FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 21, 2003

Missing children nonprofit hires Public Relations Specialist

Child Protection Education of America is proud to announce that Daryl Umberger has been hired as a Public Relations Specialist. Umberger has a background in communications that includes experience as a staff writer for Sunbelt Newspapers of Hillsborough County. He previously has worked as a newspaper correspondent in Pennsylvania and has a number of freelance writing credits.

Umberger will assist in the production of the charity’s newsletter as well as its safety and informational literature. He also will manage the organization’s Web site, www.find-missing-children.org, and will assist in coordinating public events.

Child Protection Education of America (CPEA) is a national nonprofit missing children organization based in Tampa, Fla., that assists parents and law enforcement officers involved with missing children cases by offering free photograph distribution. The charity also offers safety education events, including fingerprinting using its state-of-the-art fingerprinting program.

CPEA is the second largest missing children organization in number of registered cases in the country. The organization’s three founding members have over 30 years of experience in the missing children field. The nonprofit focuses on photograph distribution as a way to help in the search for the missing because, according to Department of Justice statistics, one in six children are found because someone recognized their picture.

Contact:
Don Smith
Director of Public Relations
813-626-3001