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The Huron Expositor, 1997-04-30, Page 18s a THE HURON tZPOS TOR, April 30, 1007 CAIN Mens Wear 527-0596 NIFTY CORNERS 527-1680 STATE FARM INSURANCE Jun k; me 527-0720 SEAFORTH ;PUBLIC SCHOO SEAFORTH AGRICULTUR SOCIETY 527-1321 ST. JAMES SCHOOL VINCENT Farm Equipment 527-0120 HART Ford Mercury 527-1010 SILLS HOME HARDWARE 527-1620 PETE'S Paper Clip 527-1681 SIZZLERS Restaurant 527-2911 BOX & SMITH: Funeral Chapel 527-1142 L. McGRATH Plumbing & Heating 522-0493 TUCKER'S Meat Shop s 527-0036 May is Green RibbonofHope Month MAY 2.5 IS MigCHILDREN'S DAY. • KEATINGS PHARMACY 527-1990 MAIN STREET HAIR CARE 527-1894 ANNA'S Dress Shoppe 527-0487 ARCHIE'S Service Centre 527-0881 NEW ORLEAN'S PIZZA 527-0040 HURON -PERTH REFRIGERATION 522-0330 PIZZA TRAIN 527-0180 SEAFORTIP Veterinary Clinic 527-1760 KELLY Auto Service 527-2210 BELLY AUT Sales & Servi 527-1122 McLAUGH Chev Olds 527-1140 MAPLEWO MAN() 527-1 itoEAFO tutorruoti 527-0880 A Missing Child Is Everyone's Kesponsibility - I lel ► Bring 1-800-387-7962 (A goirAteiggl *minty. / tine organisation clwriteble t1wegietrM cy,.iot 'sir 74..*OW Hewn. iU.dd hod...r�,vw: Children Home. 4 ,34.4,414r4441.144 n,.m.w.w:o.. 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 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 20,000 (or 35%) of these children originated from the Province of Ontario. "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 line 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 are 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 805-842-5858 or 1-800-447-6047. 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