New mission Roxanne

[lizzy64]

Hello all,
Ok I am on a new mission,
I have been checking into a advertising billboard in the Rundberg--IH35 , austin tx area.
This to put a Roxannes name and picture out there for all to see.
I have calls in with a couple of companies, Lamar and Reagan, billboards
to get prices .
Yes it is very expensive
Approx=== $1,100.00 for the art work and $6000.00 for the space and time.
The reason that it is so pricey is the location
I am at my witts ends and continue to come with ideas in finding OUR ROXANNE
AKA TEAM ROXANNE.
This could also be a start in helping other families of missing love ones
maybe start a organzation.Which i have no idea how to go about it, but it is a start

I believe that The Good Lord has put this in my heart, my purpose,

So Please get back with me on ideas,suggestion and comments on this matter

Through God ,All thing are possible

Thank you
God Bless and Love
Elizabeth Harris and Family


Free feel to pass this around to other sites as i will do the same

[LionRun]

Hey Lizzy. How about a fund raiser, like say a car wash where we could get donations to help pay for Roxy's billboard and to find her? We could give notice in advance to all media to hold a press conference. Some media are likely to pick it up if we have lots of people ready to wash cars. This could give Roxy's case more exposure, and we could raise money for her cause.

TEAM ROXANNE: Any other ideas? Any comments on my idea? Like kick it to the curb LOL?

Lion

[lizzy64]

Originally Posted by LionRun

Hey Lizzy. How about a fund raiser, like say a car wash where we could get donations to help pay for Roxy's billboard and to find her? We could give notice in advance to all media to hold a press conference. Some media are likely to pick it up if we have lots of people ready to wash cars. This could give Roxy's case more exposure, and we could raise money for her cause.

TEAM ROXANNE: Any other ideas? Any comments on my idea? Like kick it to the curb LOL?

Lion

Sounds good to me,
What I need to find out is, Do you need a permit for this or open acct in her name and to keep record of how much is raised or tax matters,
What ever it takes I will do.
Thanks Lion

[smalltowngal]

Lizzy ya know I told ya about the Internet Resources for families of the missing. It's the Missing Jason Jolkowski site. Did you see that they have charities that help find a missing person. You might want to check into that for some help with the cost of the billboard. I think a billboard is a wonderful idea. Angel

[smalltowngal]

Lizzy, Would you like for me to see if my home town paper will print Roxannes story. Also asking for donations to put Roxanne on a bill board. I could have the guy who owns the newspaper collect the donations and he can send them to you. Tell me what you think? Angel

[smalltowngal]

Lizzy, I had another thought. If you want to email our local paper personally you can email him @ knoland@cyberlodg.com. I will pm you with more details. Angel

[richandfamous]

Lizzy, you need to establish an acct at your bank in Roxy's name and yours. Go to your bank and ask, they will help you with all the paperwork...nonprofit tax papers and such.
Find the billboard you want and find out who owns it. Maybe they will donate it for a period of time...it's a tax write off for them. Be prepared when you talk to them. Take any paperwork you have...missing poster, police reports, bank acct numbers, tax numbers, etc.
Once the board space is secured, you need to contact a sign company and ask for donation of the sign.
Also, the bank might also donate a consultant for you.
You also need a website for Roxy with a paypal donation acct...the bank will help you with that also. We can help with building the website but you will have to establish the accts first.
Car washes are the best way to get fast cash...your church youth group should be able to help with that. That will get you started.

