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Parents Of Murdered Children, Inc. VALLEY OF THE SUN CHAPTER
F “For the Families & Friends of those who have died by violence”
19620 North 38th Avenue, Glendale AZ 85308-2215
Chapter Phone: (602) 254-8818 Chapter E-mail: [email protected]
* National Organization of Parents Of Murdered Children, Inc. (POMC)
4960 Ridge Ave. Suite 2, Cincinnati, OH, 45209 (513-721-5683) Fax (513-345-4489)
Toll Free Number (888) 818-7662
http://www.pomc.com/phoenix/index.html Volume 24: No. 12 December 2015 https://www.facebook.com/pages/POMC-Valley-of-the-Sun/
MONTHLY SUPPORT MEETING
LOCATIONS 4
th Tuesday - Grief Support Meetings
All Meetings Start at 7:00 pm
‹‹‹No Meetings Due to Christmas›››
◄EAST VALLEY MEETING►
Mountain View Lutheran Church
11002 S. 48th
Street, Phoenix AZ
Room #8
(1/2 mile West of I-10 at 48th
Street & Elliot)
Facilitator: Claudia Marco
480-290-3908
◄WEST VALLEY MEETING►
Antioch Church of God in Christ
9600 West Peoria Avenue, Peoria AZ
Family Room
(NW Corner of 96th Ave/W Peoria Ave)
Facilitator: Kathy Hernandez Schofield
623-707-6825
◄CENTRAL VALLEY MEETING►
Mountain View Police Precinct
Community Room
2075 East Maryland, Phoenix AZ
Facilitator: Beckie Miller
623-582-2406
◄SPANISH SPEAKING MEETING►
Queen of Peace Church
30 West 1st Street
Mesa, AZ 85201
Facilitator: Sandy Navarro
480-695-4789
◄◄SPEAKER/INFORMATION►►
MEETING (2nd Tuesday of each month)
*NO MEETING IN DECEMBER but
please join us on December 5 for our
Holiday Memorial Service at Church of
the Beatitudes 555 West Glendale Ave
Phoenix, AZ 6:00 p.m.
Regular Speaker Meeting Schedule
Begins Again on January 19, 2016
Tuesday, 7:00 pm
*** Mountain View Police Precinct
Community Room 2075 East Maryland, Phoenix AZ
(off AZ 51 at 20th Street between Glendale
Avenue and Bethany Home Road -
Across from Granada Park)
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Mail Memorial Page items for “The Journey” by
the 10th
of the month prior to publication month to:
POMC Newsletter
19620 North 38th Ave Glendale AZ 85308-2215
*Please use order form on Page 11
You can also email items to [email protected]
Be sure to place any article or picture in an
attachment, otherwise it can’t be accessed
properly (especially pictures) and may not be
used. Also, be sure to put POMC Newsletter in
the subject line of the email.
CRIME VICTIMS LEGAL ASSISTANCE
PROJECT
Free legal aid to help assert victims' rights
through Arizona Voice for Crime Victims @
(480) 600-2661, P.O. Box 12722, Scottsdale,
AZ 85261 or contact Mary Wallace at
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Dennis G. Pitt, Jr.
December 1, 2001
Arthur Murillo
December 1, 2001
Colin Champlin
December 1, 2010
Antonio Felix
December 1, 2011
Dawn Tucker Subia
December 2, 2001
Christopher Conan Milke
December 2, 1989
Ryan Andrew Osolin
December 2, 1997
Kristen Salem
December 2, 1999
Robert Dawahoya
December 2, 2002
Ernie Gomez
December 3, 2004
Lindsay Key
December 3, 2006
Nicole Glass
December 3, 2010
Douglas Elliott, Sr.
