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- 1991
- The Committee for Missing Children was formed as a "committee"
of interested people within the school supply industry. (NSSEA)
The Committee was made up of twenty advisors who would meet to
suggest ways to implement photo distribution within the school
supply industry.
The first formal meeting of the Committee for Missing Children was
held in Nashville, TN at the Fall NSSEA trade show.
- 1992
- A contest was held to design a logo. The logo chosen
was submitted by the art department at Educational Insights.
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The Committee for Missing Children became a photo partner
for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. (NCMEC)
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The Committee for Missing Children started to sign up partners
in 1992. We have 32 photo partners as of today. Our first photo
partner was T.S. Denison
- 1993
- The Press of Ohio produced our first large posters which
were donated to the National Center. They were placed in Wal-Marts
and Sam's Clubs. To date we have produced 37 large 18 x 28 inch
posters which have been sent all over the world.
We have printed these large posters for seven different non-profits
through out the US as well as France, Switzerland and Belgium.
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In Fall 1993, our first article, "Keeper of the Children"
appeared in the Buyer's Guide, later to become the Buyer's Quarterly.
We have had 14 articles appear in the Buyers Quarterly -
In August of 1993 an article about the Committee for Missing
Children, written by Tina Manzer, appeared in Educational Dealer.
- 1994
- Riverside paper started to print pictures of missing
children on the back of their construction paper top sheets.
To date over 200 millon sheets have been distributed into American
schools.
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In 1994 a small article about The Committee for Missing Children's
efforts appears in the Front Line, the NCMEC newsletter.
The article titled Making A Difference Begins With An Idea
talked about our efforts to get pictures of missing children
into schools.
- 1995
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In November of 1995, the Committee for Missing Children held
the first "Parent Advocacy" meeting at the NSSEA Fall
show.
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In March 1995, we had a small article called "NCMEC UPDATE"
in the NSSEA magazine, Tidings.
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We applied for our Non-profit status in August, and it was awarded in December.
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In November 1995, we started working with Christiane Lops whose
children were abducted from Germany by her American husband.
- 1996
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The Committee participated in the "Caravan for
Kali" trip to Washington, DC. We did this to support Judy
Gifford's efforts to find her child.
- 1997
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In May of 1997, the Committee for Missing Children attended the
first conference organized by PARENT, American parent support
group. We have attended all four years (97,98,99,2000).
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In November 1997, Christiane's children were recovered in Augusta,
Georgia. They were returned to Germany under the Hague Treaty
on International Child Abduction on May 6th, 1998.
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In the fall of 1997, we put out our first newsletter.
- 1998
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In August of 1998, The Committee for Missing Children hired Ms.
Lops to set up a European office for the Committee.
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In 1998, the Committee for Missing Children distributed its two
billionth image of a missing child into the schools.
- 1999
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In 1999, the Committee for Missing Children was invited to attend
a meeting of the European NGO's. The meeting was sponsored by
REUNITE, a child advocacy organization, based in London. We were
the only non-profit invited from America.
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In August of 1999, the Committee for Missing Children held the
second Parent Advocacy meeting in Washington, DC. Twenty-five
parents of missing children and thirty agencies and other non-profit
child find groups were in attendance. Largest meeting of its
kind ever.
- 2000
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In May 2000, the Committee for Missing Children in conjunction
with it's European office held the first ever parent advocacy
meeting in Langenselbold, Germany.
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In October 2000, David Thelen was honored by the National School
Supply and Equipment Association with a life time membership
for his work with the family's of missing and abducted children.
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Since 1991, we have distributed more than 2 billion images of
missing children on millions of flyers and posters. We have shown
approximately 1500 children, and have assisted in helping to
recover over 1200 of these missing kids.
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Assisted a mother to see her daughter in
Lebanon. The CMC has assisted this mom several times since then. The daughter has visited
the US after several visits by the mom to Lebanon.
Assisted mother to see her daughter in the
Bahamas. The
mom was finally able to see her daughter for six hours in June
of 2004.
Father recovers his son from Germany with the
aid of the CMC
and attorney Harald Weisker.
- 2001
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February 28- March 4 2001, the Committee for Missing Children
sponsored a trip for Ed Troxel to Germany to see his two girls
for the first time in four years.
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On April 1, 2001, The Committee for Missing Children's web site
went on line at www.findthekids.org. Work
continues on our web site. www.findthekids.org
continues to be the largest educational/reference site on
missing and abducted children world wide.
- 2003
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Assisted father to visit children in America.
Father recovers his son from Germany with the
aid of CMC and
his attorney Harald Weisker.
Mother and father recover son and daughter from
Germany with
our assistance and their lawyer, Harald Weisker.
Article by Madison University detailing the work
of our CEO and
his wife Karen. Both the CEO and his wife attended Madison University,
graduating in 1970. Click
here to read the article
Assisted mother to see daughter in Saudi Arabia.-
Radio Show. Our CEO as well as two Board members
appeared on
Virginia radio to discuss child abduction and the work of the
CMC.
We added over 180 additional case
histories to Web.
Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law. The actual court decisions
of over
300 Hague Abduction Convention cases are highlighted on our
site.
- 2004
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We have added a link on our website to all State Custodial
Interference
laws on our Web. We also list the paternity laws as well as the
UCCJEA.
(And UCCJA if they have not ratified the newer UCCJEA)
Board Meeting in Germany. The CMC Board held
their Spring 2004
Board of Directors meeting at our office in Langenselbold, Germany.
(Take a look at some of the pictures of our German trip in the
Photo
gallery)
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