Posts Tagged ‘Amber Alerts’

FACEBOOK AMBER ALERTS: Sign Up For Alerts In Your State

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

facebook missingFacebook users can now receive Amber Alert notifications through the site for their state. A partnership between Facebook, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Department of Justice allows subscribers to receive official Amber Alerts on their news feeds.

You can “like” the page here and Facebook says they are contributing 50 million advertising impressions to promote this important program. There are currently 53 Amber Alert Pages set up, one for each of the 50 states, along with pages for D.C., Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. You can sign up for the alerts in states that interest you, and share the alerts with family and friends.

This is a more formalized approach to getting accurate information about Amber Alerts out through social networking.

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PA LOTTERY AMBER ALERTS

Monday, February 7th, 2011

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The Amber Alert system in Pennsylvania has safely recovered 32 children since it began.  The PA Lottery has been a part of that system since 2004 when they first started to print information about alerts on tickets.  Now, the Amber Alerts will appear in a 17 inch monitor in more than 8,800 kiosks statewide.  The child’s picture, abductor and vehicle information will remain on the screens 24 hours a day 7 days a week and blast through 67 counties until the alert is cancled. 

Since this new lottery system was put in place, there has been one active Amber Alert.  Experts estimate the new system will reach thousands.  Citizens who live in Pennsylvania can also receive electronic notifications on an abducted child through the state alert system, AlertPA.

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WIRELESS AMBER ALERTS

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

wirelessamberalertsDo you want to be alerted when a child is abducted?  I encourage you to sign up for free via wireless Internet.  It is easy, all you have to do is text the word AMBER followed by a space and your 5-digit zipcode to 26237.  If you don’t feel comfortable texting, you can sign up on-line.

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited children, the first three hours a child is abducted are the most critical to recovery efforts.  This is a fantastic initiative to reach 200 million wireless subscribers. About 200-250 Amber Alerts are activated each year, and more than 400 children have been safely recovered because of the program.

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