Backup Documents 05/22/2012 Item #16H 1PROCLAMA TION
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WHEREAS, the United States Department of Justice estimates that an average of Z, 2010
children are reported missing to /ow enforcement daily, and,
WHEREAS, 58,200 of these children are victims of non-family abductions and more than
2010, 000 are victims of family abductions; and
WHEREAS, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) exists as a
resource to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation, help find missing
children and assist victims, families and the professionals who serve them, and,
WHEREAS, Notional Missing Chi /dren s Doy, May 25'x' is a special time to remember those
children who are missing cad t Zvi*�`Aor to their families, and,
WHEREAS, NCMEC encourage t#ipotio�t ofvcof godirment, /ow enforcement and
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communities m e "t 'others about chi /d ouctto and sexual exploitation and
the ossistoncet ,rovidby the aforementioned X all individuals to Coke 25
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minutes to help a ch /d.
NOW THEREFORE, be it prractaimed by the Boo�tnd ofount► Comm;sk�prlt*s of Collier County,
Florida, that Mai* 25, 201 a be dcskol"as
FRED W. COYLE, CHAIRM