December 3, 2013
Edward “Eddie” Berber
December 4, 2005
John Anderson
December 5, 1991
Douglas Berry
December 5, 2008
Eric Aucker
December 5, 2009
Daniel Encinos
December 5, 2011
David Santiago
December 5, 2012
Angelita Montano
December 6, 2009
Jeremy Reed
December 6, 2009
Briana Naylor
December 6, 2012
Todd Bogers
December 7, 1991
Cory Michael Holmes
December 7, 1991
Greg Glover
December 7, 1993
Tawnya Dawn Knight
December 7, 1996
Ebony & Elijah Robinson
December 7, 2007
Angel Raul Pulido
December 7, 2007
Margret Daphne Dad
December 8, 1989
Margie Mendoza
December 8, 1991
Christopher Baker
December 9, 1988
Jason Quick
December 9, 1997
Rudy Gabriel Padilla
December 9, 2005
Son of Debbi Edwards
December 10, 1991
Jani Helen Martin-Mercado
December 10, 1997
Anthony Carnero
December 10, 2000
Laura Cazarez
December 10, 2002
Brian Farris
December 10, 2010
Tim Garsow
December 11, 1993
Robert Minley
December 11, 1998
Todd Trent
December 11, 2002
Ryan Miller
December 11, 2003
Preston Powers
December 11, 2010
Preston Royal
December 11, 2010
Savannah Katheryn Cross
December 11, 2012
Cody Soneberg
December 11, 2012
Khalli Lawrence
December 11, 2014
Todd M. DeVoy
December 12, 1991
Brent Allen Lorentz
December 12, 1992
Greg Glover
December 12, 1993
Thomas Frazee
December 12, 1994
“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal. Love leaves a memory no one can steal.”
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Continued. . . . .
David Martin
December 12, 1997
Brandon Tomoria
December 12, 2006
Robert “Bob” Pool
December 13, 1996
Jaime Mendoza
December 13, 1998
Angelina Ramirez
December 13, 2008
Angel & Xavier Jaquez
December 13, 2010
Amanda Blaies-Rinaldi
December 13, 2011
Steven Comaduran
December 13, 2011
Eric Peterson
December 13, 2014
Michael Olson
December 14, 2001
Eric Peterson
December 13, 2014
Rylee Thomas
December 14, 2010
James Matthew Werbe
December 15, 1991
Scott Wood
December 15, 1994
Rebbeca Ray
December 15, 1998
Kim Marie Kirchoff
December 16, 1982
Brent Kisto
December 16, 2000
Ruben "Baby" Keahi Hernandez, II
December 17, 2005
Darrin Wayne Hale
December 17, 2005
Weyman Robbins
December 18, 2002
Phillipe Alvarez
December 18, 2007
Kaviahn Van Buren
December 18, 2007
Erica Rodriguez-Johnson
December 18, 2012
David Martin
December 20, 1997
Barbara Jean Tuttle
December 20, 2004
Joelle Morgia
December 20, 2008
Daughter of Mia
December 20, 2011
Robert Charles Hanson
December 21, 2006
Leah Falkins
December 22, 1999
Gabriel Ponce
December 22, 2011
John Sullivan Maddox
December 23, 1992
John Schatz
December 23, 2001
Heather Quann
December 23, 2006
Zachary Rowe
December 23, 2008
Cortny Huffman
December 23, 2014
Julie Freed
December 24, 1989
Christopher D. Parra
December 24, 2001
Christopher Farra
December 24, 2001
Gerald Anthony Lara
December 24, 2004
Paul Anthony Collette
December 25, 1979
Jesus Beltran
December 25, 2004
Jesse Ramirez &
Edwin Pellecier
December 26, 2008
Bret Olson
December 27, 1997
Shamaya Holmes
December 27, 2008
Adam Troy Cooley
December 27, 2010
Tory Randell Hayes
December 28, 2012
Garrett Bardwell
December 29, 1990
Tori Ann Shupe
December 29, 1994
Jennifer & Britteny Price
and Lynn Oliver
December 29, 2001
Brianna Lois Wells
December 29, 2014
Arturo Neri
December 30, 2001
Ron Hermanson
December 30, 1998
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VALLEY OF THE SUN CHAPTER NEWS
TRIAL, JUDICIAL & ARREST UPDATES
• The sentencing phase for the killer of Javier Jaquez, son of Michelle Scott, is still ongoing.
• The trial for the murderers of two-year-old Savannah Cross, daughter of Steven and granddaughter of Cathy and
Norine is set for March 2, 2016.
“Our hearts, thoughts and prayers are with each and every family member as they endure this difficult process.”
IN LOVING MEMORY GIFT DONATIONS (THANK YOU!) (*All donations are tax deductible: Our chapter exists on the generosity of others, grants and fundraisers)
♥ Olga Valenzuela in very loving memory of her daughter, Margie Mendoza.
♥ Don & Beckie Miller in very loving memory of their son, Brian Ray Miller.
