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INTERNATIONAL MISSING CHILDREN’S DAY - THE MISSING CHILDREN’S
NETWORK CANADA PLANTS THE FIRST GARDEN OF HOPE IN THE WORLD
MONTEAL, May 25 /CNW/ - The Missing Children’s Network Canada will
underline International Missing Children’s Day by planting in front
of its offices the first Garden in the world dedicated to missing
ang exploited children. .

The "GARDEN OF HOPE" wiil be filled with thousands of "FORGET-
ME-NOTS" representing all the thousands of children missing from

around the globe. It is a symbolic gesture to assure that. missing
children will never be forgotten.

The Missing Children’s Network, founded in 1985, is a
humanitarian organization that assists parents in the search for
their missing children and runaways. In 6 years, the organization
has been instrumental in the return of nearly 80 missing children
to their searching parents and responded to thousands of requests
for information and assistance.

On May 31, the founders of the Missing Children’s Network,

Marcele Lamarce and Susan Armstrong will fly to Europe thanks to
the ge@nerousity of Canadian Airlines International and Hilton

Hotels.
In Brussels, on June 4, they will take part in a press

conference that will gather dignitaries, other search organizations

and parents of missing children from many countries. The press
conference will be followed by the premier of the movie "Not
Without My Daughter" and Betty Mahmoody, the author of the book,

will be in attendance.
In London, the co-founders will meet with Reunite, which is

another organization in the International Network that was
initiated by the Missing Children’s Network Canada last year. They
will also meet with their Eusopean spokesperson, actress Lynda
Bellingham from All Creatures Great and Small and Second Thoughts.

Lamarche and Armstrong will bring posters with photos of some
of the 21,000 children missing in Canada including hundreds of
flyers of Michael Dunahee who was abducted on March 24 by an
unknown person from Victoria, B.C.

The Missing Children’s Network hopes that all Canadians will
show their concern for our missing children by supporting the
efforts of the Netwock and by planting some "Forget-Me-Nots".
They’ re available for $2/packet along with free safety information.

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/For further information: The Missing Children’s Network
Canada, (514) 747-4000 C/O: The Missing Children’s Network Canada

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