What a wonderful thing, offering their personal experience and support rather than each family of a person suddenly gone missing having to go it alone -
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“What do you do, really, after every official channel goes home?” Heather said.
Their goal is to provide hope, support and resources to families in need.
“It was just so clear that with this book of information from the past 10 months — that we could pay it forward,” Tammy said. “Also, because there were so many searchers that gave so much to us, expecting nothing in return.”
The group has experience doing things like co-ordinating command centres and leveraging social media campaigns.
“To be able to support families that are going through this, so that they can make reasonable decisions that aren’t just based on emotion,” Heather said.
The families are hopeful The Free Bird Project will continue to grow, amassing more volunteers, sponsors and donations so they can expand their reach outside of the Edmonton area.
Tammy explained there’s lots of ways people can get involved.....”