Celebrities Join Canon to Raise $50,000 for National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 1998-- Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez Emilio Estévez (born May 12, 1962) is an American actor, director and writer. Biography Personal life Estévez was born in New York, New York, the eldest child of actor Martin Sheen and artist Janet (née Templeton). , Ray Romano Raymond Romano (born December 21, 1957 in Queens, New York) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated, American actor and comedian best known for his starring role on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. , James Worthy Sayers and Others Join Golf Tournament To Bring Attention to Importance of Technology in Search for Missing Children LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 1998--While the technology industry descends on Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. this week for the annual Comdex tradeshow, Canon is kicking off the week by highlighting how technology is making a difference in finding missing children. Actors Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, star of CBS' "Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS from 1996 to 2005. It is one of the most critically acclaimed American sitcoms of its time. " Ray Romano, basketball star James Worthy and football star Gale Sayers Sunday helped raise $50,000 by participating in Canon's Charity Invitational Golf Tournament to benefit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a private, non-profit organization established in the United States in 1984 under United States government mandate. (NCMEC NCMEC National Center for Missing & Exploited Children NCMEC National Concrete and Masonry Engineering Conference ). The tournament was held at Rhodes Ranch Country Club outside Las Vegas and featured more than 100 players including Canon, NCMEC and Canon dealers from throughout the country. The tournament was part of Canon's continued support of NCMEC which this year has included the donation of digital cameras, scanners and Bubble Jet printers to 21 law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). (including the Las Vegas Police Department Las Vegas Police Department has been used in several places including:
The state-of-the-art equipment gives each department the ability to create its own missing children's flyers within hours of a reported disappearance. Previous efforts required a two-to-three-day delay in producing flyers for distribution to patrol officers and throughout local communities. "This golf tournament is both a thank you to our dealers who have supported our program this year, and an opportunity to focus public attention on the role that technology plays in finding missing children," said John Arnos, vice president of sales, Canon Computer Systems. "We've made a commitment all year long to help showcase missing children's photos in advertising and customer literature, and are glad to continue our support of NCMEC with this donation." In addition to the equipment donations and the golf tournament, Canon has been very active in generating awareness nationwide for children who are currently missing. The Canon "Bring Missing Children Home" campaign includes a full-page advertisement showcasing the photos of 30 missing children. This ad has appeared in national publications such as USA Today, Time, Newsweek, People, Entertainment Weekly and PC Magazine since May and has helped contribute to the recovery of nine children. The ad provides information about the work of The National Center and contact information for readers who may recognize the children featured. The Canon Web site at http://www.ccsi.canon.com also carries photos of missing children and information on NCMEC. In addition, callers to Canon's information line at 800/OK-CANON can receive information pamphlets on NCMEC. The Canon "Bring Missing Children Home" Golf Tournament is the first of several activities by Canon in support of The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The company will also be a Cattle Baron level sponsor for the Chili for Children Cookoff coordinated by Micrografx on Tuesday, Nov. 17 as part of the Fall Comdex tradeshow. Comdex is also the culmination of a week-long fund-raising drive involving many of Canon's dealers, including Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Fry's, Sears and Staples to raise funds and awareness for NCMEC and its national efforts to locate missing and exploited children through a national in-store promotion. For every Canon product sold in participating stores Nov. 14-20, Canon will donate $1 per product to NCMEC. About The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a private, nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. . Mandated by Congress and working in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice, NCMEC is the only nonprofit organization provided access to the FBI's National Information Center for the 17,000 law enforcement agencies located throughout the United States in the search for missing children and the quest for child protection. Since 1984, NCMEC has disseminated millions of missing children photographs, handled more than 1.2 million calls through its national Hotline 800/THE-LOST and has played a role in the recovery of more than 40,000 children. NBC News has called NCMEC a "high-tech search network" finding missing children through images and information and demonstrating the power of technology. About CCSI For more than 60 years, Canon has been a leader in visual communications technology. A leader in the small-office/home office (SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. ) segment of the computer peripherals market, Canon has been a pioneer in the industry with products such as Bubble Jet printers, MultiPASS multifunction printers, PowerShot digital cameras, CanoScan scanners and Canon Creative software which give customers and families the power of PhotoRealism photorealism, international art movement of the late 1960s and 70s that stressed the precise rendering of subject matter, often taken from actual photographs or painted with the aid of slides. right at their fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. . As a proud sponsor of NCMEC, Canon Computer Systems is using its technology products to "Bring Missing Children Home." For more information about Canon's program or products, contact 800/OK-CANON or visit the company's Web site at http://www.ccsi.canon.com. |
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