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June 2009 Blog Posts (4)

1,317 Victim Services Non-Profit Organizations...

Did you know there are 1,317 registered non-profit organizations (501c3 status) in the United States that provide some kind of victim support, resources or guidance? And these are just the non-profits - this does not include the victim support services offered by police, sheriff, and District Attorney offices across the country. While each one of these non-profits will relate to a specific crime or geographic area, collectively they represent people, volunteers, organizations and… Continue

Added by Courtney Holston-Toth on June 5, 2009 at 9:14am — No Comments

Missing Adult Checklist

Things to do if someone you know goes missing. Checklist Link Continue

Added by Seeker on June 3, 2009 at 1:19am — No Comments

Missing Persons Day Petition

Would you please consider signing this petition for a Worldwide Missing and Unidentified Persons Day? If you will take the time to even glance at the number of names on list list, barely over 1800, most of them have a story or know someone that is missing. I don't know why, but with missing persons there is a stigma that somehow they must have deserved it. And, somehow that will not happen to us...it only happens to other people… Continue

Added by Seeker on June 3, 2009 at 1:16am — No Comments

Call for ideas...

Hi there, I know there are several networks on ning that allow victims of crime to provide support and guidance for one another. I don't want to re-invent the wheel. If you're looking for support and content from other victims of serious crimes, please join http://victimssupportnetwork.ning.com/ or resources about murdered or missing loved ones join http://victimsvoice.ning.com/. I'm interested in… Continue

Added by Courtney Holston-Toth on June 2, 2009 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments