National Missing Children’s Day

WHEREAS, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, an estimated 800,000 children are reported missing each year; and

WHEREAS, on average, approximately 2,000 children are reported missing to law enforcement agencies daily; approximately 58,200 of these children are victims of non-family abductions, and more than 200,000 are the victims of family abductions; and

WHEREAS, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) exists as a resource to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation, help find missing children and assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families and the professionals who serve them; and

WHEREAS, this special day is a time to remember those children who are missing and give hope to their families:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim May 25, 2013, as

National Missing Children’s Day

in the state of Alabama.