I invite Jane’s show to go through our website and feel free to pick and choose as many missing loved one’s banners and flash on the screen before or after the show anytime.
Oh Oprah! I don’t know what to say other than its hard to explain to family members of missing loved ones that it is nearly impossible to reach Oprah or any of her producers. Believe me, I’ve tried. I think as a non runner I could win the Boston Marathon before I could achieve having a missing loved one portrayed on Oprah’s show. It doesn’t matter that I personally beat Oprah, by one place, on the Ms. Twitterworld Contest. I came in 16th and she in 17th place. Even though she has over a million followers, to my 4300, you can bet I celebrated…a little anyhow. Did I really beat out Oprah on Twitter? I doubt it. For one, Oprah is so spread out far and wide with her many ventures that I really wonder if it’s Oprah tweeting anyhow. It’s my guess that one of her hundreds of “assistants” represents her. Or could it be that she was just “too kind” to tweet her followers to vote for her? Let the “little guy” win. Either way it doesn’t matter as it was merely a silly contest.
What does matter is what are the true criteria that I can tell crying parents, in emotional turmoil, as to why nationally syndicated shows would rather use valuable airtime listing all the mistresses of Tiger Woods and Jessie James as opposed to listing even a handful of missing loved ones? Yes, even adults who are missing have distraught and grieving parents who beg for any airtime possible for their missing child. Ask the parents of Jeramy Carl Burt, Brian Sullivan’s mom, or the family of missing Beverly Meadows. They would give anything to have their loved ones portrayed. Or the grandmother of 15 year old Peyton Borden, a young black male who bolted from an Illinois courthouse in the fall of 2009 after learning that he would have to go back and live with his father in Georgia, instead of residing with his maternal grandmother since his own mom was killed in a car accident when Peyton was only 8 years old, only to never be seen again! Perhaps talking with the family of Thomas and Jimmy Zinza would be ideal. Two brothers, both missing years apart. Yes, you read that correctly. Jimmy went missing in 1992 and could be living on the streets anywhere in the US and a nationally syndicated show could literally bring about recognition. Thomas went missing, under strange circumstances from a hotel room in PA while traveling on business from Hawaii in 2008. Imagine the turmoil their family endures, it’s incomprehensible.
I will close this with a challenge. Which nationally syndicated show will make contact with LostNMissing to offer to portray one of the many missing loved ones that we represent who has never received their much needed national airtime? Will it be Oprah? Nancy Grace? Or the Jane Valez Mitchell show? Stay tuned as I will update in my next report. My phone line is open.
Cynthia L. Caron
President/Founder
LostNMissing, Inc.
PH: 603.548.6548
www.lostnmissing.com
By Cyndi Caron
I’m going to be brutally honest here. Families of missing loved ones have a better chance of winning their state lottery, or in receiving an all expense paid trip around the world, including flights and hotel stays, than they do of getting their missing family member on those shows.
Why? Because for one most of what is presented has been on schedule for weeks by the producers and writers as well as the already interruptions when breaking news happens such as the devastating Haiti earthquake. Unless there is serious foul play involved, in which your local media is constantly portraying, and the surroundings of your missing loved one includes sensationalism, such as the spouse is a suspect who has been found to be committing adultery after your loved one goes missing and more so if children involved, along with your missing “Suzy” having a pristine background, it’s highly unlikely that her status will be aired.
Unfortunately, it’s television. The more scandal the better chance of your “story” being aired.
When is the last time you’ve seen a missing overweight runaway teen with acne, or a missing black male teenager portrayed on a nationally syndicated news or show? Is physical beauty a necessary requirement to capture the attention of viewers? Or as some African Americans will say “only white missing kids make it to those shows?”
What about missing adults? Why aren’t they portrayed? Is it due to the wrong mentality that “adults have a right to go missing?” Yes, nationally syndicated news agencies picked up on Ohio’s “missing mom” Tiffany Tehan, but that was only after it was realized she was spotted on video cameras weeks before with a mystery male. Yes, that story was indeed picked up due to the startling fact that missing mom was seemingly becoming a “runaway mom” leaving behind a church-going husband and her infant daughter. Personally, no adult has the right to go missing unless they are willing to notify their local police agency first. They have a right to leave, but to go missing? No.
So what are the criteria and how do families of missing get their loved ones on these shows?
