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FAMILIES & FRIENDS OF MURDER VICTIMS, Inc.
(FFMV)
Newsletter December 2012
Thank-you: *Carol Anderson – Website
*Kaiser – Oakland *Avaxat Elementary School- Murrieta
*St. Anthony’s Catholic Church-Upland *Christ The Redeemer Catholic Church
Grand Terrace Portola Community Center- Palm Desert
*San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office of Victim Services/Victim Advocates
*Riverside County District Attorney’s Office of Victim
Services/Victim Advocates
Optimist Club of Redlands, CA
Geezers M.C.
*Family of Kris Flores *Janet Garcia& Barbara Christian
facebook administrators * Ellie Rossi
*Anonymous Donor for sponsoring newsletter for December 2012
I don’t need an Angel on top of my tree,
I already have one in Heaven Looking at me!
Need Someone to Talk To?
* Bertha Flores - Parent - Spanish speaking
(909) 200-5499 (after 3pm)
*Rose Madsen – Parent (909) 798-4803 (after
4pm)
*Maxine Russell – (818) 378-2072
Parent/Grief Counselor
*Dawn Hall - Parent(951) 757-4419
*Mary Stewart -Parent (951 698-5317)
Emergency Consult for Suicidal or Homicidal
Participants
*Linda Atencio -Parent – 760-490-7864
* Ellie Rossi - Parent - 909-810-8133
* Delores Maloy- Parent – High Desert
Contact – 760-530-7027
Families & Friends of Murder Victims: A non-profit organization Dedicated to providing information, support, and friendship to persons who have experienced the death of a loved one through the violent act of murder Share Sorrow….. Share Strength Mission: To restore a sense of hope and to provide a pathway to well-being to those who have lost a loved one to murder and to those who are victims of attempted murder.
Love Gifts
Love gifts are a specific tax deductible donation made to the memory of a loved one’s birthday, anniversary of a death, holiday, or just because which are posted in newsletter. They are also made by caring professionals, organizations to help in the work that FFMV does with victims/survivors. These gifts help with the expenses incurred in reaching out to others and operating expenses. When making out a check, please make payable to FFMV and note Love Gift on
check or envelope. Love Gifts can be mailed to FFMV- P.O. Box 11222 San Bernardino, Ca. - 92423-1222
Join Families & Friends of Murder Victims on
Thank-you
Janet Garcia Mother of Jesse Garcia – 6/10/78 – 6/27/94
Barbara Christian Mother of Terri Lynn Winchell–
4/10/63 – 1/8/81
Riverside Chapter
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 7pm
Avaxat Elementary School, 24300 La Brisas Road in Murrieta, CA
Contact Dawn (951) 757-4419 For directions ask for PJ at-
951-696-1600 x2177 – M-F 9am-4pm (1-2pm lunch)
Colton Chapter
1st Tuesday of every month Christ The Redeemer Catholic Church
Robinson Hall – Room 6 12745 Oriole Ave Grand Terrace, CA
92313 Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Contact person for directions or information Rose – 909-754-6969
NO MEETING FOR DECEMBER see you at memorial
Coachella Valley Chapter New Address
We will continue meeting every
3rd Wednesday of each month
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Portola Community Center Room 2
45-480 Portola Ave
(parking on Shadow Mountain)
Palm Desert, CA 92260
760-568-2560- Call for directions Rose – 909-754-6969 [email protected] Candy- 619-200-0547 [email protected]
December 19, 2012 for a special Holiday
Meeting
Oakland Chapter
Kaiser in Oakland, Howe St. at Broadway,
12th floor Room 1200 East Contact Helene (510) 452-2553
West End Chapter -Bi-lingual
Meets every 2nd
Thursday of every month at 7:00pm-8:30pm
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church Conference Room
2210 North San Antonio Upland, CA 91786 Participants have the option of the
English & Spanish Meeting
Local Grupo Bilingue Los participantes pueden escoger en Inglés o en
Español Se reunen cada Segundo Jueves del mes a las
7:00 p.m. Contact persons/ Personas de contacto:
Rita Marin (909) 215-7063 [email protected]
NO DECEMBER MEETING
Grief Support Group
ALL are welcome at our monthly meetings.
Whether you are a parishioner or not. If you
are suffering the loss of a loved one and in
need to talk to someone, we are here to
listen and share emotions.
