March 14, 2003

AMBER Alert -- How You Can Help:

With all the talk of war everyone keeps saying they want something to feel good about.

Request granted.

Elizabeth Smart's homecoming again brought to national attention the AMBER (America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response) Alert Plan. Under this plan, immediately after a child has been kidnapped and is considered endangered, law enforcement officers launch an Amber Alert by informing broadcast media of critical details, including a description of the suspect and his or her vehicle. Radio and TV stations then use an Emergency Alert System to interrupt their programming with the emergency information.

And there's a way bloggers and blog readers can help: CodeAmber offers a Java ticker that provides streaming updates of AMBER Alerts nationwide, with information about the abducted child and abductor, updates, numbers to call, and the ability to email the alert to others.

As you can see, I am sporting the ticker above.

If you're of the mind, please get the the ticker and post it prominently. You can get the ticker here.

CodeAmber also offers some banners and buttons, but in my mind the buttons don't do the job ... if any artists out there are willing to gin up some .gif button ideas, that would be ideal. You can email .gifs to me at avocare at comcast dot net.

You can also learn more about AMBER Alert here and here ... this last site also provides updates on efforts to institute the AMBER Alert process on a national scale, an effort currently being politicized in the US Congress.

UPDATE: I've contacted CodeAmber to explore posting their "Make A Donation" button as well ... will let you know what I learn.

UPDATE: CodeAmber is happy to have other sites host their donation button. As their site notes:

CodeAmber.org went live on August 23rd, 2002. Since that time we have grown rapidly ... to help defray the server and administrative expense associated with providing the CodeAmber ticker we are accepting donations through PayPal. Every little bit helps.

If you wish to host the donation button, email me and I'll forward the code.

Posted by Avocare at March 14, 2003 08:47 AM
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