Governor Dayton has issued a
proclamation declaring February 17th to be Missing Children
Minnesota Day.
The Proclamation reads:
Whereas: February 17, 2014 marks the 30th anniversary of the
founding of Missing Children Minnesota; and
Whereas: The education of our children in personal safety and the support
of searching families is in the interest of all Minnesotans; and
Whereas: Missing Children Minnesota has tirelessly worked to provide
valuable and effective prevention education to the public as well as support
for searching families.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MARK DAYTON, Governor of Minnesota, di hereby proclaim
Monday, February 17, 2014, as:
The 30th Anniversary of Missing Children Minnesota in the
state of Minnesota.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal
of the State of Minnesota to be affixed at the State Capitol this 10th
day of February.
Missing Children Minnesota (MCM) was
founded on Feb 17th in 1984.
This date is significant for a number
of reasons in the missing children community.
It is the birthdays of two of Minnesota’s long-term missing children; Jacob
Wetterling and Corrine Erstad. More specific to Missing Children Minnesota,
February 17th is also the day that our Executive Director, Carol
Watson’s missing son was found safe. Hope for the missing, gratitude for those who
have been found safe, and remembrance for those found injured or deceased
motivate us to continue our mission into the future.
The mission of Missing Children Minnesota is to help in locating missing
children; to provide advocacy and support services to families of missing
children and to provide information and prevention education to the public
regarding missing children and runaways.
In addition to search assistance, we
also provide four critically acclaimed educational programs to children and
adults throughout Minnesota and all across the country. Every year, MCM
presents abduction prevention and personal safety programs to schools, daycare
centers, early childhood and family education groups, churches and children's
vacation camps.
We hope that by providing children
with the information they need to be safer this year, we will have fewer
missing children next year. In 2013 MCM provided education to approximately 2,000
adults and children, and search assistance for 32 searching families.
You can bring our education programs
to children in your area or contact us about a missing child by calling (612)
334-9449, or by e-mailing inquiries to StaffMCM@gmail.com.
Our phone is staffed 24 hours per day, seven days per week, 365 days per year.
Our assistance to searching families
is always free of charge.
You can learn more about Missing
Children Minnesota by following us on:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MissingChildMN