Together and with the help of the Lord, we
can help each other heal.
Meetings are held every 2nd
Wednesday of
the month 7 to 9 P.M. ~ Room 8
St. Anthony’s Church 1640 Western Ave.
San Bernardino (909)887-3810
Contacts: Hope Morfin (909)820-6163
Ralph & Arlene Payan (909)887-4387
(FFMV Participants)
Danny & Rose Equihua (909) 887-3744
Birthdays, anniversaries &
holidays -times that used to
mean joy and celebration - can
now be among the toughest
now.
Observe them with care and
simple ceremony to ease the
pain.
Resources and Additional Support Services
San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office
of Victim Witness Centers: San Bernardino
(909) 387-6540
Rancho Cucamonga: (909) 945-4241*
Victorville/Desert area: (760) 552-6994*
Riverside County District Attorney’s Office of
Victim Witness Centers:
Riverside: (951) 955-5450
Murrieta: (951) 304-5680 * Banning: (951) 922-7130
* Indio: (760) 863-8408
*Los Angeles County District Attorney's Victim
Witness Assistance Program offices:
Pomona: 909) 620-3381
*Life.After.Uncivil.Ruthless.Acts.
323-816-9651 www.laurala.org
* WINGS OF JUSTICE – Website
www.murdermislabeledsuicide.com/WingsofJustice
*Women Against Gun Violence – 310-204-2348
www.wagv.org
*www.CrimeVictims.gov—public awareness Web
site
* H.E.A.L. Helping Everyone Acknowledge Loss –
818-378-2072– [email protected]
* Crime Victims United of California – 916-928-
4797 www.crimevictimsunited.com or
* North American Victim Assistance (NOVA)
www.trynova.org
* Victims of Crime Resources Center (800)
VICTIMS
* POMC - (888) 818-POMC www.pomc.org
* Greater Orange County POMC – Marie – 714-999-
7132 – 562-508-2397
* Citizens Against Homicide - (415) 455-5944
* Justice for Murdered Children - (310) 547-1367
* The Crime Victims Assistance Network (iCAN)
Foundation (916) 273-3603
* Memory of Victims Everywhere - (949) 248-5470
* Resource for the Grieving and
Bereavedwww.griefcompanion.com
* Crime Survivors – 949-872-7895
www.crimesurvivors.com Bi-monthly meetings
held in Orange County
* Adela Lavine~Medium: www.adelalavine.com
* MADD – (909) 888-6233
www.maddsanbernardino.org
*JUSTICE FOR HOMICIDE VICTIMS - (310) 457-
0030 [email protected]
* Striving Towards Eradicating Violence In Ennercities
-S.T.E.V.I.E. [email protected]
* www.psychic4themissing.com
*Homicide Survivors Inc.
FFMV Fundraisers Office Depot - Staples – Office Max If you shop at Office Depot or Staples please use FFMV’s Rewards Number for Office Depot which is 1139461170 Office Max – 650756207, Staples- or use just give them 909-798-4803 for all three. We get reward points that help defray the cost of printing, ink cartridges and office supplies.
PLEASE….Don‘t throw away your old ink cartridges! Continue to bring them to us, or take them to Office Max, Staples or Office
Depot and give them 909-798-4803 It’s an easy way to help
FFMV purchase office supplies.
I will light Candles this Christmas; Candles of joy despite all sadness,
Candles of hope where despair keeps watch,
Candles of courage for fears ever present,
Candles of peace for tempest-tossed days,
Candles of grace to ease heavy burdens,
Candles of love to inspire all my living, Candles that will burn all the year long.
December 2012 Birthdays
Andy R. Castro Jr.
