Summer Shipp 'Celebration of Life' Memorial planned
Family and friends will hold a memorial service Oct. 27 for Summer Shipp, who
was missing almost three years before her remains were found last week. The
service will be held at 2 p.m. at the Screenland Crossroads Theatre, 1756
Washington St., Kansas City. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations
to the National Center for Missing Adults or the CUE Center for Missing Persons.
For more information, visit the Web site at www.friendsofsummer.com
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Summer
Shipp touched us all..... Those who met her in life told us all glorious and
inspiring stories, shared their loving memories, Brandy Shipp became an advocate
for missing adults, and a beacon and the face of Hope for us all, leading us all
to feel as if Summer were a part of us, we felt we knew her... We Loved her....
Prayed for her return.... and now we mourn for her and her family.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Contact: Jessica Robinson, 573-751-0290
Blunt Announces New Program Aimed at Locating Missing Persons
JEFFERSON CITY– Gov. Matt Blunt today
announced a new program designed to fill a void for those missing persons
whose information surrounding their disappearance fail to meet the AMBER Alert
criteria.
"Missouri is joining a growing number of states using
the AMBER Alert Program to trace missing children while the trail is still
fresh," Blunt said. "The plan is ideal for law enforcement because
an alert can now be used for runaways and parental child abduction
cases."
The mission of the Endangered Person Advisory Program is to
develop and coordinate the efforts of law enforcement and the media in order
to increase public participation in safely recovering endangered missing
persons by increased communication and effective resources sharing.
The new criteria includes "unexplained" as a
reason a person might be missing and opens the possibility for other factors
that may put a person in danger. Original criteria permitted classifying an
endangered person under suspicious circumstances only.
The advisory stands to include victims such as a 19-year-old
kidnapping victim, a 75-year-old Alzheimer's patient who wandered off, a
14-year-old missing girl with suspicious computer correspondence or an
11-year-old Boy Scout lost in a mountain wilderness area. Currently none of
these victims are covered under the standards for issuing an AMBER Alert.
The Endangered Person Advisory Program is initiated solely
by Missouri law enforcement agencies using the following criteria: Is the
person missing under unexplained, involuntary, or suspicious circumstances? Is
the person believed to be in danger because of age, health, mental or physical
disability, environment or weather conditions, in the company of a potential
dangerous person or some other factor that might put the person in peril? Is
there information that could assist the public in the safe recovery of the
person?
The Endangered Person Advisory Program is a cooperative
effort between the Missouri Department of Public Safety, the Missouri State
Highway Patrol, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, the
Missouri Police Chiefs Association, the Missouri Sheriffs Association, and the
Missouri Broadcasters Association.
A
Tremendous thanks
to all our volunteers and supporters the Workshop was a tremendous success!
Special
thanks to our Sponsors
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A
Note From Brandy Shipp
Achieve
Foundation Joins Forces with the Friends of Summer.
Welcome to the home page for
Achieve Foundation.
Rocky Leavitt is
dedicated to helping at risk youth and women. He is co-founder of Achieve
Foundation, with his wife and business manager, Theresa. Achieve Foundation is a
501(c)(3).
The
Achieve Foundation is dedicated
to:
1.
Assisting at-risk youth gain the skills they need to lead full,
productive lives. One of the primary objectives of this program is to assist
participating youth in becoming better citizens, productive and valued
participants in their community. Achieve
is attempting to provide positive direction, support and discipline in the lives
of its participants.
2.
Assisting women achieve the awareness and skills they need to reduce the
risk of violence and continue to lead full, productive lives.
Rocky
Leavitt is the Head Instructor for all Self Defense Workshops.
Rocky
has dedicated 30 years to the study and practice of all common Okinawan Weapons,
Kata and Technique. He and his wife, Theresa, are the founders of Business
Leaders National, Inc. Master Leavitt is also the Founder and Head Instructor of
Ken Bu Kai and of Ken Bu Kan. As well, he is recognized as a 7th
Degree Black Belt in two other Associations.
Master
Leavitt founded his own school, Ken Bu Kan, in Lee's Summit Mo in the early
1980's which he ran until his retirement in 1998. At that time his focus turned
to Weapons Instruction and Self Defense, in the form of seminars for established
Martial Artists, dedicated private students and stand alone self defense
seminars for non-martial artists.
Master
Leavitt has conducted Training programs for organizations including the Lee's
Summit Police Department, Southwestern Bell, and Metro Security.
Achieve Foundation
is a 501(c)(3)
organization.
Achieve
Foundation
510
W. Main Suite 3
Greenwood,
MO 64034
816-623-3746
Achieve
Foundation and Friends of Summer.
Too often, women become the victims of
violence because they have not been taught how to defend themselves.
Many times, a small amount of training is all that is necessary to prevent
some of the tragedies that befall women in vulnerable situations.
Whether the danger comes from men or from women meaning harm to hapless
victims, knowledge of self-defense can make an immediate difference and
change the outcome of otherwise tragic circumstances. Friends of
Summer has decided to join forces with Achieve Foundation in order to raise
awareness of Women's Self Protection Measures in Honor of Summer Shipp.
If just one woman can benefit from the kind of knowledge and self-defense
skills that can be acquired from proper training, this combined effort will
be worth it. Please be sure to visit the Friends of Summer web
page for more information www.friendsofsummer.com
Friends of Summer and Achieve
Foundation are planning a training class on or about December 8, 2006, which
will be the two year anniversary since Summer's disappearance. Please
check back with this website and with Achieve Foundation for more
information as it becomes available.
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