Do something good with your phone
Feb 8th, 2008 | By Chuck | Category: Public Service… other than throw it out the window.
While out and about today I noticed a billboard advertising Wireless AMBER Alerts. I had no idea this service was available. This seemed like a really good idea so I pulled into the nearest McDonalds off the road and signed up. The signup process is painless and I felt pretty good for having done it.
If you haven’t already signed up for this service, please consider it.
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The AMBER Alert Program is a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies, broadcasters, transportation agencies, and the wireless industry, to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases. The goal of an AMBER Alert is to instantly galvanize the entire community to assist in the search for and the safe recovery of the child.
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Pretty cool. I had no idea about this either. Thanks for the links.
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This is a great idea. I’ll check it out too.
Thanks.
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So, I’m blog hopping along and here for the first time, and I have to admit that as I was reading down (cuz you all seem like nice guys here, and you’re funny), I didn’t actually figure out at first that you were more than one person, and I’m all like “ok, so he has a teenager…and a 4 month old…and a son…and a three year old…and an 18 month old” at which point I started desperately looking for some kind of “About ME” thingy because I figure any Dad with that many kids spread so far apart must know some things I don’t, and besides my morbid curiosity to find out just exactly HOW MANY kids that dad had (like, were there more that just didn’t get mentioned in those few posts I read?) Seven seemed like a good guess… And then I figured out there were three of you. And it made a lot more sense. And even though I’m slightly less impressed than I was a couple of minutes ago, I still look forward to coming back here.
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Thanks for the link. It’s a good idea.
Blog hopping–HP
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I need to check this out. We’ve got some billboards on the interstate loops but I’m unsure about the phones.
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This is a great idea. I haven’t heard of it before, either. Wish I’d included it in the post on my blog today about cell phones and teens. Think I’ll do a follow up blog in a couple of weeks and link it back to your post today, if that’s okay with you?
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That is a great idea. Thanks for the heads up!
Happy Blog Hopping,
Anastasia Beaverhousin
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@Courtney, Sarabeth and Ed - I’m glad you found this useful.
@MartiniTime - Yeah, there are a few of us. I don’t think everyone gets it either.
Thanks for the visit and commenting!
@Anne - Thanks for stopping by and commenting! We wouldn’t mind at all if you linked back in your follow up post. I have teens with cell phones too so I’m gonna head over to your place right now.
Great to know this! We’ll be signing up. Thanks for the heads-up.
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Jessica Lunsford was abducted and murdered not too far from where I live in Florida. This is a powerful tool and so easy to sign up for.
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hi chuck, good mornin! there is this tag: TO CANE OR NOT TO CANE going:
http://midlifedancing.blogspot.com/2008/02/to-cane-or-not-to-cane.html
I am wondering how this tag is received out there in the US. In most Asian countries generally believest that to cane is part of discipline. i wonder what’s your side on this. pls drop me a line at my blog if you have done this. Your co authors may do the same tag if they are interested.
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[...] of me in the form of a meme. The meme is simply, "To cane or not to cane". Below is a comment Arlene left pointing out the tag. [...]