Let’s start off with Nancy Grace’s show. While at times her show can be quite interesting, it is nearly always about the same case over and again with “breaking news” that happened days or even weeks ago and already known from online readers. While Nancy “gets to the matter” and nearly asks all the questions, that you the viewer want to know, her show is really not set up to portray multiple cases in an equal amount of airtime. Shame because from those I’ve talked with would love to see each nightly episode featuring two new missing cases each eve with no carry over, unless real breaking news exists. This could then be announced in a brief comment prior to commercial interruptions. Course, I’m neither an executive producer nor Nancy Grace’s producer so I will leave well enough said. On a positive note, Nancy does have a great blog online that various cases and missing loved ones are portrayed. There have been a time or two in which I’ve seen some of our LostNMissing loved ones’ banners posted and I welcome her staff to utilize any and as many as they like at any time. Banners are not copyright and all we ask is that they are kept intact as designed when posted.
Jane’s show, which I find has a more variety of topics, along with entire teams of professionals who voice their opinions and present updated facts to a case, is also extremely difficult to reach as producers schedule either far in advance or very near or immediate to whatever has happened the day before. It’s unfortunate as I feel her show is probably one of the most ideal to have a variety of missing loved ones portrayed. I invite Jane’s show to go through our website and feel free to pick and choose as many missing loved one’s banners and flash on the screen before or after the show anytime.
Oh Oprah! I don’t know what to say other than its hard to explain to family members of missing loved ones that it is nearly impossible to reach Oprah or any of her producers. Believe me, I’ve tried. I think as a non runner I could win the Boston Marathon before I could achieve having a missing loved one portrayed on Oprah’s show. It doesn’t matter that I personally beat Oprah, by one place, on the Ms. Twitterworld Contest. I came in 16th and she in 17th place. Even though she has over a million followers, to my 4300, you can bet I celebrated…a little anyhow. Did I really beat out Oprah on Twitter? I doubt it. For one, Oprah is so spread out far and wide with her many ventures that I really wonder if it’s Oprah tweeting anyhow. It’s my guess that one of her hundreds of “assistants” represents her. Or could it be that she was just “too kind” to tweet her followers to vote for her? Let the “little guy” win. Either way it doesn’t matter as it was merely a silly contest.
What does matter is what are the true criteria that I can tell crying parents, in emotional turmoil, as to why nationally syndicated shows would rather use valuable airtime listing all the mistresses of Tiger Woods and Jessie James as opposed to listing even a handful of missing loved ones? Yes, even adults who are missing have distraught and grieving parents who beg for any airtime possible for their missing child. Ask the parents of Jeramy Carl Burt, Brian Sullivan’s mom, or the family of missing Beverly Meadows. They would give anything to have their loved ones portrayed. Or the grandmother of 15 year old Peyton Borden, a young black male who bolted from an Illinois courthouse in the fall of 2009 after learning that he would have to go back and live with his father in Georgia, instead of residing with his maternal grandmother since his own mom was killed in a car accident when Peyton was only 8 years old, only to never be seen again! Perhaps talking with the family of Thomas and Jimmy Zinza would be ideal. Two brothers, both missing years apart. Yes, you read that correctly. Jimmy went missing in 1992 and could be living on the streets anywhere in the US and a nationally syndicated show could literally bring about recognition. Thomas went missing, under strange circumstances from a hotel room in PA while traveling on business from Hawaii in 2008. Imagine the turmoil their family endures, it’s incomprehensible.
I will close this with a challenge. Which nationally syndicated show will make contact with LostNMissing to offer to portray one of the many missing loved ones that we represent who has never received their much needed national airtime? Will it be Oprah? Nancy Grace? Or the Jane Valez Mitchell show? Stay tuned as I will update in my next report. My phone line is open.
Cynthia L. Caron
President/Founder
LostNMissing, Inc.
PH: 603.548.6548
www.lostnmissing.com
Monday, April 26, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Project Jason - Assistance for Families of the Missing
Project Jason - Assistance for Families of the Missing
U.S. Justice Department’s OVC Names Project Jason President Kelly Jolkowski 2010 Volunteer for Victims Honoree
Mother of missing son honored for helping other families cope
when their loved ones go missing
OMAHA, NE and WASHINGTON D.C. – April 16, 2010 – The U.S. Justice Department’s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) today named Kelly Jolkowski as the 2010 Volunteer for Victims Honoree. The announcement came at the National Crime Victims’ Service Awards Ceremony Friday, April 16, 2010 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC. The awards are part of the OVC’s National Crime Victims Rights Week, April 18-24. Jolkowski was one of eight people honored by the U.S. Justice Department for their work assisting victims of crime.
