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Children Are At Risk

Bikers Answer The Call To Help
Lynn McBride , Author , President – CFSI for Missing Children December 20 , 2009 Sharon Bunk
“ Mr . Foreman , I can never thank you enough for helping to save my daughter .” Sharon requested Chuck Foreman ’ s help just three days prior to writing that . Her daughter had already been missing for seven months from Leakey , TX . This was to become the first official case of the Center for Search & Investigations ( Team CFSI ).
Success was found . So was a need .
Mr . Foreman quickly realized the need was bigger than he alone could answer . A few years and several cases later , while working the Sharon West case in East Texas , Chuck learned that not all cases have a happy ending . Sharon was Found an Angel . Chuck would be found next to his motorcycle , under a tree near where she was located , writing a program others could use .
That same base program is used to this day on every CFSI case . Seven years later . Still Effective .
Now with volunteers spanning the globe and 1,200 children Found Safe , CFSI is arguably the most successful missing child investigation program available to families . Their
Imagine your child is missing . You know she is in the company of an older male , manipulating her with promises and drugs . You can ’ t find them . No one seems to care . Imagine the fear you would feel . This is an all too real feeling for many parents in the United States . In the most recently available statistics from the Department of Justice , 2,100 children are reported missing every day . It is estimated that one third of them are approached by child traffickers within the first 48 hours of being on the streets . That doesn ’ t include other types of predators .
One biker had the passion and a vision to make it better . How ?
reputation for results has resulted in regular referrals and requests for help from Law Enforcement agencies across the country . No donations , no payroll salaries . Just the help of a community of concerned bikers united with other volunteers to make the world safer for our kids .
Why is this relevant to the biker community ? Bikers are an integral part of the program . B . U . R . N . ( Bikers Urban Response Needed ) was formed to assist in searching for missing children including the distribution and collection of information during these incidents as well as to raise awareness of this growing epidemic .
B . U . R . N . is unique to the motorcycle community as it is a service organization , not a club . There are no dues or meetings . The only requirement for a biker to be a member of B . U . R . N . is that you are willing to give your time to help . When a child goes missing in your area , you will get real time information allowing you to hit the streets , going where others may not be able to , in efforts to locate that child . Many times , with poster in hand , stepping off of your bike in an area of interest , you will find that people will readily share information with you that they may not share with others . Many , many times we have found that a B . U . R . N . presence in an area results in very fast location of a child who is missing and endangered . The mission is now global , uniting bikers and other community members like no other cause . Are you willing to help ? The word is made better only by the commitment of individuals like yourself to do their part . If your child were missing , you would want others to lend a hand , wouldn ’ t you ? If you are willing to answer the call , sign up and find out more at www . cfsimissing . com .
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