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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1998-04-29, Page 1815 -TME HURON EXPOSITOR, April AY, 1!M CARDNO'S Men's Wear 527-0596 NIFTY CORNERS; 527-1680 THE HOBBY SHOP 527-2010 SEAFORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL 527-0790 SEAFORTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 527-1321 ST. JAMES SCHOOL VINCENT Farm :Equipment 527-0120 SEAFORTH JEWELLERS 527-0270 SIMS HOME HAR 527-1620 `' PETE'S Paper Clip 527-1681 ' SIZZLERS Restaurant 527-2911 BOX & SMITH Funeral Chaired , 527-1142 L. McGRm Plumbing &'Binding 522-0493 TCKEH' S Meat Sh 527-0036 KEATINS' PHARMACY 527-1990 MANE STREET HAIR CARE 527-2894 ANNA'S Dress Shoppe 527-0487 ARCHIE'S Service Centre 527-0881 KEDS 527-2320 IIURON-PERTH REFRIGERATION 522-0330 PIZZA TRA[N 527-0180 SEAFOR Veterinary Clinic 527-1760 KELLY Auto Service 527-2210 KELLY A Sales & Service 527-1122 HEADS TAILS 527-0113 )IAPLEW MANOR 5274440 SEAR) Auto tn.►tive 527 May is Gieen Ribbon of Hope Month MAY 25 is MISSING OMJAWSDAY. AMiss#ngoI'11hi . ve yone's Responsibility - Help Bring a Children Home. • t ..., k,.." ,.,.. �.r..� to jtister dauskity.([hneor}susatland,rriod►irenr4seslc.) • c 1opIfWt Si'Tard.er..MrMl carr Pod Calais wr. . lEAFORTH Sewing Centre 527-1900 RMIKY'S PLACE .Family Dining 527-1964 HILDEBRAND PAINT & PAPER 527-1880 TOWN OF SEAFO RTH 527-0160 McGAVIN FARM SUPPLY 527-0245 CARNOCHAN ELECTRIC 522-2069 WRITNEY-RIBEY Funeral Home 527-1390. Seaforth CO-OP 527-0770 TORONTO DOMINION BANK 527-1460 1OM DEVEREAUX' CHIROPRACTIC CENTRE 527-1242 ROGRESSIVE Turf Equipment Inc. • 527-1080 MeGAVINS 'CHILD FIND ONTARIO will blitz Ontario and Canada during the month of Mlay for , FARM EQUIPMENT 527-0245 its Sixth Annual Green Ribbon of Hope Campaign. This campaign which also incorporates `Missing Children's day' on May 25 recognizes the serious issue of CULLIN AN missing children and symbolizes our hope.to bring them home and to keep them .safe. Heal Estate 527-1577 In 1996 55,749 children were listed as `missing' by the RCMP. These numbers include runaways, lost, missing and abducted children as well asthose 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. 1 think that most peopl'e 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 cotmtry. 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 missing 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 government 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 collect tips and receive reports on missing children. At CHILD -FIND we lieliive 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. Last spring CHILD FIND initiated an "All About Me Baby I.D." program designed to educate parents of new-born infants abot t infant and child safety. This program consists of a booklet which contains the baby's footprint, photograph, vital statistics 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 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. eKILLOP rtmr�iIlumurtmee 527-0400 THE .LOOKING GLASS 527-1783 SEAFORTH SHELL 527-1960 FLOWER MAGIC 527-1110 MAIN STREET VIDEO 527-2774 STEDIIANS DEPAR'ITIEN'T STORE 527-1950 .DEBRAND FLOWERS & GIFTS 527-0555 CANADIAN IMPERIAL s BANK OF COMMERCE' s 527-0100 JANET'S ;try Donut 527-2551 SEAFICHIMI r7w,8LNG �t E EATING 527-0505