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These projects for Jason have recently been completed:

Jason is the featured case on the National Center for Missing Adults. This is the nation’s second largest missing person’s organization and they get a million hits on their site per week.

As the featured case, Jason is on the homepage of this site, bringing much needed attention to his case and providing us with a boost of hope. You can read his profile at http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/index.php?webid=home

The second project is a photo montage of Jason growing up, which includes music and text. It is a large file, so it does take a few minutes to load, so please be patient.

I hope that you find it to be as moving as we do: http://www.twinzee.com/jason.swf

A woman named Angel put this together for us. It provides us with a way to share Jason’s life with you. If you wish to write her and thank her, her email is Twinz4Mee@aol.com

Robert Cooke, father of missing Rachel Cooke, runs a nonprofit organization from his home in Texas. One of his focuses is self defense training. He is now selling a cookbook to help support the self defense courses as well as other services he provides. He was gracious enough to include Jason as one of the featured missing persons in the cookbook. You can order it online at http://www.rachelalert.org/RANorder.html

We recently were featured in the local news introducing our new Adopt a Missing Person program. You can see the news article and a video of the newscast at http://www.theomahachannel.com/fami...56/detail.html.

Please do consider helping us spread the word of this program. We’re also looking for corporate sponsors. If you can assist with that, please let us know.

Thursday, Project Jason was included in a list of Missing Person’s Organization links on a national news story. This was wonderful news for us as we work towards getting recognition for all of our families and for our cause. We’ve received over a thousand hits to the website that day alone. You can read this story here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5325808/.

I want to thank our family and friends for their constant support. We are blessed because of you and because we are surrounded by love. We thank God for all of you and for the gifts He has given us.

Jim, Kelly, & Michael Jolkowski

Jason’s website: http://members.cox.net/prayersandposters/
Project Jason: http://www.projectjason.org/
 
Kelly said:
We recently were featured in the local news introducing our new Adopt a Missing Person program. You can see the news article and a video of the newscast at http://www.theomahachannel.com/fami...56/detail.html.
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For anyone who wishes to view this story, here it is
http://www.theomahachannel.com/news/3537156/detail.html

Congratulations, Jolkowski's and much love to all.
Thanks for all you do for the missing!!

With HOPE, Lanie
HelpForTheMissing@yahoo.com
 
Jason had been added to the Original Laci Peterson Tribute Ribbon program. The ribbonmakers have made a special remembrance ribbon for Jason that they will mail free of charge.

For more information and a link to the Ribbon tribute page, please see Jason's website, on the homepage:

http://members.cox.net/prayersandposters/

The ribbon is a slate blue. I will post a photo this weekend.

Thank you.

Kelly
 
After more than 6 months of fighting to get Jason listed on the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, (NCMEC) he is finally there and we will be able to take advantage of their services.

It is not widely known, but a clause in Suzanne's Law allows for missing young adults up to, but not including age 21 to be obtain NCMEC services. As long as the person was within that age range at the time of their disappearance, law enforcement can call in the case.

Some of the services they provide that we will take advantage of include nationwide poster spread and the creation of an age progression photo.

Suzanne's Law is the result of the hard work of missing Suzanne Lyall's parents, Doug & Mary who run The Center for Hope, based in Albany, NY.

If you know any of any missing persons who disappeared between the ages of 18-20, make sure their family knows to have their law enforcement call in to have them added to NCMEC's case roster.

You can see Jason's NCMEC info here:
NCMEC Info

To print a poster of Jason, please click here:
Poster Link

Thank you.

Kelly, Mother of Missing Jason
 
Kelly,
I'm so sorry to hear about Jason. I'll pray for his safe return.
 
Thank you so much!

I just thought I should clarify what I meant by "fighting". Often LE does not know about Suzanne's Law, so you have to work to get them to understand this so they will even make the call. Then they call and the reps at NCMEC turn them away because they either were not made aware of it, or forgot. I had to end up instructing LE to insist on speaking to a supervisor. I beleive it ended up taking 3 calls to get the job done.

I have written to NCMEC, asking them to please do a better job in maing sure all employees know and understand this.

Kelly
 
Kelly said:
Jason had been added to the Original Laci Peterson Tribute Ribbon program. The ribbonmakers have made a special remembrance ribbon for Jason that they will mail free of charge.

For more information and a link to the Ribbon tribute page, please see Jason's website, on the homepage:

http://members.cox.net/prayersandposters/

The ribbon is a slate blue. I will post a photo this weekend.

Thank you.

Kelly
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I received my Jason tribute ribbon last week and they are lovely. Slate blue and white with gold lettering. Everyone, please consider getting one. all it costs is a little bit of your time and a stamp.
 
Prayers for Jason, and all who love and miss him.