Jolkowski is President and Founder of Omaha, Neb.-based Project Jason, a nonprofit that assists families of missing adults and children. She became a volunteer for the cause of missing persons after her son, Jason, disappeared in 2001. Because Jason’s age placed him as an adult, she found it difficult to identify a source for advice or comfort. She determined no family should experience this loss without assistance, and founded Project Jason, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Ernie Allen, President and CEO of The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, said: “We congratulate Kelly Jolkowski, volunteer for families of the missing, for being among the honorees in this year’s National Crime Victims’ Service Awards. We thank the U.S. Department of Justice and the Office for Victims of Crime for recognizing such a worthy member of our community in such a significant and prominent manner. Furthermore, we applaud Kelly Jolkowski, whose outstanding work on behalf of the missing and their families resulted in this deserved honor today. We are proud of her, and fortunate to benefit from her knowledge, her talents, and her dedication.”
Colleen Nick, CEO of The Morgan Nick Foundation, said: “Our organization has been witness to Kelly's work for a number of years, and we have seen her powerful commitment in action as she guides the families of the missing through their darkest hours,” said Colleen Nick, CEO of The Morgan Nick Foundation, which provides a support network to parents and families of missing children. ”She provides hope and strength for these families and awareness for their missing loved ones. We are delighted that she has been singled out for this distinguished honor.”
“I’m honored to accept this award on behalf of all missing persons, the families who miss them, and in my son’s name,” said Jolkowski upon receiving the award. “The secondary victims, the families, deserve a voice, and to be treated with fairness, dignity, and respect as they go through what is undoubtedly the most difficult time in their lives. This is what I do, and for this work to be honored can be a catalyst for the change of the mindset of the public as it pertains to the aid given to these suffering families.”
About the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) was established by the 1984 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) to oversee diverse programs that benefit victims of crime. OVC provides substantial funding to state victim assistance and compensation programs-the lifeline services that help victims to heal. The agency supports trainings designed to educate criminal justice and allied professionals regarding the rights and needs of crime victims. OVC also sponsors an annual event in April to commemorate National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW). OVC is one of seven components within the Office of Justice Programs,
About the OVC National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
Each April since 1981, OVC has helped lead communities throughout the country in their annual observances of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) by promoting victims’ rights and honoring crime victims and those who advocate on their behalf. http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ncvrw/index.html
National Crime Victims’ Service Awards
OVC annually recognizes individuals and organizations that demonstrate outstanding service in supporting victims and victim services. The award recipients, who are selected from public nominations in eight categories, are extraordinary individuals and programs that provide services to victims of crime. The honorees are announced just before National Crime Victims’ Rights Week commences and honored at the National Crime Victims’ Service Awards (http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ncvrw/events.htm).
The 2010 National Crime Victims’ Service Awards Ceremony: Friday, April 16, 2010
Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, Washington, DC, 2:00–3:30 p.m. Eastern time.
About Project Jason
Project Jason, founded in 2003, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting families of missing persons . The organization offers tactical guidance, emotional support, and hope for families continuing their searches for answers.
The families working with Project Jason benefit from increased public awareness of their missing loved ones through a variety of outreach and educational activities. The families are also guided toward existing resources available to help with their efforts. Project Jason is based in Omaha, Nebraska.
For more information about Project Jason’s objectives, activities and services, go to http://www.projectjason.org
http://projectjason.org/forums/index.php?topic=8594.msg48329#msg48329
U.S. Justice Department’s OVC Names Project Jason President Kelly Jolkowski 2010 Volunteer for Victims Honoree
Mother of missing son honored for helping other families cope
when their loved ones go missing
OMAHA, NE and WASHINGTON D.C. – April 16, 2010 – The U.S. Justice Department’s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) today named Kelly Jolkowski as the 2010 Volunteer for Victims Honoree. The announcement came at the National Crime Victims’ Service Awards Ceremony Friday, April 16, 2010 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC. The awards are part of the OVC’s National Crime Victims Rights Week, April 18-24. Jolkowski was one of eight people honored by the U.S. Justice Department for their work assisting victims of crime.
