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NOVA , The National Organization for Victim Assistance, is the oldest national group of its kind in the worldwide victim’s movement.  NOVA’s mission is to promote rights and services for victims of crime and crisis everywhere. They will be holding their 36th conference on August 22-25, 2010 at ...

From the desk of Frankie Morris, of the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office: Last year alone in Louisiana there were 81 fire related fatalities, 49 of those were senior citizens, which means that 40% of those fatalities were senior citizens.  It is with great desire that we can decrease that number and...

The FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS, Communities for a Lifetime in partnership with the Northwest Florida Area Agency on Aging, Inc. will be hosting an Elder Summit on “Consumer Protection – Economic and Consumer Fraud”. This event will be held on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 10:00 A.M until 1...

The Domestic Violence Coordinating Council and the Tallahassee Attorney General’s office, is proud to host an eventful evening with Ms. Carolyn Thomas. (You may remember her and the touching testimony she gave on the Oprah Winfrey show). You are welcome to spend an evening in Tallahassee, Flor...

The Lancaster Police Department’s Crime Victims Assistance Division is hosting its 2nd Annual Crime Victims Awareness Fair on Saturday, April 24, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This event will be held at the City of Lancaster Recreation Center, Banquet Hall, 1700 Veterans Memorial Parkway, Lanc...

I want to thank all of my account representatives that attended this year’s conference. It was a pleasure to meet and greet all of you. For those that could not make if for one reason or another, I enjoyed everything for you and I. A huge thank you to Ed  Hutchison (in photo, James Mosieur ...

Being new to the 911 Cell Phone Bank, this was my first opportunity to attend a national TRIAD conference. This was truly a heart warming , as well as educational experience.  I was only able to attend on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009.  The morning presentation began with the Director of the 911 C...

The National Association of Triads will be having their annual conference in Orlando, Florida at the Doubletree Resort from December 7 – 10, 2009. You are welcomed to join Triad Practitioners, Law Enforcement Personnel, Community Policing and Crime Prevention Officers, Victim Advocates, Social Ser...

Here’s what Christine Mouton, Coordinator of the Victim Services program at the University of Central Florida, has to say about our program. “UCF Victim Services is proud to be a part of the 911 Cell Phone Bank program. This program has provided UCF victims with valuable resources that we wou...

Congratulations to the May contest winner UCF Victim Services. The crew there collected over 250 cell phones during the month of May. Program coordinator Christine Mouton, has been a huge supporter of ours since the beginning. Enjoy Buca di BEPPO! We also want to thank Vanessa Venable the Sales Mana...