Originally Posted by lizzy64

Hello all,
Ok I am on a new mission,
I have been checking into a advertising billboard in the Rundberg--IH35 , austin tx area.
This to put a Roxannes name and picture out there for all to see.
I have calls in with a couple of companies, Lamar and Reagan, billboards
to get prices .
Yes it is very expensive
Approx=== $1,100.00 for the art work and $6000.00 for the space and time.
The reason that it is so pricey is the location
I am at my witts ends and continue to come with ideas in finding OUR ROXANNE
AKA TEAM ROXANNE.
This could also be a start in helping other families of missing love ones
maybe start a organzation.Which i have no idea how to go about it, but it is a start

I believe that The Good Lord has put this in my heart, my purpose,

So Please get back with me on ideas,suggestion and comments on this matter

Through God ,All thing are possible

Thank you
God Bless and Love
Elizabeth Harris and Family


Free feel to pass this around to other sites as i will do the same

[LionRun]

I agree that a car wash is the fastest way to get money. And, in Texas it is the end of winter, the beginning of spring, and everyone wants to clean their cars. Also, we can hand out missing posters to each person that gets their car washed. We can ask each person if they would like a few posters to put up in their area. So, we can even spread the word further with a car wash than with most other fund raisers. I think it is a good idea to call a press conference for the day of the car wash, too. That will get us more coverage, possibly more donation, and will just plain get the word out.

Lion

[lizzy64]

Yeah!!!!!!!!! Reagan Billborads just called and inform me that they are willing to Donate the space for FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Wow Thank you Lord,
So now I just have to come up with the 1100.00 for the art work and vinyl,
More than half way there,
I 'll do the bank acct tomorrow for a nonprofit tax.
I want to give a shout out for Coy West @ Reagan for making this happen
512-526-7740. You are blessing
I'll keep everyone inform to what is going on
Love
Lizzy

[lizzy64]

Originally Posted by richandfamous

Lizzy, you need to establish an acct at your bank in Roxy's name and yours. Go to your bank and ask, they will help you with all the paperwork...nonprofit tax papers and such.
Find the billboard you want and find out who owns it. Maybe they will donate it for a period of time...it's a tax write off for them. Be prepared when you talk to them. Take any paperwork you have...missing poster, police reports, bank acct numbers, tax numbers, etc.
Once the board space is secured, you need to contact a sign company and ask for donation of the sign.
Also, the bank might also donate a consultant for you.
You also need a website for Roxy with a paypal donation acct...the bank will help you with that also. We can help with building the website but you will have to establish the accts first.
Car washes are the best way to get fast cash...your church youth group should be able to help with that. That will get you started.

Thank you Rich
I will check into all this today,
I have ben so busy lately but that is my mission today is to get these accts setup an open. I have donations from others already but need to get acct opened
Thanks to all

Oh btw
The competitor to the Reagan signs is Lamar signs and they calld yesterday and seein what they can do to help.
Should I let them know about each other or keep my mouth shut? LOL

[lizzy64]

Correction Coy west # is 512-926-7740



Yeah!!!!!!!!! Reagan Billborads just called and inform me that they are willing to Donate the space for FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Wow Thank you Lord,
So now I just have to come up with the 1100.00 for the art work and vinyl,
More than half way there,

I want to give a shout out for Coy West @ Reagan for making this happen
512-526-7740. You are blessing
I'll keep everyone inform to what is going on
Love
Lizzy ATX

[richandfamous]

Originally Posted by lizzy64

Thank you Rich
I will check into all this today,
I have ben so busy lately but that is my mission today is to get these accts setup an open. I have donations from others already but need to get acct opened
Thanks to all

Oh btw
The competitor to the Reagan signs is Lamar signs and they calld yesterday and seein what they can do to help.
Should I let them know about each other or keep my mouth shut? LOL

You're welcome..God Speed your efforts.
I would tell them about what Reagan is doing and ask if they can still help!
WWJD is always the best imo.

[lizzy64]

http://www.projectjason.org/18wheel.html

18 Wheel Angels Campaign

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Roxanne is on Project Jason's current 18 Wheel Angel campaign. A special poster has been made for her and can be downloaded and printed for placement. More information about the program, and the link for the poster can be found here:

Project Jason - Assistance for families of the missing

In addition to the campaign, Roxanne is also featured in a trucking publication called Through the Gears. This free magazine is distributed in truck stops nationwide.

