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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-05-01, Page 17Men's Wear BOB & BETTY'S Gift and Variety 527-1680 SEAFORTH INSURANCE 527-1610 BOUSSEY'S Beauty Boutique 527-260 SEAFORTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 527-1321 TOTAL IMAGE II 527-0780 1 VINCENT Farm Equipment 527-0120 HART Ford Mercury 527-1010 WOOD YOU LIKE TO PAINT 527-2233 PETE'S Paper Clip 527-1681 TILE HURON EXPOSITOR, Mar 1, 1996-17 May is Green Ribbon of Hope Month MAY 25 IS MISSING CHILDREN'S DAY. A Missing Child s F. eryone's Responsibility -• Help Bring Th 'Children Home. THE BISTRO 1=800-387-7962 Restaurant 527-2911 BOX & SMITH Funeral Chapel 527-1142 L. McGRATH Plumbing & Heating+. 522-0493 TUCKER'S, Meat;shop r. _ 527-0036 KEATINGS PHARMACY 527-1990 KIDS KLOZE. 527-2320 .ANNA'S Dress Shoppe 527-0487 ARCHIE'S Service Centre 527-0881 GODFATHER'S PIZZA 527-0222 SEAFORTII Numbing & Heating • 527-0505 PIZZA TI UN 521-t»80 SEAFORTH Veterinary Clinic 527-1760 KELLY Auto Service 527-2210 KELLY AUTO Sales & Service 527-1122 McLAUGIILIN Chev Olds 527-1140 . MAPLEWOOD MANOR 527-1440 WATOR Automotive 527-0880 • IA registered charity. i Line rrgatusatioe dtaritpbleenMgistree 4-E'.p%r14,t St Tr.w—J urS..r:.. alkria l--A<;,Iida lw7 CHILD FIND ONTARIO will blitz Ontario and Canada during the month of May for its Fifth Annual Green Ribbon of Hope Campaign. This campaign which also incorporates `Missing Children's day' on May 25 recognizes the serious issue of missing children and symbolizes our hope to bring them home and to keep them safe. . I I Last Year 55,749 children were listed as `missing' by the RCMP. These numbers include runaways, lost, missing and abducted children as well as those who have simply `disappeared.'.Approximately 0,.000 (or 35(0) of these children originated, from the Province of Ontario. ' I "The issue of missing children is a serious one. I think that most people would be shocked to hear that on any given day approximately 1200 children in Canada are listed as `missing'," notes Jackie `Cutmore, Executive Director of CHILD FIND ONTARIO. The abduction of 15 -year-old Kristen French on April 16, 1992, shocked the entire country. The Green Ribbon of Hope originated when students and teachers at Holy Cross Secondary School in St. Catharines, Ontario, elected to wear a green ribbon in the hope that Kristen would be returned. After Kristen's senseless and tragic death, the students and faculty of her school dedicated the 'Green Ribbon of Hope to CHILD FIND as a symbol of hope to highlight the, plight of abducted and miss- ing children everywhere. CHILD FIND ONTARIO is a voluntary charitable organization founded in 1983 and officially incorporated in 1984 as a response to the serious problem of missing children. It has established 20 chapters throughout the province with over 1200 volunteers working in their various communities. ' CHILD FIND works with parents, law enforcement agencies, lawyers and gov ernment agencies to look for missing children. As well, CHILD FIND provides, support for parents of missing children, produces and distributes flyers and posters of missing children and operates a 24-hour toll-free telephone lime to col- lect tips and receive, reports on missing children. At CHILD FIND we believe that the problem of missing children` has to be addressed through prevention which translates into education. We offer seminars and workshops on child safety and have developed a highly successful `kidcheck' fingerprinting program which now serves approximately 40,000 children a year. This spring CHILD FIND initiated an "All About Me Baby I.D." program designed to educate parents of new-born infants about infant and child safety. This program consists of a booklet which contains the baby's footprint, photograph, vital statis- tics and mother's thumbprints as well as information and tips on child safety. All of CHILD FIND'S programs and services, including the "All About Me Baby I.D." program, are offered free of charge and a e endorsed by the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police. "The fact is that there is a great deal that can be done and is being done to reduce the tragedy of the incidence of missing children," says Jackie Cutmore. "Thanks to the dedicated combined efforts of organizations like CHILD FIND and law enforcement agencies, 52,664 of the children listed as `missing' by the RCMP in 1995 were eventually located. The Green Ribbon really is a symbol of HOPE!" This May each individual can show their support by wearing a Green Ribbon, making a donation, supporting a CHILD FIND -sponsored event, learning more about child safety or volunteering their support. To find out how you can help, contact CHILD FIND ONTARIO at 905-842-5353 or 1-800-447-6047. tFAF6RTH Sewing Centre 527-1900 PARKY'S PLACE Family Dining '' 527-1964 HILDEBRAND PAINT & PAPER 527-1880 TOWN OF SEAFORTH 527-0160 Mc GAVIN FARM SUPPLY 527-0245 CARNOCHAN ELECTRIC 522-2069 WHITNEY-RIBEY Funeral Home 527-1390 Seaforth Co -OP 527-0770 TORONTO DOMINION . BANK 527-1460 TOM DEVEREAUX CHIROPRACTIC CENTRE 527-1242 PROGRESSIVE Turf Equipment Inc. 527-1080 Mc GAVINS FARM EQUIPMENT 527-0245 CVLLIGAN Real Estate 527-1577 McKILLOP i FLOWER MAGIC BY JEAN 527-1110 SEAFORTH SHELL 527-1960 WILSON'S Auto. 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