Every little bit counts!

Once again, the Amber Alert system (named after Amber Hagerman) that is utilized in Canada has worked to help the helpless; a young child.

In this case, it was a six-week old baby girl that was abducted by her mother, former model, Playboy playmate, really bad B-movie actress and mental patient, Lisa Heughan. The abduction, while bad on its own, casts a very bad light on the abilities of the Children's Aid Society to protect the children in its care. You see, the baby was being visited by the mother AT the CAS office and she walked out with the child from there and took off.

Thankfully, this story has had a happy ending as the child was found fairly quickly thanks to the Amber Alert being issued; mom was arrested and charged with abduction.

So, the link in this post will take you to a site I saw on the awful CTV News (I was surfing, leave me alone). The site has code that i hope you will add to your own websites and blogs. It is a ticker tape script that will display current Amber Alerts for all of Canada and it also allows others to get to that site from your ticker.

Finally, if you look in the right column on that site, you will also see that a new addition to the alert system will be starting soon. Alerts can now be sent to you phone, blackberry, email inbox and pda (if so equipped). It may seem like another text nuisance but it is a small price to pay where the reward could literally be the saving of a young life.

I hope you will join me in supporting this effort.

Peace, Love and Happiness to all.

CodeAmber.org - The Web's Amber Alert System