Jolkowski is President and Founder of Omaha, Neb.-based Project Jason, a nonprofit that assists families of missing adults and children. She became a volunteer for the cause of missing persons after her son, Jason, disappeared in 2001. Because Jason’s age placed him as an adult, she found it difficult to identify a source for advice or comfort. She determined no family should experience this loss without assistance, and founded Project Jason, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Ernie Allen, President and CEO of The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, said: “We congratulate Kelly Jolkowski, volunteer for families of the missing, for being among the honorees in this year’s National Crime Victims’ Service Awards. We thank the U.S. Department of Justice and the Office for Victims of Crime for recognizing such a worthy member of our community in such a significant and prominent manner. Furthermore, we applaud Kelly Jolkowski, whose outstanding work on behalf of the missing and their families resulted in this deserved honor today. We are proud of her, and fortunate to benefit from her knowledge, her talents, and her dedication.”
Colleen Nick, CEO of The Morgan Nick Foundation, said: “Our organization has been witness to Kelly's work for a number of years, and we have seen her powerful commitment in action as she guides the families of the missing through their darkest hours,” said Colleen Nick, CEO of The Morgan Nick Foundation, which provides a support network to parents and families of missing children. ”She provides hope and strength for these families and awareness for their missing loved ones. We are delighted that she has been singled out for this distinguished honor.”
“I’m honored to accept this award on behalf of all missing persons, the families who miss them, and in my son’s name,” said Jolkowski upon receiving the award. “The secondary victims, the families, deserve a voice, and to be treated with fairness, dignity, and respect as they go through what is undoubtedly the most difficult time in their lives. This is what I do, and for this work to be honored can be a catalyst for the change of the mindset of the public as it pertains to the aid given to these suffering families.”
About the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) was established by the 1984 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) to oversee diverse programs that benefit victims of crime. OVC provides substantial funding to state victim assistance and compensation programs-the lifeline services that help victims to heal. The agency supports trainings designed to educate criminal justice and allied professionals regarding the rights and needs of crime victims. OVC also sponsors an annual event in April to commemorate National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW). OVC is one of seven components within the Office of Justice Programs,
About the OVC National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
Each April since 1981, OVC has helped lead communities throughout the country in their annual observances of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) by promoting victims’ rights and honoring crime victims and those who advocate on their behalf. http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ncvrw/index.html
National Crime Victims’ Service Awards
OVC annually recognizes individuals and organizations that demonstrate outstanding service in supporting victims and victim services. The award recipients, who are selected from public nominations in eight categories, are extraordinary individuals and programs that provide services to victims of crime. The honorees are announced just before National Crime Victims’ Rights Week commences and honored at the National Crime Victims’ Service Awards (http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ncvrw/events.htm).
The 2010 National Crime Victims’ Service Awards Ceremony: Friday, April 16, 2010
Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, Washington, DC, 2:00–3:30 p.m. Eastern time.
About Project Jason
Project Jason, founded in 2003, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting families of missing persons . The organization offers tactical guidance, emotional support, and hope for families continuing their searches for answers.
The families working with Project Jason benefit from increased public awareness of their missing loved ones through a variety of outreach and educational activities. The families are also guided toward existing resources available to help with their efforts. Project Jason is based in Omaha, Nebraska.
For more information about Project Jason’s objectives, activities and services, go to http://www.projectjason.org
http://projectjason.org/forums/index.php?topic=8594.msg48329#msg48329
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Code Amber News: Imminent meant now, not latter for little Zara.
Code Amber News: Imminent meant now, not latter for little Zara.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/84762197.html
DNA tests confirm ID of baby found along Raritan River 2 days ago. 5/2/2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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My friend Jeanne sent out this appeal on my behalf after receiving my email and I thought I WILL FORWARD THIS. What if? What if everyone of my 1,153 email contacts, my 1,829 friends on my Glendene Facebook page, my 2,016 friends on my MissingJessie Facebook page, the 34,964 people who have read my Jessie Blog, the 101,030 people who have read my NowPublic site and the 110.231 people who have viewed the Official Missing Jessie website would send $1 (ONE DOLLAR) each, that would be $251,223. Now - if they sent $5 (FIVE DOLLARS) we would be able to raise $1,256,115.00!! Over 1.25 million dollars (OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS)! Can you believe it? Thinking bigger! What if they told 2 friends, and they told 2 friends, and so on . . . and so . . . and so on. Think how wonderful it would be if we could start our own non-profit organization - Jessie will be the President! We can help victims and their loved ones - human trafficking victims, missing persons, unsolved murders. The amount of people we can ultimately help is endless. All because you put $5 in an envelope and told 2 friends.
