Oh my goodness. Really? You think Isabel's parents are sitting back happily raking in the dough from their missing child's disappearance? That same child who they took photo after photo of? Their youngest baby? Their only girl? The one with the super happy, vibrantly innocent little face who looked as if she was just what she was - the well-cared for and adored baby girl of the family?
It takes money to make thousands of flyers, T-shirts, stickers, billboards. It is financ
ial disaster for parents of missing children who don't have the heart to go back to work, who must sit around day after day, with a sick gut and fear coursing through their veins.
This thread is making me very sad today.
Per this article, it's the volunteers who are soliciting funds. They are doing an outstanding job of painting the town with Isa's missing posters.
Volunteers paper your street
"From pole to pole and even bus stops, volunteers walked with flyers in hand, taping each one in hopes that someone will recognize this little girl.
"Just trying to get her face out so everybody can see it. If, by chance, somebody is in a grocery store they'll be like, "Hey, I know her,'" says Brittney Patrick.
As we enter into week three of the search, resources are running thin.
"The volunteer station here is running out. We're going to work on with what we have and
hopefully more people will come and make donations so we can get more fliers printed."
http://www.kvoa.com/news/volunteers-paper-your-street/
"Also, more than 100,000 fliers with Isabels picture on them have been distributed since Saturday, said Valerie Ballesteros, who works at Tucson Medical Center with Isabels mother.
She said a billboard with her picture was put up in the Phoenix area along Interstate 10. The billboard was donated. Other billboards are being considered on I-10 near Orange Grove Road and on I-19 near Nogales.
Banners with her picture have also been put up around Tucson and community search organizers are ordering T-shirts and buttons with her photo on them to pass out.
Ballesteros said the search items are being bought with donations of money and services from local businesses."
Read more:
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/day...979-5f9f-8bee-918190531fac.html#ixzz1uE1iArri
The last snippet was just 5 days after Isa disappeared. It's heartening to see the citizens of Tucson come together to help in any way they can.