♥ Carolee Holbrook in very loving memory of her son, Brett Holbrook.
CORPORATE & OTHER DONATIONS THANK YOU! UNITED WAY (Please Note: the write in number to designate funds to our chapter through your employee
contributions is 0772). You must use this number for designating any funds to go to our chapter. Our chapter name is
not listed except by number.)
AMERICAN EXPRESS - donations from Norma Yanez, anonymous and Lindison Y. Webb in honor of
Del Edward Webb and Tara E. Williams in memory of her brother Kirk Best and mom, Sally Whitney.
COLD CASE REGISTRY FOR HOMICIDES (PHOENIX POLICE DEPARTMENT)
The Phoenix Police Department has a Cold Case Registry on line. The link is
http://phoenix.gov/police/investigations/coldcase/index.html.
COLD CASE REGISTRY FOR HOMICIDES MCSO (SHERIFF'S OFFICE)
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has a cold case registry for any victim, victim's family member, or other lawful
representative of a victim of a cold case who requests to be included in the registry.
Telephone: 602-876-1087. E-mail [email protected]
SPEAKER INFORMATION MEETING: CRIME LAB PRESENTATION
Our speaker meeting this month featured Jody Wolf of the Phoenix Police Department Crime Lab on Forensic
Science. While many of us believe forensics is what television shows like CSI, NCIS, etc., depict, in truth it is
completely different. For one thing, it is a team approach to help law enforcement and lawyers answer the questions
of who, what, where, when and how, and takes much longer than 60 minutes as it does on the shows. Forensic
Scientists are not always police officers and they do not dress sexily! They also do not participate in interrogations
and often testify in court.
Here in Phoenix the Crime Lab has been in a new state-of-the-art building since 2007 and has multiple labs under
one roof. These include Crime Scene Investigation, Firearms, Latent Prints, DNA, Controlled Substances,
Toxicology, Medical Examiner, Digital Forensics (phones, computers, tablets, cameras) and Trace and Arson Labs.
They are a full service crime lab held to high and accredited standards.
Science and technology advances rapidly so preserving evidence is always the goal even for later testing when
technology improves. One way it has advanced is it used to take a blood stain the size of a quarter to obtain DNA
from and now it only takes a drop the size of the period at the end of this sentence. DNA can last for thousands of
years if preserved and because of this, we have had several members’ cases solved after 20 – 38 years in recent times.
The time factor for DNA results vary from state to state and a priority system allows for violent crimes to be tested
before say, property crimes, where no one was hurt.
Sometimes the forensic evidence obtained at a crime scene does not provide answers so those must be found
through the investigative process, hence the team approach. Forensic Scientists rely on science to hopefully find the
answers to who committed the crimes but it is not always that simple.
FRY'S COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM FUNDRAISER FOR OUR CHAPTER
Our chapter is now a part of the Fry's Community Rewards program. If you shop there, you can simply sign up (one
time only) to connect your VIP card and we will get a percentage of proceeds. Just go to http://www.frysfood.com,
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select Register, under Sign In information, enter your email and create a password. Select User Card # and enter your
Fry's VIP number, last name and zip code. Under Select Your Preferred Store, enter zip code of that store. Select
Find Your Store then select Create Account. You will be prompted to confirm your email. Click the hyperlink to
finish creating your Online Account. If you already have an Online Account with Fry's, you can skip this and go to
https://frysfood.com/topic/community?activePage=community-rewards-2. Select Sign In and enter your email and
password. Select My Account and then Account Settings from drop down menu. Click Edit under Community
Awards. Under Find Your Organization, select box next to POMC and enter the NPO number #29432. Save changes
and you are good to go. If you have registered correctly, you should see our organization information listed under
"Community Rewards" on your account summary page. Thanks for your support.
CHAPTER SIBLING COORDINATOR Amanda Harris is our Sibling Coordinator and provides support for siblings outside of meetings. You can reach
her by phone for more information at 623-866-3189 or email her at [email protected]. Amanda lost her
brother Joshua to murder and understands the sibling grief in a way only a sibling can.
AFFIRMATION OF POMC NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
“It shall be the policy of Parents Of Murdered Children, Inc., to provide equal membership/employment service opportunities to
all eligible persons without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status,
parental status, disabilities, membership in any labor organization, political affiliation, and for employment only, height, weight,
and record of arrest without conviction.”
