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Good Morning Family Members and Friends,

You might be interested in listening to this "World, Have Your Say" interview with families of the missing from all over the world who talk about hope, and giving up or going on. The show's title is "When is it time to say goodbye?" and was broadcast live yesterday afternoon on BBC World Radio as well as the Sirius and XM satellite radio networks.

The show's host, Peter Dobbie, posed thought provoking questions on the one year anniversary of Madeline McCann's disappearance:

"But when does the time come to move on? Does there come a point when the family of someone who’s missing must accept what’s happened ? Can a family survive the kind of emotional stress that must be involved in losing someone, without saying goodbye. Do they have to assume that the person has died, to safeguard their own emotional wellbeing ? The McCanns have now attained a kind of celebrity, for them, and indeed for anyone else who’s lost a relative, is that celebrity worth it, if it keeps hope alive ? Or, at what time, does hope die, and become something else ? Once we accept that there is no hope, is that when we begin to find comfort ?"

Guests on the show included several family members of international missing person's cases, Project Jason's Kelly Jolkowski, and the President of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Ernie Allen.

You can read more about the show here: http://worldhaveyoursay.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/when-is-it-time-to-say-goodbye/#more-492

Listen to the show here: http://www.projectjason.org/downloads/whys_20080501-2000.mp3

With Hope, Always,

Kelly Jolkowski, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
http://www.projectjason.org
Read our Voice for the Missing Blog
http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/
 
Kelly, the excerpt you posted from Peter Dobbie's show is indeed thought provoking. Thank you.

Lion
 
A Project Jason Brief:

Project Jason has been selected as the Omaha Royals baseball team Community Organization of the Night. The game against Portland begins at 7:05pm tonight at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha.

Board members will be present at the organization’s display table in the concourse to answer questions about their mission. Michael Jolkowski, son of Project Jason founders, Jim and Kelly, and brother of missing Jason Jolkowski, will throw out the first pitch. A pre-game and a third inning interview with Kelly will be broadcast.

Project Jason would like to thank the Omaha Royals for this opportunity to share information about the plight of the missing and how they are working for positive changes within the cause.

Tickets cost $6.00 and up for the game.
 
Wow that's awesome Kelly. What a great way to get attention for what Project Jason is doing. How cool that Michael gets to throw the first pitch! Hope he's not nervous, lol. I'm sure he'll do great. :) Good luck with your interview!
 
Kelly,

that is so awesome! I'm going to have to check the Omaha Royals schedule to see if they play against either the Schaumburg Flyers or Kane County Cougars, both minor league teams outside of Chicago and very close for both Cub and White Sox fans. If the Royals minor team plays away, and we ask, is there something we can do for Project Jason when the Royals are a visiting team should they be playing in our city?

Wishing you and PJ all that comes with the Cub fans and Wrigley... too many times I have said I would give "another century" without a world series to resolve many of these cases. So, 2108 is good too!

Will be looking for the Royals on minor league schedules.

TIA!
 
Thanks, Janet, Lion, and Cubby.

The Omaha Royals Community Night is really a one time, local awareness event. We hope to be able to participate again in the 2009 season.

Michael didn't throw a perfect pitch, but he loved it just the same. It was a great experience all around, and we are appreciative for the local exposure.

Of course, at any time, you can support us in various ways, as seen here:
http://www.projectjason.org/help.html

Many blessings,
Kelly
 
Kelly, I hope the Where in Omaha project was a success, and congrats on Project Jason being picked for the team night.

Great words also on refuting psychics.

My heart goes out to you, know that we are all thinking and praying for you and Jason.
 
Bumping for Jason, and those who love and continue to search to bring him home.


Happy Mother's Day Kelly.... I think I can speak for Jason on this when I say


:blowkiss::blowkiss::blowkiss:
 
A Project Jason Brief:

In 1995, a group of 7 men rode their bicycles from Utica, New York to Washington, D.C. in order to raise awareness about the plight of missing children and to bring a message of safety to the people they met along the way. They arrived on the steps of the Capitol on May 25th, the first National Missing Children’s Day. Two years later, inspired by that first Ride, a group of 43 riders rode their bicycles 100 miles from Albany to Utica NY with the same message of safety and awareness.

There are three purposes to “The Ride”, which takes place on May 16, 2008:

To honor the memory of all missing children,
To increase public awareness of the plight of all missing and exploited children and the need for child safety education, and
To raise funds to support the missing children poster distribution and mission of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children – New York/Mohawk Valley (NCMEC-NY/Mohawk Valley).

This year marks eleven years for the Ride for Missing Children. The 43 riders have grown to an astonishing 400! The unified team of bicyclists, riding 2 x 2 for 100-miles, is escorted by the New York State Police and local law enforcement of the jurisdictions along the route. The Ride stops at schools along the way for educational Rest Stops, and “Ride-By” other schools throughout the day. At each school visited, riders and volunteers bring the message of child safety and abduction prevention.

The parents of missing Omaha, NE teen Jason Jolkowski, and founders of nonprofit organization Project Jason, Jim and Kelly Jolkowski, will be participants for a 3rd year. Jim will be riding, and Kelly will speak at both the opening and closing ceremonies. The Jolkowskis will be among several family members of missing persons, including Doug and Mary Lyall, parents of missing Suzanne Lyall, and Shirlette Green, mother of missing Ivory Green.

