Missing Persons and Nonprofit Organizations on Twitter

By on September 12, 2009 in AMW, facebook, Lilly Aramburo, Lucely Aramburo, missing children, missing person, myspace, Online Communities, social networking, Twitter
Do you tweet? I began using Twitter right around the time my good friend Lily Aramburo disappeared, over two years ago. I knew I had to do something. As a Social Media Strategist, I used my know-how to start a blog, created a MySpace for Lily and Facebook Cause, and turned to Twitter to create awareness and to try to get media attention for Lily. I update my network daily, sharing news, Amber Alerts and all types of information related to missing person cases, not just Lily’s case. My content comes from all over the web. My twitter handle is @yogini

Social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace can be very effective in the search for missing children and adults. But Twitter is not a broadcast-only medium. It is a community. Sharing, retweeting and commenting is very important.

Help support the families of those missing one tweet at a time. One Follow or Retweet may help bring a missing person home!

Here’s a list of missing persons and support organizations for families of the missing that tweet:

@FindJennKesse

You’re invited to join the Twitter group for Amber Alerts and news related to Missing Persons. All you have to do is post an update about a missing person and add the tag #missingpeople to your Tweet.

If you’re using Twitter to raise awareness for a missing person or if you Tweet for a nonprofit organization supporting missing persons; please leave a comment with your Twitter handle.

You have the power to get people involved and ultimately generate new leads and public interest for a missing loved one.

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2 Responses to Missing Persons and Nonprofit Organizations on Twitter

  1. John March 18, 2010 at 8:05 am #

    Hi; I tweet about a lots of news issues and other subjects; I do however also RT any missing person details and other charitable alerts.

    Feel free to add me and send me details of what needs RT'ing.

    Word of warning; I unfollow and block spammers, so use me for your good causes

    http://twitter.com/JohnHewitt

  2. Yogini March 18, 2010 at 7:47 pm #

    Thanks for taking the time to leave your feedback and for joining & tweeting about the Amber Alert/Missing Persons Group. All you have to do is add the #missingpeople hashtag to tweets and retweets about missing persons. In addition, (if you're interested) there's a Missing Persons group on Friendfeed, as well. Check it out:
    http://friendfeed.com/missing-persons

    Your compassion makes all the difference…

    Thank you so much

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