Every glance at one of these photos is another opportunity for a child to be reunited with his or her family. Our success is measured by the countless stories of children that we’ve featured who have been safely located, and we’ve only just begun. Join us today and help revolutionize the search for missing children in the USA.
100,000,000 +
Views of Signs
5,778
Featured Children
*Reported by NCMEC since August 2010
4,943
Children Found
*Reported by NCMEC since August 2010
160+
Sign Display Partners
Our Mission
Every year, thousands of children go missing. Their profiles quickly fade from the news and leads dry up. When the public stops looking, the chance of recovering a missing child decreases substantially. That’s why it’s our mission to keep their profiles in public view at no cost to families, engage youth and tell a story of hope to bring children home.
Message from our Founder
Hello and welcome to The Missing Child Project.
I started this effort years ago when I was a baseball pitcher in the minor leagues, throwing the ball as hard as I could and trying to work my way up through the Chicago Cubs’ farm system to Wrigley Field. One off-season, I watched a documentary about a mother’s and father’s effort to spread the word about their missing daughter. I realized the stadiums in which we played weren’t just filled with sports fans–these were the teachers, coaches, families, classmates, and friends of missing children that would readily join in the search if they could. That moment inspired me to start The BairFind Foundation, which has now become known as The Missing Child Project.
Since that day, we’ve partnered with Minor League Baseball to place photos of thousands of our nation’s missing kids in front of literally tens of millions of Americans in stadiums and arenas across the country at no cost to the families. We have recently expanded our program to include high school clubs, with our stadium signs placed in schools and students earning volunteer hours to join the search via social media and in their communities. Every glance at one of these photos is another opportunity for a child to be reunited with his or her family. Our success is measured by the countless stories of children that we’ve featured who have been safely located, and we’ve only just begun.
Thank you, it is a pleasure to have you visit our website – and we hope you’ll join us.
Sincerely,
Dennis J. Bair
Testimonials
Donor Spotlight
CSI Gerardo Bloise to donate proceeds of his book to The Missing Child Project.
CSI Gerardo Bloise was the lead investigator on the Casey Anthony child murder case. Wanting the public to see the factual results of the case, his book is written so that the reader feels like they are a member of the investigative team witnessing the evidence revealed from the first call to the scene by call sign “Forensic 7″. We are honored that a man of his knowledge and experience chose The Missing Child Projectto donate a portion of the proceeds from his book.
To learn more, read our blog post.
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“Whoever saves one life saves the world entire.”
– The Talmud, the Book of Jewish Law.