*If you feel you have been discriminated against you may file a complaint with our National Office, 4960 Ridge Avenue,
Suite 2, Cincinnati, Ohio 45209. www.pomc.org (513) 721-5683
To refer a complaint to an appropriate investigating entity:
Office for Civil Rights
Office of Justice Programs
U.S. Department of Justice
810 7th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20531
www.ojp.gov
In order to file with the federal Office for Civil Rights (OCR) two forms must be downloaded from the internet and submitted in
writing to the ORC. The forms can be found at www.ojp.gov/about/ocr/complaint.htm.
Arizona Department of Public Safety
VOCA Administration
Civil Rights Coordinator
PO Box 6638 - MD 1320
Phoenix AZ 85005-6638
(602) 223-2491
www.azdps.gov/services/crime_victims
JANUARY 2016 BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTIONS
At the speaker meeting in January we will have our annual board of directors for your chapter election meeting.
We will have at least one opening for the coming term. Requirements for the board are that it must have been at least
one year since the murder of your loved one and usually it is best if your court proceedings and trial are over with.
Responsibilities of the board are to attend bi-monthly board of directors meetings, usually on the second Saturday of
the corresponding month at 10:00 a.m., as well as helping with all chapter events. If interested in being considered
for the board, please contact Beckie at 602-254-8818 and or email her [email protected].
NEW SPANISH SPEAKING SUPPORT MEETING IN MESA BEGINS IN JANUARY
Beginning the fourth Tuesday in January and facilitated by Sandy Navarro, we will have a new Spanish speaking
meeting for our chapter. The meeting will be held at Queen of Peace Church, 30 West 1st Street, in Mesa.
HOLIDAY PHONE FRIENDS AVAILABLE
With no support meetings until January due to the holidays these persons will be available as phone friends if you
need to talk as we know the holidays can be difficult: Mari Bailey 602-405-7401(anytime) or Mary Wallace 602-448-
9425 before 10:00 pm.
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NATIONAL POMC INFORMATION
☺ CINCINNATI OHIO OFFICE☺ 4960 Ridge Avenue, Ste 2, Cincinnati OH 45209
888-818-7662 Website: www.pomc.org
• SAVE THE DATE: The 30th
National Conference will be held on July 21 - 24, 2016, at the Sheraton Lake Buena
Vista in Orlando, Florida. More information to follow.
• The POMC CATALOG has been added to the home page on the website. Please check out the website
www.pomc.org for our inventory of sale items. Some of the items are new and are available for purchase. Some of
the older items are on sale, as well.
●SURVIVORS NEWSLETTER: The National Newsletter is going green and we are currently in the process of
getting email addresses and switching over. If you do not have a computer or access to one you will still receive a
hard copy if you notify the National Office. There is a lot of time put in to creating, editing and assembling the
Newsletter for distribution thus we will still charge $10 for the subscription. POMC's effort to be more cost effective,
generate some income, and going green make it a logical step to take.
●DONATIONS AND SUPPORT OF NATIONAL POMC: There are many ways to help with much needed funds
for POMC including any items you buy on Amazon.com, as well as if you shop the Kroger Stores. It is very simple
and does not cost you anything and yet your purchase allows a percentage from these companies to go directly to
National. Please go on-line to www.pomc.org and see how you can sign up for this or contact Bev Warnock -
[email protected] POMC Goodsearch donates money to POMC when you search the Internet, shop online or
dine out at local restaurants! Use Goodsearch.com to search the Internet and they donate a penny per search to
POMC. Use Goodshop.com when you shop online and they donate a percentage of every purchase and offer over
100,000 coupons to help you save money too! Sign up for their Good dining program and they'll donate a percentage
of your restaurant bill when you eat at any one of thousands of participating restaurants. It's really easy, it's free and
turns simple everyday actions into a way to help POMC. Please sign up today to help support Parents Of Murdered
Children - POMC. Go to www.goodsearch.com to get started.
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Plus Uber will donate $5 back to POMC. Check out Uber pro tips here: uber.com/features. Promo Code:
POMCORG Sign up Link: Uber.com/go/pomcorg.
● AUTO DONATIONS: We are encouraging all chapters and contact persons to get involved with POMC Debit
Authorization. You can now donate to NATIONAL POMC by setting up an automatic withdrawal from your bank
account to National. Contact National for a debit authorization form. This is a fast and easy way to make a donation
to National to help us help others. Your donation is withdrawn at the same time of the month, each month, and no
amount is too small. We appreciate your help during these difficult economic times.