Through the Gears is one of JB Scott's many publications. In partnership with Project Jason, they feature one missing person per month. You can pick up your free copies at a local truck stop, but if it's far from you, you may want to call and ask if they carry that magazine. These are NOT with the regular for purchase magazines. At my truck stop, they are in a special rack outside the main truck stop door. At another truck stop, they are in a hallway between the store and the trucker's lounge.

Through the Gears has a circulation of about 150,000.

You can also see the current campaign information on this JB Scott webpage: 18 Wheel Angels

We hope this helps in the search for Roxanne.

Kelly Jolkowski, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
Project Jason - Assistance for families of the missing
Read our Voice for the Missing Blog
Project Jason-Voice for the Missing

[FDInLaw]

Here is another possible resource (you may already know about this one). . .

"The Morgan Nick Foundation is a 501.C.3 non-profit organization that was formed in the tragic aftermath of the abduction of 6-year-old Morgan Nick. Morgan's mother, Colleen Nick, formed the Morgan Nick Foundation in an effort to recover missing children across the country. MNF also serves as a support team to the many families of missing children. A MNF Case Manager works with families and serves as a liaison to law enforcement agencies."


http://www.morgannick.com/

If nothing else, attempt to contact Colleen herself. . . she is a wealth of information I'm sure! Everything you are attempting to do she has done. ~ FD

[AmyW]

I'm so thankful that you're getting the billboard for free! I've emailed our local news station hoping that maybe they would feature Roxanne's story here, even though Kentucky and Texas are rather far from one another. Hey, who knows? It's better than doing nothing at all, right?

If I find any other helpful links, I'll pass them on!

[LionRun]

Isn't this good news that Lizzy has been able to get more help for the search for Roxanne? Go Liz and everyone who has offered help and support!

Let's find Roxanne !.

Lion

[Brainstorm]

Originally Posted by LionRun

Isn't this good news that Lizzy has been able to get more help for the search for Roxanne? Go Liz and everyone who has offered help and support!

Let's find Roxanne !.

Lion

Sorry I havent stopped by,too many irons in the fire,but it is AWESOME!!!!!!
what I'm reading here.......
Prayers do get answered,dont they ?
Keep the faith....
I am and am praying daily for you.........Lizzy & family
JMHO

[LionRun]

Hi Team Roxanne. Here is Roxanne's new flyer. For anyone in the Austin area who can post this printable poster anywhere in the Austin area we would be most grateful.

For anyone who can't post physical posters and to anyone who is willing: please spread this poster all over the net. Please email this to anyone who is willing to share it and pass it on.

Word of mouth and posters on the net and placed everywhere in the area may prove to be quite helpful in finding Roxanne and what happened to her. Thank you everyone for caring and helping to find Roxy.

Go Team Roxanne!

Lion

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[lizzy64]

Just an update
I have approved the new artwork for Roxannes New Billboard, It will in Braker and IH 35 area, Near where Roxanne came up missing. it will be 14' x 48' big
It is in the printing stage and should be up shortly. Once it is up I will take a picture and send it here to show all,
There is a new Det working the case, But I am no closer in finding her than I was 8 months ago when she disappeared.
Each day goes by is such a heartbreak, not knowing if I'll see my daughter again, In this life time, But you are always with me, in every breathe I take
I miss you baby girl, I love you

[southernbelle73]

Everytime I look here for updates and I read what you write Lizzy this song comes to mind. I don't know if it will mean much to you, but I pray that you keep the faith. There are answers out there and I pray that you will have them soon.