EVERYONE, LET'S DO THIS FOR JESSIE!
LET'S HELP THE VICTIMS WHO ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO HELP THEMSELVES!
LET'S SPEAK FOR THE VICTIMS WHO NO LONGER HAVE A VOICE TO BE HEARD!!!!
Let's do this for the families who do not know what to do, where to turn, or how to live when there is someone missing in their lives.
We can help! Remember, one person can make a difference! Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Jessie's mom Glendene Grant.
My friend Jeanne sent out this appeal on my behalf after receiving my email and I thought I WILL FORWARD THIS. What if? What if everyone of my 1,153 email contacts, my 1,829 friends on my Glendene Facebook page, my 2,016 friends on my MissingJessie Facebook page, the 34,964 people who have read my Jessie Blog, the 101,030 people who have read my NowPublic site and the 110.231 people who have viewed the Official Missing Jessie website would send $1 (ONE DOLLAR) each, that would be $251,223. Now - if they sent $5 (FIVE DOLLARS) we would be able to raise $1,256,115.00!! Over 1.25 million dollars (OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS)! Can you believe it? Thinking bigger! What if they told 2 friends, and they told 2 friends, and so on . . . and so . . . and so on. Think how wonderful it would be if we could start our own non-profit organization - Jessie will be the President! We can help victims and their loved ones - human trafficking victims, missing persons, unsolved murders. The amount of people we can ultimately help is endless. All because you put $5 in an envelope and told 2 friends.
EVERYONE, LET'S DO THIS FOR JESSIE!
LET'S HELP THE VICTIMS WHO ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO HELP THEMSELVES!
LET'S SPEAK FOR THE VICTIMS WHO NO LONGER HAVE A VOICE TO BE HEARD!!!!
Let's do this for the families who do not know what to do, where to turn, or how to live when there is someone missing in their lives.
We can help! Remember, one person can make a difference! Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Jessie's mom Glendene Grant.
Friday, March 19, 2010
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Donna O'Rielly
Donna has been missing since Februaray 26, 2010 @ 8pm. She was seen leaving her place of work, H & R Block, at Highfield Square Mall in Moncton.
Donna O’Rielly is 54 years old, 1.60 m tall (5 ft 3 in) and weighs 59 kg (130 lb). She has green eyes and shoulder length brown hair.
The last time she was seen, Donna was wearing a brown suede-like jacket and jeans. Donna was also carrying a brown purse and a lunch bag.
The RCMP is asking anyone with information about Donna O’Rielly’s whereabouts to contact the Codiac Regional RCMP at 506-857-2400 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (8477).
http://www.angelsthatcare.org/Angelsthatcare_Canada.html
Friday, March 12, 2010
Monday, March 08, 2010
BUTTONS OF HOPE
BUTTONS OF HOPE
To all family of missing loved ones, a wonderful service called BUTTONS OF HOPE, is happy to design a button and put up a gallery so that you can send the links to all of your friends online, family members and others to order and wear a button! There is no charge to you! Buttons are only $5.00 each and are a fundraiser for your search. You can designate $2.00 from each button sale to your loved one’s search fund, or to any charity organization. (They even have a list of charity organizations that you can pick from!)
This is a great way to have your loved one visible in public places. People will ask “who is the button?” and a wonderful way to educate the public towards your website to help bring awareness and hopeful recognition.
LostNMissing, Inc will also be posting your buttons on our website for added exposure. When one comes to LostNMissing and clicks on your button they will go to your gallery and can directly order and the $2.00 donation goes to the charity that you’ve chosen.
If you already have a Button For Hope, please let me know so that I can post next to your missing loved one’s banner on our website for added awareness. You can even design your own button. Please contact Mike Gibbons, Owner of Buttons Of Hope at: igibbs@mac.com
For more information. The website link is: http://www.buttonsofhope.com/
To all family of missing loved ones, a wonderful service called BUTTONS OF HOPE, is happy to design a button and put up a gallery so that you can send the links to all of your friends online, family members and others to order and wear a button! There is no charge to you! Buttons are only $5.00 each and are a fundraiser for your search. You can designate $2.00 from each button sale to your loved one’s search fund, or to any charity organization. (They even have a list of charity organizations that you can pick from!)
