[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18600]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          ADVO 100TH RECOVERY

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                           HON. NICK LAMPSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 19, 2000

  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to take a moment to congratulate 
ADVO, Inc., in its recovery of the 100th missing child that has been 
featured on its Have You Seen Me? direct mail cards.
  For fifteen years, ADVO has made a strong commitment to aiding in the 
recovery and return of missing children. In partnership with the 
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the United 
States Postal Service, ADVO launched the America's Looking for Its 
Missing Children program in 1985. Reaching an estimated 79 million home 
each week with pictures of missing children, the familiar Have You Seen 
Me? cards are constant reminders to the public that hundreds of 
thousands of children are missing annually in our country. In total, 
more than 40 billion pictures of missing children have been distributed 
to date.
  And Americans have responded in an unprecedented way. ADVO announced 
on July 31st that the recent joyous reunion of a 5-year-old 
Pennsylvania girl with her mother, following an 18-month abduction, is 
the 100th safe recovery of a missing child resulting from the familiar 
mail cards.
  One in six children is found as a direct result of programs like 
ADVO's. It takes just a few seconds of your time to stop, look and 
think about the children that are featured on posters, on the cards, 
and on television. Each time you see one, you're presented with an 
opportunity to reunite a family with their missing child. Once again, 
congratulations to ADVO on its continued commitment to this very worthy 
cause.

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