WHERE THERE IS FAITH
I believe in faithfulness
I believe in giving of myself for someone else
I believe in peace and love
I believe in honesty and trust but it’s not enough
For all that I believe may never change the way it is
Unless I believe Jesus lives

CHORUS
Where there is faith
There is a voice calling, keep walking
You’re not alone in this world
Where there is faith
There is a peace like a child sleeping
Hope everlasting in He who is able to
Bear every burden, to heal every hurt in my heart
It is a wonderful, powerful place
Where there is faith

There’s a man across the sea
Never heard the sound of freedom ring
Only in his dreams
There’s a lady dressed in black
In a motorcade of cadillacs
Daddy’s not coming back
Our hearts begin to fall
And our stability grows weak
But Jesus meets our needs if only we believe

[lizzy64]

Originally Posted by southernbelle73

Everytime I look here for updates and I read what you write Lizzy this song comes to mind. I don't know if it will mean much to you, but I pray that you keep the faith. There are answers out there and I pray that you will have them soon.

WHERE THERE IS FAITH
I believe in faithfulness
I believe in giving of myself for someone else
I believe in peace and love
I believe in honesty and trust but it’s not enough
For all that I believe may never change the way it is
Unless I believe Jesus lives

CHORUS
Where there is faith
There is a voice calling, keep walking
You’re not alone in this world
Where there is faith
There is a peace like a child sleeping
Hope everlasting in He who is able to
Bear every burden, to heal every hurt in my heart
It is a wonderful, powerful place
Where there is faith

There’s a man across the sea
Never heard the sound of freedom ring
Only in his dreams
There’s a lady dressed in black
In a motorcade of cadillacs
Daddy’s not coming back
Our hearts begin to fall
And our stability grows weak
But Jesus meets our needs if only we believe

Very Beautiful Thank You

[LionRun]

You are very kind hearted, southernbelle. What a beautiful prayer.

Lion

Originally Posted by southernbelle73

Everytime I look here for updates and I read what you write Lizzy this song comes to mind. I don't know if it will mean much to you, but I pray that you keep the faith. There are answers out there and I pray that you will have them soon.

WHERE THERE IS FAITH
I believe in faithfulness
I believe in giving of myself for someone else
I believe in peace and love
I believe in honesty and trust but it’s not enough
For all that I believe may never change the way it is
Unless I believe Jesus lives

CHORUS
Where there is faith
There is a voice calling, keep walking
You’re not alone in this world
Where there is faith
There is a peace like a child sleeping
Hope everlasting in He who is able to
Bear every burden, to heal every hurt in my heart
It is a wonderful, powerful place
Where there is faith

There’s a man across the sea
Never heard the sound of freedom ring
Only in his dreams
There’s a lady dressed in black
In a motorcade of cadillacs
Daddy’s not coming back
Our hearts begin to fall
And our stability grows weak
But Jesus meets our needs if only we believe

[richandfamous]

Originally Posted by LionRun

You are very kind hearted, southernbelle. What a beautiful prayer.

Lion

Yes, beautiful indeed!
LionRun, ur email is down!

[AmyW]

I'll be posting the flyer everywhere I go on the internet.

Bring Roxanne Home!!!!!!

[LionRun]

Thank you so much AmyW.

Lion

[LionRun]

Roxy's billboard is up!

For anyone comes through Austin via I H 35. It can be seen while travelling North on I H 35 in Austin, just passed Braker Lane, yet is is located on the South bound side of I H 35. It is between Braker lane and Rundberg Lane on the South bound side of I H 35.

Lion

[lizzy64]

We've got Really Great News, Roxanne's Billboard is Up!!!

Going Northbond on I-35, between Rundberg and Braker ln. On the west side of the highway you will see her.
A special thanks goes out to Reagan billboards!!!!

[Brainstorm]

Awesome post and NEWS, Keep the faith, Lizzy.

[One2Snoop]

Great news! I pray it brings you some answers.

[LionRun]

More good news!! KVUE 24 News in Austin did an interview with Liz and the family at the site of Roxy's new billboard! Yes! This is what were hoping for!! It will be on the ten o'clock news.

Let's hope and pray that all that is happening brings tips and leads, and that Roxy and the truth of what happened comes to light!

