Hi to all, I am a newly registered member here, and this is my first post. Thank you Kathy for clearing up the issue of TN Alliance.
Kelly, we have a paralegal as one of our officers, and all aspects of charitable org's have been studied and restudied in the past months. This org has been in the works since January, and is ready to get off the ground. Our website is not complete but hopefully will be up and running Monday April 18th. Of course as time goes by there will be links we will realize we want to add or things we decide should be removed, but all in all it will be functional the 18th. We are in the process of registering as a charitable org within the state of TN and will apply for IRS non profit soon. No contributions can be accepted from outside the state for some time. We are aware of the laws pertaining to accepting contributions.
As Kathy has stated there are far too many families in Tn that go without emotional support because our state isn't doing a very good job of keeping an accurate listing on line as to the missing here. Our state clearinghouse does not even begin to scratch the surface of the people currently missing. Nor, have I heard of any offers of help coming from them. Resources for families are not made available to them by local LE, because frankly, local LE are not made aware of what is out there that would help these families. That will be one of our first objectives, to make LE aware as well as the general public, that there are vast resources available to assist these families with fliers, vigil planning, reward funds etc. It is our hope that not one family within the state who has a missing family member will feel alone anymore. As time goes on we will offer more services to these families but we will have to increase what we do as money allows, as with all charitable org's.
I hope there is now an understanding of what we are, what we plan to do, and where we will be when up and running !!!
