<html> <body text="#000099" bgcolor="#CCFFFF" link="#00CC00" vlink="#FF0000" alink="#993366"> I have a personal request. Please, each of you follow this link: <p><a href="http://www.kvue.com/news/rachelcooke.html">http://www.kvue.com/news/rachelcooke.html</a> <p>Click on the link to Robert Cooke's daily journal and read his journal entry for Monday, March 25. <p>Once you have read RC's entry, please, please, join me in a letter writing campaign to ask these organizations to involved when a missing person is over the age of 12-14 at least to the extent of posting flyers. I will make this effort easier by providing as many of the email addresses as I can. <p>Thank you. I know each of you is an advocate of justice for all missing, abused and exploited people, not simply kids under a certain age. <p><b>The Problem:</b> <p>Congress in Title IV - Missing Children - of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended. <p><b>The term "missing child" is operationally defined by Congress as any individual less than 18 years of age whose whereabouts are unknown to such individual's legal custodian if:</b> <p>• the circumstances surrounding such individual's disappearance indicate that such individual may possibly have been removed by another from the control of such individual's legal custodian without such custodian's consent; or <p>• the circumstances of the case strongly indicate that such individual is likely to be abused or sexually exploited. <p><b>Missing Children/Persons</b> Non-Profit Organizations (NPO'S) <p>National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) 2101 Wilson Boulevard Suite 550 Arlington, VA 22201-3052 <p>Phone: (703) 235-3900 (800) 843-5678 (800) THE - LOST Fax: (703) 235-4067 Please use the Site Feedback Form at: <a href="http://www.missingkids.com/">http://www.missingkids.com/</a> <p>"The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is a private, nonprofit organization, mandated by Congress and working in cooperation with the US Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). NCMEC is a vital resource for the 17,000 law enforcment agencies located throughout the US in the search for missing children and the quest for child protection." <p><b>The Amber Foundation for Missing</b> Children PO Box 565 Pinole, CA 94564 <p>Phone: (510)222-9050 Toll Free: (800)541-0777 Fax: (510)758-0319 <a href="http://www.amberfoundation.qpg.com/">http://www.amberfoundation.qpg.com/</a> Email: <a href="amberjeansmom@yahoo.com">amberjeansmom@yahoo.com</a> <p><b>Children of the Night</b> 14530 Sylvan Street Van Nuys, CA 91441 <p>Phone: (818) 908-4474 Fax: (818) 908-1468 <a href="http://www.childrenofthenight.org/">http://www.childrenofthenight.org/</a> Email: <a href="cotnll@aol.com">cotnll@aol.com</a> <p><b>Find the Children</b> 11811 W. Olympic Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90064 <p>Phone: (310) 477-6721 Fax (310) 477-7166 <a href="http://www.findthechildren.com/">http://www.findthechildren.com/</a> E-mail: <a href="findthechild@loop.com">findthechild@loop.com</a> <p><b>Interstate Association for Stolen Children</b> 11233 Skagit River Court Rancho Cordova, CA 95670-2903 <p>Phone: (916) 631-7631 Mobile #: (916) 600-5311 Fax (916) 631-1009 <a href="http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/6042/">http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/6042/</a> E-mail: <a href="iasckids@pacbell.net">iasckids@pacbell.net</a> <p><b>The Polly Klaas