Lion

[lizzy64]

Story: Mother hopes billboard helps find her daughter

http://www.kvue.com/news/top/stories...m.3747269.html
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Mother hopes billboard helps find her daughter

08:45 PM CDT on Wednesday, March 21, 2007

By SHELTON GREEN/KVUE News

A great big sign is spelling new hope for the family of Roxanne Paltauf. The 18-year-old has been missing for eight months. Now, a local company has donated a billboard on I-35 featuring Roxanne's mysterious disappearance.

The billboard is only a block away from where Roxanne was last seen. Now, her mother is hoping the exposure will bring her daughter back.


KVUE

The family of Roxanne Paltauf is hoping a billboard along I-35 will help bring her home.

"(The billboard is) huge and it's beautiful, just like Roxanne," said Liz Harris, Paltauf's mother.

The space was donated for free by Reagan National Advertising.

Paltauf never came home last July. The 18-year-old's boyfriend, 30-year-old Louis Walls, told the family and police that Paltauf walked away from a North Austin hotel after the couple argued. Police are anxious to talk to anyone who may have seen the couple before, during and after Roxanne's disappeared.

In July, a search by volunteers in the area where Paltauf was last seen turned up nothing. She was also featured on the TV show, "America's Most Wanted" earlier this year. Last week, Paltauf's story appeared in "18-Wheel Angels", a national magazine for truck drivers.

Harris now has high hopes that this latest tool will finally provide the missing piece of the puzzle.

"I think this is a perfect location, especially 5 o'clock traffic, everybody's going to be stopped, they're going to be looking at something, they'll be looking at her and hopefully remember her face, seen her around, find some information that maybe somebody knows where she's at," she said.

Friends and family donated the $1,100 it took to create the artwork.

Call Crimestoppers at 472-TIPS if you know where Roxanne is. Remember, any tip leading to an arrest could mean a reward of up to $1,000.

[lizzy64]

Here a link to the video of Roxannes billboard


http://www.kvue.com/sharedcontent/Vi...p?vidId=130063

[Rosco]

Originally Posted by LionRun

More good news!! KVUE 24 News in Austin did an interview with Liz and the family at the site of Roxy's new billboard! Yes! This is what were hoping for!! It will be on the ten o'clock news.

Let's hope and pray that all that is happening brings tips and leads, and that Roxy and the truth of what happened comes to light!

Lion

OH do I pray something comes from this coverage. I will continue to keep Roxy and her family in by prayers. This is really great news!

Rosco

[Rosco]

Originally Posted by lizzy64

Here a link to the video of Roxannes billboard


http://www.kvue.com/sharedcontent/Vi...p?vidId=130063

Watched the TV coverage. Just a wonderful interview. I cried the whole time. I agree location is fantastic.


I'll continue to pray.

Rosco.

[LionRun]

Thank you so much Rosco. I cried when I heard from Liz that Roxy's billboard was up, and I cried when I saw the news story last night, too.

Thank you so very much to Reagan National Advertising for making Roxy's billboard possible. I will recommend them to anyone, anywhere, anytime, from now on.

Thank you to Shelton Greene and KVUE 24 News for the most excellent story on Roxy and her new billboard.

Prayers and hopes of finding Roxy.

Lion

[Gaiar]

Props to everyone that made it possible to put the billboard up. Its always great when companies give back to the community by waiving the price to put something like this up.Hopefully this will allow them to find her. I'll post about the new missing posters and the billboards at the different websites I go to.

[LionRun]

Thank you Gaiar. Thank you for volunteering to post Roxy's info and billboard on other forums--that is what we need--to get it out there.

I called Coy West of Reagan National Advertising to thank him from the bottom of my heart for making Roxy's billboard possible. He seemed surprised and touched. What a good and generous act for him to do. Kudos to Coy!

Lion

Originally Posted by Gaiar

Props to everyone that made it possible to put the billboard up. Its always great when companies give back to the community by waiving the price to put something like this up.Hopefully this will allow them to find her. I'll post about the new missing posters and the billboards at the different websites I go to.

