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| In memory of Somer |
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~ SOMER THOMPSON DAY IS APRIL 5th ~
DISPLAY PURPLE RIBBONS IN MEMORY OF SOMER
~ SOMER'S SUNSHINE PARK ~
April 5, 2012 at 10:00 am
"Somer's Sunshine Park" located at the corner of
Debarry & Gano Ave, Orange Park, Florida
Park Opens at 10 am !!
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Somer Thompson Foundation Awards Grant
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SOMER SUNSHINE PARK DEDICATION
GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY
TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON !!
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Not One More Child
Elizabeth Smart and her father Ed help launch
a documentary to mark the one year anniversary of
"The Ride for Their Lives"
Sunday August 21, 2011
5PM PST/6PM MST/7PM CST/8PM EST
www.SPCoalition.org click on webcast
15 minute advance log on suggested
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| Diena Thompson - radKIDS Certified Instructor
Mission: radKIDS, Inc. is committed to providing education that enhances the ability of children, parents, and families to utilize knowledge, skills, and power to protect themselves from violence and harm. In the late 1990's, a dedicated group of law enforcement professionals, self-defense experts and concerned parents joined forces in an effort to develop a children's safety education program that would, in a fun and interactive way, combine the essential elements of risk reduction strategies with physical skill options to avoid abduction. In May of 1998, after extensive research and development, the radKIDS Personal Empowerment Safety Education Program opened its doors. radKIDS is an innovative comprehensive safety education program for children ages 5-12. Since the organization's inception in 1998, radKIDS, Inc. has provided the radKIDS Personal Empowerment Safety Education Program to more than 150,000 children across North America. As a result, statistics show that among children who have been radKID-trained, there has been a significant reduction in attempted assaults. In those instances in which assaults have been attempted, there has been a 100% successful escape rate. Nationally, radKIDS instructors have documented 40 foilded attempted abduction attempts and thousands of disclosures and escapes from sexual assault and sexual abuse.
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PRESS RELEASE
The Board of County Commissioners, at its meeting on March 22, 2010, at 2:00 p.m., will present to Diena Thompson, mother of Somer Thompson, a “Key to the County” for the Somer Thompson Foundation as well as a Proclamation declaring April 5th as Somer Thompson Day in Clay County, and declaring the month of October as S.T.O.P. The Offenders and Predators Month in memory of Somer Thompson .
The Somer Thompson Foundation was established in 2010 to promote the belief that one person’s memory CAN make a difference and to encourage a “Somer’s Safety Program”, with the involvement of the residents, law enforcement, public officials, and the school system in child abduction prevention efforts.
Members of the community and constitutional officers are invited to attend. For more information, contact Diane Walker at 284-6347 or 269-6347 or at diane.walker@co.clay.fl.us.
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Diena Thompson Lobbies Lawmakers
Somer Thompson's mom spending her time making that plea to Florida lawmakers. She's trying to keep funds from disappearing from the state's cyber crime unit and get potential child predators locked up.
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Diena Thompson found herself living every parent's worst nightmare when her 7-year-old daughter went missing on October 19, 2009. Two days later, in a Georgia landfill, Somer's body was discovered. The community felt an immediate call to action. Fundraisers were coordinated to aide Diena and her family and we ask the question... Why...Why ? Diena needed a platform as the voice of Somer... The Somer Thompson Foundation was formed.
THE SOMER THOMPSON FOUNDATION
A non-profit Foundation created to assist a family who have missing children because of an apparent abduction and who, after proper investigative vetting, are determined not to be culpable in the disappearance. We experienced, first hand, that basic needs had to be met while dealing with the tragedy of Somer’s abduction and brutal murder. Our first goal is to provide education in the form or awareness and prevention to both parents and children avoid the tragedy of experiencing the loss of a child. However, in the event that a child is not safely returned, we want to be able to help victims families emotionally and to provide hope in the darkest days with financial grants being awarded by the Foundation that meet the criteria stated in the bylaws of the 501(c) 3 corporation.
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