Foundation</b> P.O. Box 800 Petaluma, CA 94953 <p>Phone: (707) 769-1334 (800) 587-4357 Fax: (707)769-4019 http://www.pollyklaas.org/ http://www.klaaskids.org/ Email: <a href="pklaasfdtn@aol.com">pklaasfdtn@aol.com</a> Email: <a href="klaaskids@pacbell.net">klaaskids@pacbell.net</a> <p><b>The Vanished Children's Alliance</b> 2095 Park Avenue San Jose, CA 95126 <p>Phone: (408) 296-1113 (800) 826-4743 * sightings Fax: (408) 296-1117 http://www.vca.org/ E-mail: <a href="vca001@aol.com">vca001@aol.com</a> <p><b>The Nation's Missing Children Organization and Center for Missing Adults</b> 2432 West Peoria Avenue, Ste. 12283 Phoenix, AZ 85029 Phone: (602) 944-1768 (800) 690-FIND Fax (602) 944-7520 E-mail: <a href="nmco@aol.com">nmco@aol.com</a> <a href="nmco@aol.com">http://www.nmco.org/</a> Second web site: <a href="www.missingadults.org">www.missingadults.org</a> <b>IF YOU ARE A PARENT OR FAMILY MEMBER OF A MISSING PERSON AND WOULD LIKE TO CORRESPOND WITH OTHER FAMILIES. PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO<a href="missingeb@aol.com"> missingeb@aol.com</a> AND REQUEST AN INVITATION TO JOIN HOPE2SUPPORT, A PRIVATE ONLINE SUPPORT GROUP.</b> <p><b>The Paul and Lisa Program</b> P.O. Box 348 Westbrook, CT 06498 <p>Phone: (860) 767-7660 Fax: (860) 767-3122 http://www.paulandlisa.org/ Email <a href="paulandlisaprogram@snet.net">paulandlisaprogram@snet.net</a> <p><b>Missing Children Help Center</b> 410 Ware Boulevard, Suite 400 Tampa, FL 33619 <p>Phone: (813) 623-5437 (800) USA-KIDS Fax: (813) 664-0705 http://www.800usakids.org/ E-mail: <a href="800usakids@compuserve.com">800usakids@compuserve.com</a> <p><b>Children's Rights of America, Inc.</b> 500 Sugar Mill Road, Building B Suite 2200 Atlanta, GA 30350 <p>Phone: (770) 998-6698 (800) 442-HOPE Fax: (770) 998-3405 E-mail: <a href="cra@sprynet.com">cra@sprynet.com</a> http://www.childrensrights.org/ <p><b>Missing Children's Network of Michigan</b> 1706 Clinton, suite 219 Muskegon, MI 49442 <p>Phone: (616) 727-0591 (800) 98-KATHY Fax: (616) 727-0649 http://www.i2k.com/~mcnmi/ E-mail: <a href="MCNMI@i2k.com">MCNMI@i2k.com</a> <p><b>The Jacob Wetterling Foundation</b> P.O. Box 639 St. Joseph, MN 56374 <p>Phone: (320) 363-0470 (800) 325-HOPE Fax: (320) 363-0473 http://www.jwf.org/ E-mail: <a href="jacob@uslink.net">jacob@uslink.net</a> <p><b>Missing Children - Minnesota</b> P.O. Box 11216 Minneapolis, MN 55411 <p>Phone: (612) 521-1188 (888) RUN YELL (888-786-9355) http://www.missingchildrenmn.org/ Email: (site seems to be down) <p><b>Missing Youth Foundation</b> P.O. Box 44172 Omaha, NE 68144-0172 <p>Phone: (402) 289-4401 (800) 52-FOUND Fax: (402) 289-4626 http://www.discoveromaha.com/community/groups/missingyouth/ E-mail: <a href="hunter@probe.net">hunter@probe.net</a> <p><b>Nevada Child Seekers</b> 25 TV5 Drive Henderson, NV 89014 <p>Phone: (702) 458-7009 Fax: (702) 451-4220 http://www.nevadachildseekers.org/ E-mail: <a href="jill@nevadachildseekers.org">jill@nevadachildseekers.org</a> <p><b>National Missing Children's Locate Center</b> P.O. Box 20007 Portland, OR 97220 <p>Phone: (503) 257-1308 (800) 999-7846 Sightings Fax: (503) 257-4549 http://www.cnnw.net/~nmclc/ E-mail: <a href="nmclc@cybernw.com">nmclc@cybernw.com</a> <br> <p><b>Commission on Missing and Exploited Children</b> (COMEC) Juvenile Court 616 Adams Avenue, Room 102 Memphis, TN 38105 <p>Phone: (901) 528-8441 Fax: (901) 575-8856 mark "COMEC" http://www.comec.org/ E-mail: <a href="comec@netten.net">comec@netten.net</a> <br> <p><b>Child Search</b> <b>National Missing Children Center</b> P.O. Box 73725 Houston, TX 77273-3725 <p>Phone: (281) 350-5437 (800) 832-3773 Fax: (281) 353-2855 http://www.childsearch.org/ E-mail: <a href="childsearch@childsearch.org">childsearch@childsearch.org</a> <p><b>Heidi Search Center, Inc.