Page Field Post Office Sales & Service Associate Marti Johnson updates the photos of missing children on display in the lobby.

Ft Myers / Cape Coral, Fl – The hopes of thousands of families are seen by millions through a partnership that celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Valassis, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the U.S. Postal Service have been working to reunite missing children with their families through the “Have You Seen Me?” program and the power of the U.S. mail since 1985. Every week a RedPlum mailer arrives in your mail box with photos of missing children, this mail piece holds the power to change a child’s life.

Colored photos of missing children are on display in the main Post Office lobbies of Fort Myers and Cape Coral. On your next trip to the Post Office, take a minute to view the photos and join Postmaster Murray in her efforts to locate missing and exploited children.

As a direct result of leads generated by this program, 149 children have been safely returned to their families. Photos are one of the most effective tools to help recover a missing child because they empower the American public to join the search. “Each year an estimated 800,000 children are reported missing, more than 2,000 per day, “said Postmaster Anne Murray. “Our greatest priority as a society is to protect the innocence of our children and to never stop looking for those who are missing”.

“We don’t just deliver the mail, we deliver hope,” said Postmaster General John E. Potter. “The men and women of the Postal Service provide 500,000 extra pairs of eyes, always open, always watchful, always hopeful that we’ll play a small part in reuniting families.” “Through the simple act of viewing photos of these children, anyone can forever change the life of a child who has been abducted,” Potter said.

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