Friday, June 24, 2011

Can you get here? Can you make it happen?

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

June 22 Guest Bloggers

We thank all of you for writing about Lauren and raising awareness. You words continue to touch us and inspire our outreach efforts.

If you are interested in blogging, or if you've blogged and we've missed it-- drop us an email at newsonlaurens@gmail.com.

http://dkosak.blogspot.com/2011/06/please-help-with-any-information-on.html
http://thenutrisystemjourney.blogspot.com/2011/06/completely-off-topic-help-find-lauren.html
http://shannonmiranda.blog.com/2011/06/22/20-days-later-20-year-old-iu-student-still-missing/
http://speakupforlauren.tumblr.com/
http://www.mswiggie.com/uncategorized/missing-daughters-and-sons
http://maloriejanasek.com/

And someone else created their own event on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=218039308236099
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20 tweets on Day 20 for Lauren.

Day #20. Can you send out 20 tweets? 

Here's what to tweet: 

20 yr. old student, missing since 6/3, HELP #FindLauren, http://twitpic.com/5b16w5, follow @NewsOnLaurenS, findlauren.com

Who to send it to?
  1. Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) 
  2. Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow)
  3. CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) 
  4. Britney Spears (@britneyspears)
  5. Barack Obama (@BarackObama)
  6. Twitter (@twitter)
  7. John C. Mayer (@johncmayer)
  8. Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah)
  9. Ryan Seacrest (@RyanSeacrest)
  10. Jimmy Fallon (@jimmyfallon)
  11. Lady Gaga (@ladygaga)
  12. Justin Bieber (@justinbieber)
  13. Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian)
  14. Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13)
  15. Katy Perry (@katyperry)
Also, we'd like to get the following to cover Lauren's story:
Nancy Grace: @NancyGraceHLN
The View: @theviewtv
Live with Regis & Kelly: @KellyRipa

*Yes, we've gotten Ryan Seacrest to do it before, let's see if we can keep him talking about it.
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What can you do to help today?

15 Tips to Help #FindLauren

Tip 1: Tweet Lauren's info out to your followers... again. feeds move quickly, tweets get lost. Tweet this: 20 yr. old student, missing since 6/3, HELP #FindLauren, http://twitpic.com/5b16w5, follow @NewsOnLaurenS, findlauren.com

Tip 2: Tweet 5-10 high profile people from this list and ask them to RT her info: 
  1. Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) 
  2. Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow)
  3. CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) 
  4. Britney Spears (@britneyspears)
  5. Barack Obama (@BarackObama)
  6. Twitter (@twitter)
  7. John C. Mayer (@johncmayer)
  8. Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah)
  9. Ryan Seacrest (@RyanSeacrest)
  10. Jimmy Fallon (@jimmyfallon)
  11. Lady Gaga (@ladygaga)
  12. Justin Bieber (@justinbieber)
  13. Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian)
  14. Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13)
  15. Katy Perry (@katyperry)
Also, we'd like to get the following to cover Lauren's story:
Nancy Grace: @NancyGraceHLN
The View: @theviewtv
Live with Regis & Kelly: @KellyRipa

Yes, we've gotten Ryan to do it before, let's see if we can keep him talking about it.


Tip 3: Tweet/write/call your local media and ask them to cover/keep covering the Lauren Spierer case to . Ask why they aren't covering this story if not. Tell them you want to hear more about it.

Tip 4: not your thing? Close to ? Arrange days off, assemble a team and come here! Here's how to become an official "Find Lauren Search Organizer": http://newsonlaurens.blogspot.com/2011/06/will-you-become-find-lauren-search.html

Tip 5: Consider donating to help fund the search. $5, 10, $25, anything helps: http://www.iuhillel.org/lauren_donate.php  Without funds, the search can't go on.

Tip 6: She could be anywhere. People MUST see her. Consider changing your photo on your social media sites to:  http://twitpic.com/5842fw

Tip 7: Pass on reward information, $100k and remind people of the anonymous tip line: (812) 339-4477. New PO Box for anonymous information (Set up on June 22): The address is Find Lauren, P.O. Box 1226, Bloomington, IN, 47402-1226.

Tip 8: Have you shared Lauren's pict. w/the people you work with? Print out her poster, show it to all.