[lizzy64]

in the window of our heart we keep your light burning always

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i just finished reading all the posts on this forum and add Roxanne, and her family, to my daily prayers for all the missing. i just joined this library and hope to add suggestions that will be beneficial in the search for missing children, also with education to prevent abductions. i serve as the ceo/cfo/spokesperson for a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charity called finding our children under stress (f.o.c.u.s.) organization. the original board of directors of f.o.c.u.s. are the parents of a missing child. the parents of the missing and their relatives created and developed the mission of f.o.c.u.s.. f.o.c.u.s. continues to be a completely volunteer, public supported, not-for-profit organization.
regarding the complaints about le's handling of Roxanne's case, i've heard many horror stories (some much worse than what Roxanne's family has experienced); however, le has certain procedures and guidelines they must adhere to and what people perceive as "doing nothing" is not what it appears - they are actually working on the case, doing their job, and a lot of information they receive has to be kept under wraps or it could interfere with the case. i'm not defending le completely, i think a lot more compassion by le toward the family of the missing is needed. working with the family so they can be included as "investigative partners" (a phrase coined by the mother of a still missing young adult woman, since 9/13/93) is something le needs to work on for public relations.
one of the federal managed, national, federal programs developed to help find missing children is the u.s.p.s. child alert program, which includes the missing child postal bulletin display system. according to the original intent and instructions for these programs, within twenty-four hours of the missing person report every post office in the country is suppose to have the missing person notice displayed in every post office lobby, workroom floor area (so postal carriers can view the flyer before and/or after their route), in the country. did this happen after Roxanne's abduction? did every post office in the country display her flyer? unfortunately, in one study done by f.o.c.u.s. organization volunteers, they found only five of over two thousand post offices actually had any type "monthly printed postal bulletin missing children notices" displayed anywhere in the post office (researched while they posted and distributed missing person flyers along random routes in nine states).
f.o.c.u.s. organization will download a flyer of Roxanne, from the national clearinghouse for missing adults web site, and print up enough flyers so she is included in the display binder we've developed. for the past thirteen years volunteers of f.o.c.u.s. org. stop at every post office, in every town they travel through, on the way to county fairs and other high attendance regional events, where they set-up their mobile awareness booth about missing persons for the duration of the fair. a 3-ring display binder featuring flyers of over 200 missing persons (displayed inside sheet protectors), have been left for display in over 2,000 west coast post offices. Roxanne's poster will now be included in the 2007 flyer posting and distribution program developed by f.o.c.u.s.
f.o.c.u.s. has discovered many of the federal laws and federal programs developed to find and prevent missing children, are not being managed according to their original intent, instructions, and funding; therefore, the laws and programs are under-utilized and the families of the missing are being short changed by the federal government in the search for their missing loved ones. many relatives of a missing person tell me the mismanagement of the missing children laws and programs is to the missing and their families and relatives, what the Walter Reed Hospital travesty is to wounded military veterans and their families. the Amber Alert*, Kristen's Act**, Jennifer's Law***, the Child Alert Program, the Missing Child Postal Bulletin System, and the Be Smart-Know the Rules-Campaign are just a few of the federal laws and programs that need to be fixed so they function at the level of efficiency they are intended.
what makes things worse is many of the federal laws and federal programs are now being adopted on a global scale, they are the model for global programs for the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children; so, the mismanaged and under-utilized programs of the u.s. will become the mismanaged and under-utilized global missing children laws and programs.

_________________
* families of the missing involved with f.o.c.u.s. feel the Amber Alert would be improved and more efficient if the Child Alert Program and Missing Child Postal Bulletin System was managed at the level of efficiency originally intended (as directed in the 1/19/96 Presidential Memorandum)

** f.o.c.u.s. families are outraged the National Clearinghouse for Missing Adults funding has been cut to the point where the staff has been reduced from thirteen to three and may have to close.