</b> 7900 North 1H 35 San Antonio, TX 78218 <p>Phone: (210) 650-0428 Fax: (210) 650-3653 http://www.geocities.com/heartland/bluffs/6738/affiliates.html E-mail: <a href="heidisc@flash.net">heidisc@flash.net</a> <p><b>Operation Lookout/National Center for Missing Youth</b> 6320 Evergreen Way Everett, WA 98203 <p>Phone: (425) 771-7335 (800) 782-7335 (800) 782-SEEK(USA) (800) LOOKOUT x 1234 (International) Fax: (425) 348-4411 http://www.operationlookout.org/ E-mail: <a href="mikegibson@operationalookout.org">mikegibson@operationalookout.org</a> <p><b>Child Find Canada</b> Box 6611 RR 4 Cornwall, PEI, Canada C0A 1H0 <p>Phone: (902) 626-3152 (800) 387-7962 Toll free number serves Canada and USA Fax: (902) 626-3153 http://www.childfind.ca/ Email: <a href="childcan@aol.com">childcan@aol.com</a> <p><b>Missing Children Society of Canada</b> #219, 3501-23 Street, NE Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 6V8 <p>Phone: (403) 291-0705 (800) 661-6160 Fax: (403) 291-9728 http://www.mcsc.ca/ E-mail: <a href="info@mcsc.ca">info@mcsc.ca</a> <p><b>The Missing Children's Network/Le Reseau Enfants Retour Canada</b> 231 St. Jacques, Suite 406 Montreal,Quebec Canada H2Y 1M6 <p>Phone: (514) 843-4333 Fax: (514) 843-8211 http://www.i2k.com/~mcnmi/links.htm E-mail: <a href="info@missingchildren.ca">info@missingchildren.ca</a> <p><b>The Association of Missing and Exploited Children's Organizations</b> (AMECO) <p>The purpose of AMECO is to serve as a membership organization for nonprofit missing and exploited children's organizations and to support the endeavors of the membership on behalf of missing and exploited children, their families, and the community-at-large. Additionally, AMECO reviews and approves all nonprofit organization for inclusion on the OJJDP Resource and Referral List. These purposes are strictly non-commercial and not-for-profit. <p>For membership criteria, a list of members, or information about the services provided by AMECO, contact: <p><b>Association for Missing and Exploited Children's Organizations</b> Janice Rench, Coordinator 167 Washington Street Norwell, MA 02061 Phone: (781) 878-3033 http://www.amecoinc.org/ E-mail: <a href="ameco@dreamcom.net">ameco@dreamcom.net</a> <p><b>How can we help?</b> <p>We need to write our local congressman and demand that there be a law written much like this one that states that any <b>person</b> missing in which: <p>• the circumstances surrounding such individual's disappearance indicate that such individual may possibly have been removed by another from the control of such individual's legal custodian without such custodian's consent (in the case of one over 18 the custodian would be that person's self); or <p>• the circumstances of the case strongly indicate that such individual is likely to be abused or sexually exploited. <p>the person is to be assumed missing or abducted, not a runaway until such time as it is proven that the person left by their own choice under no duress. <p>To locate and write to your state congressman (most of these have pop-up email boxes): <p>http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html </body> </html>