Tip 9: Do you have a blog? Blog it. Do you read blogs? Request your favorite bloggers to blog it. More info here: http://newsonlaurens.blogspot.com/2011/06/looking-for-bloggers.html

Tip 10: #Facebook your thing? Post Lauren's poster on your page. Ask others to do the same: http://twitpic.com/5842fw

Tip 11: Can you put her poster in your car window? At your local coffee shop? Ask pizza places to stick it on their deliveries?!

Tip 12:  Ask businesses to help. Do you have media/PR connections? Can you call them?

Tip 13: Organize a #FindLauren fundraiser. We've seen everything from T-shirts for Lauren to Smoothies for Lauren. Anything raises awareness and funds to help them continue the search.

Tip 14: Ask the businesses you do business with to donate 10% of their proceeds to the search to findlauren.com.

Tip 15: Follow @NewsOnLaurenS for the latest updates.

What have you done to help #FindLauren. Let us know: newsonlaurens@gmail.com.
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Author, Nicholas Sparks tweets to help #FindLauren.

Every day, thousands of people are tweeting to help #FindLauren. Today, Nicholas Sparks has joined the effort. These tweets are vital. Twenty minutes after Nicholas Sparks tweeted, followers were climbing by the hundreds and tweets were averaging over 13 tweets/ per minute. Incredible.

Then, @NewsOnLaurenS was contacted directly by Nicholas Sparks. We are grateful for his interest in helping out the Spierer family as much as possible. 

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June 22, info from a.m. press briefing

 (Via IDSNEWS.COM)

Post office box set up to collect tips for case of missing IU student Lauren Spierer

Story ImageBy Alex Farris | IDS
POSTED AT 01:18 PM ON Jun. 22, 2011  (UPDATED AT 01:53 PM ON Jun. 22, 2011)

After Bloomington Police Department Capt. Joe Qualters said the police are still in the information-gathering stage for the case of missing IU student Lauren Spierer, her mother, Charlene Spierer, provided one more way to collect that information.

“I am extremely disappointed by the fact that only one of Lauren’s friends have called the Bloomington Police Department with any information,” she said before providing a post office box address for people to put anonymous tips.

The address is Find Lauren, P.O. Box 1226, Bloomington, IN, 47402-1226.

“You can’t get much more anonymous than that,” Charlene said.

Qualters and Lauren’s father, Robert Spierer, both said that searches for Lauren, who went missing Friday, June 3, will continue. Qualters said that after meetings on Monday, law enforcement and others will keep searching at least through the weekend.

Qualters denied that there is a “mystery person” in any video that the police have analyzed, referring specifically to someone seen near the intersection of 10th Street and College Avenue.

“There is no one depicted in that video that is not already known to investigators,” he said.

Qualters said the BPD has interviewed nearly everyone on the second level of sources in the investigation and they have reviewed about 300 hours of video.

“This investigation is very much an ongoing situation,” Qualters said, despite less frequent press briefings and less information in those briefings.

He added that there is a lot of behind-the-scenes work still going on. He would not discuss that work because BPD had already established boundaries that it would not cross with the media.

“There is an investigative plan, there are people to be identified to be interviewed, and they stick with that plan,” Qualters said. “I’m going to have to leave the theories to the investigators.”

Robert  put out another call for volunteers to gather at McNutt Quad any time between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. There were just less than 50 searchers Tuesday and about 30 early Wednesday searching land around Bloomington and in the northern part of Monroe County.

“There’s just so much to cover that everyday, we could use a little bit of help,” Robert said.

“This has become our normal,” Charlene said during her statement. “I don’t even know what life was before June 3.”

She described the call from her husband on that day. She was visiting family when Robert called her.

“Char, it’s Lauren,” Charlene reported Robert as saying. “She’s missing.”

Charlene asked why only one friend had called BPD with information.

“I guarantee you, Lauren would have been the first to call,” she said.

Audio from this morning's press brief can be heard here: http://idsnews.com/news/multimedia/media.aspx?id=39645&type=M

Full article here: http://idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=81973
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

June 21 Guest Bloggers

Today, we had 14 guests bloggers out writing about Lauren to help bring her home. Each one is personal, motivating and helpful in the search to #FindLauren. Please take time to read them and send us your own blog, if you've written one. 


Blog links from June 21:
(If you've blogged and we've missed it, or if you'd like some information to help you blog, please send us an email: NewsOnLaurenS@gmail.com.)



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