Bruce Ridgley
Bryan Stapleton
Christopher Martinez
Dominic T. Reed
Edward A. Ortiz
Franky Mosqueda
Gilbert Rivera
Jacob Eric Jackson
Jacqueline McVoy (Matzke)
Jason Verde
Jennifer LeAnne Balber
Jesus D. Calderon
Marie C. Gonzales
Mark Mireles
Mickey Thompson
Michael Andrew Rosas
Michele Jeanette Carson
Reychell Lujan
Roberto Carlos Davalos
Russell Travis Dorff
Samantha Salas
Sonia Herrera
Tom Myers
Travis Williams
William “Bill” Dyrness
We Will Always Remember You
December 2012 Memories
Alexander Alvarado
Anthony Maldoado
Arturo J. Velazquez
Beatrice Hatfield
Brian Michael Doyel
Bruce Ridgley
Chris Stirrat
Clasten Jr. Vaughn
David Lowe
David Allen Parrish
Dominic Ortega
Ericka Elaine Baker
Henry Vellore Lozano
Janet Heartfield
Jerrick Jay (J-Jay) Richarson
Jerry Angelo Sandoval
Joseph Salazar
Krishana LeAnn Szymanski
Linda Hesse
Michele R. Kriezel
Reginald Reese
Roberto V. Morales
Timothy Hatch
Travis Williams
Nicolas & Emilia Casas
Angelo “EIO” Huerta, Donna Marie Morgan &
Steven Caldera
We Will Always Remember You
LOVE GIFTS In Loving Memory of In Loving Memory of
Michele Jeanette Carson Sammantha Salas 12/22/84 – 11/7/10 12/19/91 – 1/26/08
In Loving Memory David Charles Nystrom – 2/2/64 - 7/27/98 & Lisa Cummings – 11/13/66 – 3/12/11
Brother and Sister in Heaven ….. now together watching over their Mom (Ellie Rossi)
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Donation $_______________
Name (please print):_________________________________________________________________
Address____________________________________City/St.________________________Zip__________
Email address: __________________________________________________________
Your Phone # ( ) ____________________Relationship to Victim: _____________________________
Name of Victim: _________________________________________________________________
Date of Birth: Date of Death: ______________________
Please post my loved ones message and/or picture(s) for the month of: ___________
# of pictures enclosed/attached ____________ Use picture on file_______________
CAMP GOOD GRIEF (SVP)
Camp Good Grief-Special Victims Program (SVP) is a joint effort between the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office Bureau of Victim Services and Loma Linda University Medical Center Children's Hospital. The 3-day grief camp is geared toward homicide/suicide and is for children ages 10-16 who have experienced a violent death in their family. Campers board a bus at the Ronald McDonald House in Loma Linda and head to Camp Cedar Falls in the San Bernardino Mountains for a three-day camp and grief therapy experience. At camp the children participate in game and team building activities and therapeutic group activities designed to help them learn and understand how to cope with the grief over the violent death of their loved one. This camp has been so successful that it has been expanded to include Camp Good Grief - Special Victims Program Teen Retreat. It will be held annually and provides grief services for teens ages 14-18 who previously participated in Camp Good Grief - SVP and whose lives have been positively impacted by camp. It will be a combination of learning advanced grief management skills as well as a training camp for future Camp Good Grief Peer Counselors. Camp is free of charge to all campers and camperships are funded by unclaimed victim restitution. Therapists and interns from Loma Linda Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic, Loma Linda Child Life Specialists and District Attorney's Office Victim Advocates donate their time to the camp. The Bureau of Victim Services and Loma Linda University Children's Hospital have pledged to continue fundraising activities, presentations to service groups, and outreach events so they may continue hosting future Camp Good Grief-SVP programs. Contact: Dorothy Brooks 909-558-4073
COLD CASES FYI
I attended JHV Memorial in April, guest Speaker Frank Girardot, editor of the Pasadena Star News and
senior editor of the San Gabriel Valley Tribune Group announced that he would to publish pictures and
information regarding unsolved homicide cases on the newspaper website. Many families that I know
personally have UNSOLVED cases which have turned to COLD cases…Everyone deserves JUSTICE
If your loved one was murdered in the greater Southern California area and the case is unsolved, Frank
will get it published in the newspaper.
You can check out the Cold Case Project by going to www.PasadenaStarNews.com/coldcases. The
paper also has the project listed on Facebook …
This is a response Frank gave me when I e-mailed him about this project:
Hi Rose,
If I get a photo from a loved one I will post it on our website as soon as I can. Anyone who is interested
can contact me and I promise to get them set up.
Sincerely,
Frank Girardot
911 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91106
626-578-6300 ext.4478
Here is some basic information Frank needs when you send him a picture of your loved one:
Your full name, address, phone(s), e-mail address, Victims Full Name and age at time of murder,
Victims DOB-DOD, your relationship to victim, city where murder took place, any suspects arrested?,
Detective’s name & phone, & short bio on how your loved one was murdered
I encourage you to submit your story if you still have an unsolved case!
