About a year ago, a young woman named Stephanie Coplen started a program from Manhattan, Kansas, called Media For The Missing. It's primary purpose is to keep pictures of missing people of all ages on the internet and in public places, where the images can be seen frequently. Between ten and fifteen percent of missing people are brought home by picture recognition, which is a significant number. Also, Media For The Missing introduces many programs to raise awareness of the increasing number of missing persons and programs to teach safety to children. I already like it.Another big asset, in my opinion, for Media For The Missing, is that it is in Kansas. Crossing Kansas City is a network of highways which can take one literally anywhere in the continental United States. I have always wondered why there is not more focus on missing persons, since it is not unfathomable that a criminal who had just kidnapped someone and did not wish to be found might come through Kansas City on his way to anywhere. This makes Kansas a very important place to display missing persons posters and raise awareness.
Stephanie Coplen laments that her organization is not eligable for very many grants, and reaching the number of people she wishes to reach has been difficult. I will give you the link: Media For The Missing, and you can peruse the site. It is well worth looking at.
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Thank you Juli for your support.
Increasing public exposure for all missing and unidentified persons is crucial in order to assist the public with identifying those missing.
We have huge plans that will change the way the public both recieves and views information.
Thank you again for helping us reach the public.
Media for the Missing
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