This is a great way to have your loved one visible in public places. People will ask “who is the button?” and a wonderful way to educate the public towards your website to help bring awareness and hopeful recognition.
LostNMissing, Inc will also be posting your buttons on our website for added exposure. When one comes to LostNMissing and clicks on your button they will go to your gallery and can directly order and the $2.00 donation goes to the charity that you’ve chosen.
If you already have a Button For Hope, please let me know so that I can post next to your missing loved one’s banner on our website for added awareness. You can even design your own button. Please contact Mike Gibbons, Owner of Buttons Of Hope at: igibbs@mac.com
For more information. The website link is: http://www.buttonsofhope.com/
Saturday, March 06, 2010
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Authorities have discovered the skeletal remains of Amber Dubois, the 14-year-old girl who disappeared last year on her way to Escondido High School.March 7,2010
2 missing teen cases, 2 different police responses
By ELLIOT SPAGAT (AP)
SAN DIEGO — The disappearances of 14-year-old Amber Dubois and 17-year-old Chelsea King illustrate a sad fact: not all missing children cases are treated the same.
Chelsea disappeared Feb. 25, last seen in a park with running clothes. The case sparked a search involving about 1,500 law enforcement officials and thousands of volunteers. It ended five days later when a body was found in a shallow lakeside grave.
Amber was walking to school when she vanished a year ago just 10 miles north of the site where Chelsea was last seen. Leads went nowhere. The news media showed little interest.
After prosecutors charged a convicted sex offender in Chelsea's death, a search for Amber has intensified. On Saturday, police drained a pond for a second day at Kit Carson Park in Escondido to search for evidence of Amber, Lt. Craig Carter said.
Perhaps the biggest determinant in getting the attention of law enforcement and reporters is whether there are signs of foul play that may put other children at risk. The skill of a victim's family at working with the media and mobilizing supporters also helps decide which cases capture public interest.
There are 115 non-family child abductions a year in the United States — an average of more than two a week, according to the latest Department of Justice figures from 1999. But only a handful get anywhere near the attention that followed the disappearance of Chelsea King.
FBI dive teams scoured Lake Hodges for Chelsea, the Marines dispatched a C-130 plane and an unmanned aerial vehicle circled above. Law enforcement officers came from as far as Santa Barbara, more than 200 miles away.
San Diego County Sheriff William Gore was at the scene the same night Chelsea's father found her 1994 BMW parked at Rancho Bernardo Community Park and stayed throughout much of the round-the-clock search.
Signs of foul play quickly emerged. In addition to the locked car, a California Department of Justice spokeswoman said authorities found Chelsea's semen-stained clothing, leading them to arrest convicted sex offender John Albert Gardner III outside a restaurant in Escondido.
Gardner, 30, spent five years in prison for molesting a 13-year-old neighbor in 2000. He has pleaded not guilty to Chelsea's murder and the attempted rape of another woman in December.
Susan Plese, a spokeswoman for the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, said no one was available Friday to discuss the scale of the response to the King case compared to other disappearances. Experts said evidence of foul play was probably key.
"Any evidence that confirms foul play will definitely bump up the visibility," said David Finkelhor, director of the University of New Hampshire's Crimes Against Children Research Center. "If there's a homicidal maniac in the community and there's a threat to you and your kid, that always increases the fever about a case."
Maurice Dubois said a spate of early reports that his daughter had been seen hampered his efforts to draw attention to the case. None of those sightings panned out and instead fueled speculation that Amber was a runaway rather than a crime victim.
Amber was last seen walking on Feb. 13, 2009 with a man about 200 yards from Escondido High School by a woman who used to drive her to middle school, her father said. Another neighbor reported seeing her about 300 yards from school. Yet Amber never appeared on school surveillance cameras.
Amber, a member of Future Farmers of America, left home with a $200 check to buy a lamb. It was never cashed.
"The circumstances were completely different," Dubois said. "The evidence that they found on Chelsea led them to believe that they needed to find her immediately. There was never, ever any evidence found on Amber."
Children from wealthy families tend to generate more attention, said Finkelhor, partly because the parents seem to be more adept at working with the media and building networks.
Chelsea's parents, Brent and Kelly King, patiently and skillfully worked with the media through their anguish, aided by a volunteer public relations professional. In interviews, they gave Chelsea's life story: the oldest child of long-married parents, straight-A student, French horn player in the youth symphony, avid long-distance runner, tireless volunteer for school and community activities.