Come and Join
Families & Friends of Murder Victims, Inc. to their
Annual Christmas Candlelight/Memorial Luncheon
All FFMV chapter members, their family, children, friends and supporters of FFMV are invited to attend
When: Sunday December 9, 2012
Time: 2pm - 5pm Where: The Diocese of San Bernardino Pastoral Center 1201 E. Highland Ave., San Bernardino, CA. 92404-4641
(909) 475-5300
~FFMV will provide the main course, & beverage, and one ornament for each family ~We ask that you please bring a salad or side dish and dessert to share ~
~ Bring your Loved Ones picture to display on our Memorial Table ~ ~ Each family will receive an ornament in Memory of their Loved One ~
~ Our Loved Ones Slide Show Presentation (send your picture) ~
FFMV will be accepting gifts/toys for our Annual Raffle thru
December 7, 2012, please contact Rose @ 909-798-4803(leave message) or email [email protected] to make arrangements for
drop-off or pick up of gifts.
~ Our Goal is to have all children receive a
special gift at Annual Raffle ~
We are in need of volunteers to help
Set-up (arrive at 1pm), serving food, or clean-up
From Rose Madsen, Editor/Chair/co-founder of the
Colton & Coachella Chapter of FFMV
In Memory of my daughter Jennifer LeAnne Balber 12/02/73 – 11/10/94
A 20yr. old SoCal Gas Co. Meter Reader, Fatally Shot in the Line of Service in Rialto, CA
November 10, 1994, my life forever changed….My Jen would be turning 39yrs old on
December 2nd….
I wish everyone a Happy & Peaceful Christmas and Safe New Year.
Thoughtfully
Rose
Jen-Jen
12/2/73 – 11/10/94
Happy 39th!!
My beautiful Jen…..I can no longer…See you with my eyes…Touch you with my hands…
But I will feel you in my heart….Forever…Love, Mom FFMV is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving survivors of murder victims & victims of attempted murder. Our main purpose is grief support for those victim/survivors. All assistance provided to victims is given free of charge by volunteers. Contributions and/or questions regarding the policies of FFMV may be addressed to: FFMV Executive Board at P.O. Box 11222 San Bernardino, Ca. 92423-1222, e-mailed to [email protected] or phoned to 909-798-4803. FFMV is a tax-exempt organization under the Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Service. Our Organization depends largely upon private donations which will cover operational expenses, Our Annual Family Christmas Memorial Luncheon, and Our Annual Victims’ Rights Week Memorial. We are seeking a sponsor (s) for our events. Please contact FFMV at the above e-mail or phone if you are interested. Tax ID #68-0299211
All Contributions Are Tax Deductible
2013 Participant /Photo Release Form for slide show & picture boards Families & Friends of Murder Victims, INC (FFMV)
Circle one: New Participant ~ Update my information ~ Agency/Non Victim
Please Print
Date________________ Relationship to Victim_______________________
Victim’s First Name_________________________________________
Victim’s Last Name_________________________________________
Date of Birth _____________ Date of Death__________ Solved: Yes ( ) No ( )
Permission to use photo(s): Yes ( ) No ( ) Just add me to e-mail/mailing list to receive monthly newsletter and event information
I grant to Families & Friends of Murder Victims, Inc. (FFMV), the right to use photograph(s) of the above-identified subject. I authorize FFMV to use and
publish the same in print and/or electronically.
I agree that FFMV may use such photographs with or without his/her name and for any lawful purpose, including for example such purposes as publicity, illustration,
advertising, and Web content.
I have read and understand the above.
Name of Agency/Non-Victim if applicable: ________________________________
Signature _________________________________________________________
Print Full Name _____________________________________________________
Address___________________________________________________________
City__________________________________ Zip Code____________________
Phone with area code ______________________________________
E-mail ____________________________________________________________
Mail or e-mail participant/release form to: [email protected]
FFMV ~ P.O.Box 11222 San Bernardino, CA ~ 92423-1222
I have included a picture ( ) Yes ( ) No use the one on file
I have included a $_________ donation for 2013
Thank-you… if you have already sent your 2013 donation
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