With love and HOPE, Lanie
 
Kelly, I feel like I know your son. I know him through you. I pray so hard that he will be found some day soon. In my dream's, and I drempt (sp)?this last nite, He came home. After that it was very confusing. I wish it wern't so.................I would be on pin's and needles.........if I were you. I don't know how you exist every day. Aren't our children the best of everything?
My prayers.............are with you and your family every day. I mean that Kelly. My heart aches for you and you family. How, why, does this happen!

xxxxxxxxxxxxxooooooo
mama
 
Hi Kelly! I just want you to know that my prayers are with you. I have added Jason's banner to my website. I know that it is not much. I wish there was more that I could do. If there is anything, please let me know. May God bless you and your family.
 
Thanks to all of you.

In a retreat I attended this last weekend, we talked about how sometimes God allows things to happen. I believe there is a reason He did allow whatever has happen to occur. I believe I see those reasons unfolding before my eyes everyday in the work that I do.

Perhaps Jason is safe and warm somewhere. Perhaps he is not alive and is in Paradise. This I do not know.

I do know that I will see him again someday, I just do not know when & where. In the meantime, I learn lessons of patience and love and just keep trying to do what I believe God has planned for me.

Kelly
 
I sent an e-mail about adopting a person. I did see your son's picture. I am impressed that you didn't make your site all about finding your son (of course that is your goal) but about missing people. Kudos to you. Keep working it and I will work with you.

God help you in your search for your Jason!!!!!
 
http://www.dailynebraskan.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/10/20/4175d55356469

Concert series benefits search for missing people


By Jenna Johnson / Daily Nebraskan
October 20, 2004


The Silver Spoke Saloon in Roca is 15 miles away from the pub in Lincoln where Gina Bos was last seen four years ago this weekend.

It’s 75 miles away from the home in Omaha where Jason Jolkowski was last seen three years ago last June.

Both of these missing people were adults. Both left behind families who still are searching for any sort of an answer.

Both families met at the Silver Spoke on Friday night for a concert to raise money and awareness for the finding of missing people.

“When Gina disappeared, we had no idea the number of people who have disappeared is in the neighborhood of 85,000,” said Von Rap, Bos’ oldest brother. “Even if we had known, we would have never thought it would happen to us.”

Bos’ sister, Jannel Rap, a singer-songwriter who now lives in Los Angeles, started a non-profit concert series called Greater Information Now Available for Missing Persons, Inc. or GINA.

In the last few years, Rap has organized a TV program in Southern California and more than 70 GINA concerts across the country. Friday’s concert raised about $275.

Jannel Rapwas unable to attend the concert, but her two brothers were present, along with more than 150 people, many of whom knew Bos from her days as a musician.

Friday’s open stage concert was similar to the one Bos attended at Duggan’s Pub the night she disappeared and it brought back memories, Von Rap said.

“You never forget about it,” he said. “It’s always right there in your mind.”

Kelly Jolkowski came to the concert to distribute information and sign people up to “adopt” missing persons – to learn about their lives and wear buttons displaying their photos.

Jolkowski still is trying to cope with the disappearance of her then 19-year-old son, Jason, who was last seen in the family’s driveway as he was on his way to Benson High School to wait for a ride to his part-time job in 2001.

She founded Project Jason, a non-profit organization that directs families with missing members to the right resources, helps people create an identification file in case they disappear and lobbies the Nebraska Legislature to create a law allowing the compilation of information about those missing.

“There are always more people you can reach,” she said. “The average person has really no idea of the vast scope of things.”

Although both families are actively trying to inform the public about missing people issues, they are still hoping to find their own also loved ones.

“Our family is scattered across the country,” Von Rap said. “But no matter where we are at, we are still looking for Gina.”
 
Kelly said:
Thanks to all of you.

In a retreat I attended this last weekend, we talked about how sometimes God allows things to happen. I believe there is a reason He did allow whatever has happen to occur. I believe I see those reasons unfolding before my eyes everyday in the work that I do.

Perhaps Jason is safe and warm somewhere. Perhaps he is not alive and is in Paradise. This I do not know.

I do know that I will see him again someday, I just do not know when & where. In the meantime, I learn lessons of patience and love and just keep trying to do what I believe God has planned for me.

Kelly
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:blowkiss: Kelly!!! Much love to you and many, many prayers for your son. You do great work in Jason's name, and that is a wonderful legacy for him.
 
englishleigh said:
:blowkiss: Kelly!!! Much love to you and many, many prayers for your son. You do great work in Jason's name, and that is a wonderful legacy for him.
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Intersting word you chose, Leigh....legacy.

You are right on the money. God bless you for caring for the missing.
With love and HOPE, Lanie
 
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