Chelsea's friends at Poway High School turned out in droves.
"Right before I broke the news (of the body discovery), they were telling stories about her — funny things she said, silly things she did," said Paula Bunn, a counselor at the Chelsea King Volunteer Center. "You could tell she was very loved by her friends."
Ernest Allen, executive director of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, said he was immediately drawn to Amber's case because she did not appear troubled and was so excited to go to school that day to buy her lamb. Still, reporters and TV producers kept asking about speculation that she was a runaway.
"What I hear all the time is, 'It's just a missing kid. Tell me why this one is different,'" Allen said. "The ones that get the attention are the ones that are clear and unequivocal" foul play.
Ironically, it was Chelsea's disappearance that sparked intense interest in finding Amber. Her parents, who are separated, are now besieged by reporters and Escondido police say they are seeking potential links between Amber and Gardner.
"I believe it's going to proceed at a much more accelerated pace now," Dubois said.
A woman reported Thursday night that her daughters told her in May that they found a bag of what looked like human hair, but she didn't make the connection to the search for Amber until Chelsea vanished.
Copyright © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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Disappeared Sneak Peeks Videos : Investigation Discovery
Disappeared Sneak Peeks Videos : Investigation Discovery
Tonight my good friend’s son, Billy Smolinski, from CT will be featured on Investigation
Discovery (ID) (CH 123 on FIOS, TBD on Cable) at 10 PM EST. Be sure to watch if you can.
For more information Billy, see http://www.justice4billy.com/.
“Disappeared”, will air each Monday at 10 PM EST on Investigation Discovery through Monday
April 5th, 2010.
While we were unable to get Patricia on this show, it is important to watch these shows and try to
help out these families.
Thank you.
Jim Viola
Still Missing my wife, Patricia Viola (now a grandmother twice)
“Nine years is a terribly long time to not know what happened to your loved one”
“The smallest clue could break open the case; so please make the call”
“What may seem incidental to you may open the eyes of investigators”
“The not knowing is worse than knowing”
http://www.patriciaviolamissing.homestead.com
Bogota, New Jersey – Bergen County – 2/13/01
Bogota Police – 201-487-2400
Tonight my good friend’s son, Billy Smolinski, from CT will be featured on Investigation
Discovery (ID) (CH 123 on FIOS, TBD on Cable) at 10 PM EST. Be sure to watch if you can.
For more information Billy, see http://www.justice4billy.com/.
“Disappeared”, will air each Monday at 10 PM EST on Investigation Discovery through Monday
April 5th, 2010.
While we were unable to get Patricia on this show, it is important to watch these shows and try to
help out these families.
Thank you.
Jim Viola
Still Missing my wife, Patricia Viola (now a grandmother twice)
“Nine years is a terribly long time to not know what happened to your loved one”
“The smallest clue could break open the case; so please make the call”
“What may seem incidental to you may open the eyes of investigators”
“The not knowing is worse than knowing”
http://www.patriciaviolamissing.homestead.com
Bogota, New Jersey – Bergen County – 2/13/01
Bogota Police – 201-487-2400
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Monday, February 08, 2010
Bryce Daniel Tarter
http://www.bringbrycehome.com/
If you have any information that can lead us to Bryce, please contact your local police! At this point, all information is helpful. Police need to be informed of anything! You can also send it to us through a message of facebook or e-mail information to us at: help@bringbrycehome.com!!
CUE Center for Missing Person
PO Box 12714
Wilmington, NC 28405
(910) 343-1131 or (910) 232-1687
Friday, February 05, 2010
"Justice For The Jou's"
Check out "Justice For The Jou's" on PEACE4 THE MISSING
To view this discussion, visit:
http://peace4missing.ning.com/group/peace4legislationteam/forum/topic/show?id=2153128%3ATopic%3A105541
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
From Whispers to Roars
http://fromwhisperstoroars.blogspot.com
Does a Sex Offender live near me? Is there an AMBER Alert? What do I do if someone is Missing? What are legislators doing for me and my family? Find out here! From Whispers to Roars, Be the Change you want to see in the World.
Does a Sex Offender live near me? Is there an AMBER Alert? What do I do if someone is Missing? What are legislators doing for me and my family? Find out here! From Whispers to Roars, Be the Change you want to see in the World.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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