For additional information about the Ride for Missing Children, please see http://www.rideformissingchildren.com/index.html

For more information about Project Jason, please visit http://www.projectjason.org/
 
Thanks...yes, it went very well.

http://www.wktv.com/news/local/19009004.html

Parents of missing children inspire others taking part in Ride

By JOLEEN FERRIS

Story Created: May 16, 2008 at 11:43 AM EDT
Story Updated: May 16, 2008 at 12:12 PM EDT

ONEIDA - Parents of missing children from around the country attended the opening ceremonies for the Ride for Missing Children Friday morning at the State Police barracks in Oneida.

Kelly Jolkowski's teenaged son, Jason, disappeared without a trace in 2001. Friday, Jolkowski inspired the riders as they prepared to begin their journey.

She says that the work of these complete strangers on behalf of her son and other missing children has been a bright spot in the darkness of now knowing what happened to her son.

Also there Friday was Shirlette Green, of Utica. Police are still searching for her daughter, Ivory, who disappeared in March 2004.
 
Hello to our families,

I am so very pleased to tell you that the Project Jason board of directors has given their blessing to a proposal of mine, which is something I have wanted to do since we founded the organization.

Please mark your calendars for June 12-14 2009. On those dates, Project Jason will be hosting a retreat for family members of both missing children and adults. The retreat is open to adult family members who reside anywhere in North America, and will take place at a spacious, comfortable, and scenic retreat center near Omaha, NE.

The main goals of the retreat are for family members to gain an understanding of the body's reaction to the trauma of missing a loved one, to recognize and understand the emotions which surface, and learn methods of coping. Family members will also benefit from meeting and networking with others who can relate to this unique tragedy. Classes offered during the retreat will cover all aspects of living in the "not knowing", with a focus on mental, spiritual, and physical healing.

Duane Bowers, Project Jason's Healing Harbor counselor, and one of the nation's most knowlegeable and respected authorities on dealing with the emotional issues faced by the families of the missing, will teach the main courses during the retreat.

While there are many other courses and events in the planning process, we'll just mention a couple of other features now:

1) A law enforcement official will be present to take DNA samples from biological family members who have not yet done this. These DNA samples will be processed by our friends at the Center for Human Identification lab in TX, and will be entered free of charge into the national CODIS database.

2) Free chair massages will be available on day two of the retreat.

We feel this is such an important and needed venture. To our knowledge, there is no other open retreat for families in the US.

We'll be providing you with additional information about the retreat every few months, and registration details coming at the end of this year. We wanted to let you know now in case that would be helpful to you for planning purposes.

Feel free to pass this message along to other families of the missing you know. We're very excited about this, and hope that you are too.

With Hope, Always,

Kelly Jolkowski, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
http://www.projectjason.org
Help us for free each time you shop online or do websearches by using this link:
http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=857029
 
Kelly - this is a lovely idea and I hope you have a hugh turnout!

Salem
 
Project Jason Announces Presence in Virtual World Nonprofit Consortium

Project Jason is honored to be one of 44 nonprofit organizations and the first missing persons’ assistance organization to be selected as part of a new area of Nonprofit Commons, a section within the virtual world, Second Life. Among the other nonprofits represented there are Sustainable Harvest International, Kiva, Giving Circles Network, Grants Managers Network, the SPCA Maryland, America’s Second Harvest, Digital Campfires Foundation, and Preferred Family Healthcare. The grand opening is Wednesday, May 28.

The Project Jason office in Second Life has three purposes. One is to disseminate general information about the epidemic of missing persons – how many are missing and how difficult a situation it is for the families of missing persons. Another is to deliver presentations and other educational events and materials to participants within Second Life. Finally, Project Jason also developed a special theme for the office called “Every Face Tells a Story” and the site exhibits special posters of missing persons. These posters contain articles written exclusively for Project Jason in Second Life, and they are contributed by the families of each missing person featured.

Second Life is a 3D virtual world that offers powerful communications tools. Second Life is used extensively by global corporations such as IBM, Cisco, Sun Microsystems, and even NASA, for employee meetings (that save gas or airfare by meeting on the internet instead of at one office), for corporate communications, for marketing, and for research and development. There are over one million registered members.

The grand opening takes place within Second Life from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Pacific Time. The all-day and evening celebration will include live musicians from all around the world, whose performances will be broadcast into Second Life.

Joining Second Life is free. To do so, go to http://secondlife.com/ and download the program. You will need to register your account and choose an inworld “name,” which is a nickname you will use when you are logged in to Second Life. The address for Project Jason in Second Life is 251,33,25 which is located on Aloft Island.

To learn more about Project Jason, please see www.projectjason.org. You may also contact Kelly Jolkowski, President and Founder, at 402-932-0095, or by emailing kelly.jolkowski@projectjason.org.
 
Oh! Kelly!

I just came to do a search for Project Jason so I could tell you I saw your Project Jason shop in SL tonight, and then saw your post here. That is very awesome. I was out at the non profit area seeing if the Lupus Foundation had set up anything (apparently not!). There's a lot of great things on this island.

By the way, here's your SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Aloft%20Nonprofit Commons/246/25/26

You get that by standing where you want and click Map, then there is a button that says "copy slurl to clipboard". Then you'll have that link people can click to go right to it, as long as they're logged into the grid.
 
bumping for Kelly, and family as the 7 year mark fast approaches. You all are in my thoughts and in my prayers...



Jason, please come home to all who love you.
 
Kelly, you are all in my thoughts and prayers, also. I hope the retreat is going well.
 
Hi all,

Thank you for remembering us and the date. The retreat is actually next year. We need the time to try to get funding for it and just planning in general.

So as not to violate any membership rules, I will simply post a link that tells about this year's anniversary date. Be sure to scroll down in the link. You do not have to join to read.

http://www.projectjason.org/forums/index.php?topic=3021.0

Many blessings to one and all,
Kelly
 
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