*** the instructions for Jennifer's Law need to rewritten so the language is the way the law was originally intended: coroners throughout the country are "required" (not "suggested" as it was rewritten by congress) to cross-reference all unidentified bodies (john and jane does) with the NCIC missing person files, before burial in a paupers grave. Jennifer's Law is named in honor of the missing daughter of one of the founding board of directors for f.o.c.u.s.

MISSING PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE THE VICTIMS OF A CATASTROPHIC DISASTER. IT'S TIME THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COME TO THEIR AID, BY FIXING THE FEDERAL LAWS AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS IN-PLACE AND DEVELOPED TO HELP FIND THE MISSING, SO THEY ARE MANAGED AT THE LEVEL OF EFFICIENCY THEY WERE INTENDED.

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[lizzy64]

what can i do to help?

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just keep doing what you're doing. posting information from your perspective, the mother of a missing child, takes a lot of courage. reading what you write gives an insight into the continuous nightmare and horror you were thrown into when your daughter disappeared, something unimaginable (thank god) unless you're suddenly forced to live with a loved ones disappearance.
anyone and everyone who wants to help educate our federal elected politicians, federal committees, and federal agencies about the mismanagement of the federal laws and federal programs, created and developed to find and prevent missing children, and encourage them to fix those programs so they function at the level of efficiency they're intended, instructed, and funded, is welcome to volunteer their help (suggestion: whenever i hear about a new child abduction case, or hear an Amber Alert has been issued, i immediately send an e-mail to everyone on my e-mail list (including politicians, newspapers, talk-show hosts, NCMEC, etc.), asking them to forward my message - "according to the instructions for the USPS Child Alert Program within 24 hours of a missing child report every post office in the country is to have a missing child notice of the victim on display in the post office lobby and workroom floor area (so letter carriers can view the notice before and/or after their routes). If this was done in the Shawn Hornbeck case (and others like his) he probably would have been found within three months of his disappearance."
Roxanne's flyer is now being included in the f.o.c.u.s. organization missing children display binders, which we leave in post offices throughout the west coast. our volunteers have stopped at over 2,000 post offices, over the past five years and only found five post offices that maintained a missing child notice display area (less than 1% - and the "Postal Bulletin notices" displayed were over three years old and only included photos of missing children abducted by a non-custodial parent, and every child pictured had already been found). This program needs to be revamped so (1) it's managed according to the original instructions, (2) missing child notices of missing adults need to be included in the monthly printed Postal Bulletin notices, (3) the flyers need to be updated so they show which children have been located or recovered.
another thing anyone and everyone can do to help is go to your local post office, see if they maintain a display of missing child Postal Bulletin notices (printed by the NCMEC), or if they have any type missing child flyers displayed, if they don't ask the post master or station master why they don't, and let me know what you found. if we can get information from people from throughout the country about how many post offices display (or don't) missing children notices, it would be a huge help to the f.o.c.u.s. study regarding the U.S.P.S. Child Alert Program and the Postal Bulletin system.

MISSING PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE THE VICTIMS OF A CATASTROPHIC DISASTER.

THE MISMANAGEMENT OF THE FEDERAL MISSING CHILDREN LAWS AND PROGRAMS IS TO THE MISSING AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHAT THE MISMANAGEMENT OF WALTER REED HOSPITAL IS TO WOUNDED VETS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

[lizzy64]

Originally Posted by LionRun

Thank you Gaiar. Thank you for volunteering to post Roxy's info and billboard on other forums--that is what we need--to get it out there.

I called Coy West of Reagan National Advertising to thank him from the bottom of my heart for making Roxy's billboard possible. He seemed surprised and touched. What a good and generous act for him to do. Kudos to Coy!

Lion

Thanks for posting Roxy poster on other forums
Thanks for calling Coy West, He's a good guy. a blessing, and so are all of you