The Shawn Hornbeck Foundation, Inc.

HCR 63 Box 495

Richwoods, MO 63071����

573 678-2999

866 400-5353

Fax: 573 678-2811

[email protected]

https://www.shawnhornbeckfoundation.com

 

PRESS RELEASE

Contact: Craig Akers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Phone: 573 678-2999

10:00 PM CDT, September 2, 2003


Fifth Sitting With An Angel Bench To Feature To Rachel Marie Mellon; Foundation To Offer Free MyID4Life Digital ID Kits To Springfield, Illinois Area Children


Richwoods, MO � September 2nd, 2003 � The Shawn Hornbeck Foundation�s Sitting With An Angel campaign sets it�s sights on Springfield, Illinois this Sunday, featuring a bench dedication for Rachel Marie Mellon, as well as offering it�s free MyID4Life Digital ID Kits to area children aged 17 and under.

The Sitting With An Angel campaign is a result of a partnership between The Shawn Hornbeck Foundation and Creative Placard Ads of Granite City, Illinois.� The partnership places benches featuring the photo and case information about missing children at high traffic retail establishments throughout the Midwest.

 

The fifth Angel to be featured in the �Sitting With An Angel� bench campaign will be Rachel Marie Mellon, missing from Bolingbrook, Illinois since January 31, 1996. Rachel was last seen at home by her stepfather wearing yellow sweatpants, a pink top, and red house-slippers and was wrapped in a blue blanket.� Rachel was 13 years old at the time of her disappearance, and is considered Endangered Missing.


Rachel�s bench will be dedicated on Sunday, September 7th, at 4:00pm.� The bench will be placed at Cub Foods, 2833 South Grand East, Springfield, Illinois 62703.� The public and media are invited to attend the dedication ceremony.

The foundation�s MyID4Life Digital ID program for children aged 17 and under will also be available before the dedication from 2:00 pm � 4:00 pm, and again after the dedication, from 5:00 pm � 7:00 pm.� All participants receive their child�s digital fingerprints and photos on a diskette to take home with them.� The diskette can then be given to law enforcement should the need arise.� This program is offered free of charge as a public service; donations are accepted to help offset the cost of the program.
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For more information on participating in the Sitting With An Angel program please contact Craig Akers with The Shawn Hornbeck Foundation at 866 400-5353 or Tom Nash, Creative Placard Ads, at 877 894-0405.

Additional information concerning Rachel Marie Mellon can be found on our website at www.alostchild.com. �

 

 

 

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