“On The Road To Remember” Missing Persons National Tour 2013
The 9th Annual National Missing Persons Tour Dates: October 3rd thru 12th
States open for requesting a rally stop are as follows: Note – other states may be added is close to route
North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama
It’s that time again when the CUE Center for Missing Persons begins to line up request to host rally stops for our awareness campaign concerning missing person cases across the country. This years tour will be heading out to California and we will announce more states soon! The route each year is designed from the request that come in and once the tour states are announced; anyone interested please contact cuecenter@aol.com
WHAT IS A RALLY STOP?
A rally stop is a place that is pre set by anyone who wishes to host one “see below” for suggested person(s). Once a location is secured CUE will inform the host of time and date of arrival. Each stop is one hour and a half long for whatever program the host wishes to have and feature; this is your time to bring an awareness to your community of missing persons.
WHAT ARE SOME IDEAS FOR A RALLY STOP?
Candle Light – Prayer Vigils
Balloon Release, Flower Toss, Butterfly Release, Roadside Displays
Display Board, Banners, Signs, Marques
Guest Speakers; law enforcement, town/state dignitaries, community leaders, pastor, etc.
Tribute Performances
Tables set up for displays of missing persons photos and information
Public event or safety activities
Invite the families of unsolved homicide, missing, public, family, friends and media (our team will aid in media coverage)
WHAT TYPE OF LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN USED FOR RALLY STOPS?
Police – Sheriff Departments
Government agencies, i.e. Mayor, town hall
Parking lots of stores that have frontage or businesses alike
Home of the families of the missing
Parks of any kind or large grassy areas
Local churches, schools, community buildings
National Tour Purpose and Inspiration
The annual tour was created to generate new interest in cold cases of missing people across our nation. The inspiration came in 2004 from the case of North Carolina college student Leah Roberts, who had gone on a cross-country trip of self-exploration. Her wrecked and abandoned vehicle was found, but Leah is still missing. Leah’s case went cold and interest faded until CUE volunteers set out on a grueling 14-day trip to retrace her route and inform the media of all those who were missing in the path of the tour. In the years to follow, it only seemed right to keep hope alive after families across the country voiced the need for more help and supported the tour idea.
National Tour Objective
The national road tour, called “On the Road to Remember,” is an awareness campaign that focuses on missing persons cases that have gone cold or have not received appropriate media coverage on the local level – much less the national level.. The tour, which travels through many states annually, provides that attention.
In all cases of missing people, it is vital to inform the public of the missing person’s circumstances quickly and to disseminate that information to the media and the public. In most cases where details are released immediately to the public through an organized campaign, the public brings forth information that aids in the investigation and or the location of the victim. The media plays a significant role in getting the word out on the behalf of the missing person and should be recognized as a vital resource to any investigation.
Interest in many of the cases we have featured in previous tours has been renewed. The media has learned about local cases they were unaware of; case investigations have been renewed, and searches conducted. Information has resulted in new leads in some cases, and has even helped identify an unknown decedent and in 2008 solved a cold case of twenty eight years. And finally, each tour some of the missing featured have been found from various efforts, which is the main reason we conduct the tour despite the toll it takes on our all-volunteer staff.
It is the belief of the CUE Center for Missing Persons that all investigations, the public, volunteers and the media should work in collaboration on cases involving missing children and adults; until this happens, their will continue to be cases of the missing labeled “cold” or “inactive.”
WHAT DO I NEED TO SUBMIT MY MISSING PERSON
Photo
All vital stats on missing person
Agency and law enforcement contact numbers and web sites concerning missing person
Written consent for your missing person to be featured in the national tour line up
Date & time of Stop/Hosted By Address City
Stop address’s will be updated as they come in, please keep checking back
Thank you, Monica, and CUE Center staff for getting this tour on the road, and for making it a success. The emotions of the events in each state, for each missing person, isn’t easy to capture in photos, but I think you did. I will support your efforts in anyway I can.
Perhaps by this time next year, I’ll be able to be a better “bridge: for you in Maryland.
Thanks again,
Lori
Would love to see you all in MO again. But there are a lot of states and we don’t want to be greedy. Thanks for the time you spent with and the energy you brought to us.
I hope you can include Joshua Guimond on your next tour. He has been missing for nine years from the campus of St. John’s University, and no one seems to care. think the university and sheriff’s dept. just want the case to fade away in the public’s mind, and unfortunately it looks like they are getting their wish. This is so sad and unfair to Joshua and his family.
Thank you for everything you do. I know you don’t do it to gain credit or accolades, but the fact is, you are heroes for what you do. Thank you!!!
Your STOP in VIDOR was such a major BLESSING.
Just was’nt enough time so we could at least have a conversation.
GOD BLESS you and all your precious CREW.Luvnhugs dede & dale
Thanks for keeping these missing persons in the spotlight. Someone knows where they are. I think of someone like Jaycee Dugard. Here she was right under our noses, but we had forgotten about her case. It is groups like yours that will keep their names and faces alive.
I feel so helpless when people go missing. I want to help, but am never sure what to do except pray, pray and pray often for them. I feel I am keeping their memory alive in my heart, but I also hope wherever they are they feel the prayers and know someone is thinking of them.
I feel for everyone, but in particular children who are so helpless and would have no resources to protect themselves or as they grow older know what to do. Children tend to believe what they are told.
Thanks again for your efforts and if you ever come to Canada I would love to be involved. We have many missing children and people here as well.
Patricia
Hey Monica. Will you be stopping in Alabama again. We would love for you to add Tabitha Franklin(Tabby) to the tour again. Contact me or Stacey. Thank you so much for everything you’ve done and are still doing. Love you and God Bless<3
Thank you for helping voice the missing/murder cases that has went cold. It is great admiration that your team, including all the puppies, and yourself help with the flyers, tools, and education.
Karen
Mother of Jody Ledkins
on behalf of my family and friends, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the rally stop in fresno for my son casey berry! while I know we were dissapointed by the press, I know things happen beyond our control! ( boy howdy!!)but I have to say, It was an experience we will all remember!!! HEE HEE!
thanks again, caseysmom, terri
It’s that time again when we begin to plan for the “9th Annual” 2013 Missing Person National Road Tour called “ON THE ROAD TO REMEBER”, states we will be taking request from to host rally stops are Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Virginia (other states may be added if the route is close enough). The tour will run October 3rd – 12th of 2013. If interested in volunteering, hosting a stop, becoming a sponsor please contact the CUE Center for Missing Persons at (910) 232-1687, email: cuecenter@aol.com and visit the website at http://www.ncmissingpersons.org and click on the road tour tab for additional details.