●PAROLE BLOCK PROGRAM: To date, this program had kept more than 1509 prisoners who committed
murders from being released early. Parole Block was begun in 1990 and all members across the United States whose
loved one’s killer is up for early release/parole consideration can file a petition with National that is sent nationwide
for signatures protesting their release.
SECOND OPINION SERVICES: A program that provides second opinions on unsolved or complicated cases by
a national board comprised solely of experts in the medical, law enforcement and investigative fields.
MURDER IS NOT ENTERTAINMENT (MINE) PROGRAM: Through this program, POMC raises public
awareness to the insensitivity of murder as entertainment through toys, games, murder mystery weekends, drive-by
shooting fashions, serial killer trading cards and anything that glamorizes violence.
BIG TURN OFF: This is an annual event, each January, in which citizens are asked to turn off their televisions for
one evening during prime time hours to protest the violence on television.
MURDER WALL: (A traveling tribute honoring the memories of murder victims). A photo album is also
available with each plaque. Currently, the cost is $75 to add your loved ones’ names to the Walnut Plaques that
comprise the Murder Wall. You have two pages for the photo album to add information, poetry or pictures.
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CHRISTMAS IS THE HARDEST HOLIDAY
(By Darcie Sims)
Why is Christmas the hardest holiday? Is it because of all those traditions that mean so much but NOW lie
broken and empty in my heart? Is it especially hard NOW…because every time I try to roll out the cookie
dough, tears drop in little tiny salt pools on the counter? Is Christmas so hard NOW because of all the tinsel
and tissue? Because of all the crowds dashing madly into and out of stores…buying something wonderful for
someone wonderful? Is Christmas so hard NOW because I don’t need to shop or bake or decorate anymore? Is
Christmas so hard because I don’t have someone wonderful anymore?
It’s been a long time since I endured my first bereaved holiday season. But even NOW, my heart sometimes
still echoes with emptiness as I roll out cookie dough or hang his special ornament on our treasure tree. I think
that hurt will always be with me, but now I know it only as a momentary ache—not like the first year when
grief washed over me in waves hurling me deeper and deeper into despair.
And it’s not like the second year’s hurt when I found myself both surprised and angry that IT hadn’t gone
away YET. I grew anxious about my sanity in the third year when my hands shook as I unwrapped the precious
ornaments. When was I going to get better?!! Was I doomed to suffer miserably at every holiday for the rest of
my life?!!
The year the little satin balls wouldn’t stay on the tree, I gave up. Even the Christmas tree died! As my
daughter and I dragged the brittle (and shedding) mess out into the snow drift on Christmas morning, I knew we
had reached the bottom. He had died, but WE were alive. Had our grief so perpetuated our house, our lives,
that even a Christmas tree could not survive? His death was more than enough…had we lost love, too?
That was the year we began to understand. And that was the year we decided to keep Christmas anyway. So
what if our completely bare tree was stuck in the snowdrift, already waiting for the garbage men? So what if
the cookies were still a bit too salty with tears?
So, in the middle of that Christmas day, now years past, we returned to the forlorn, frozen stick of a tree.
And carefully, we hung the bare branches with popcorn strings and suetballs (not quite the same as satin!). I’m
sure we were a strange sight that afternoon, but with a mixture of tears and snowflakes, we began to let the hurt
out and make room for the healing to begin.
With each kernel strung, we found ourselves remembering. Some memories came with pain. Others began
to grow within us, warming heart-places we thought had frozen long ago. By the time we were finished, we
were exhausted. Memories take a lot of work! At last WE had a tree (although it was not the one we were
expecting); but we had one, decorated with tears and memories, sadness and remembered laughter.
And now we’ve grown older (and maybe a little wiser) and we’ve learned that love isn’t something you toss
out, bury, pack away, or forget. Love isn’t something that ends with death. Life can become good and whole
again...not when we try to fill up the empty spaces left by loved ones no longer within hug’s reach, but when we
realize that love creates new spaces in our heart and expands the spirit and deepens the joy of being alive.
We saved a tiny twig from that frozen tree…to remind us of what we almost lost. That was the year we
chose to let Christmas come back. Now, we don’t have to wait for joy to return. For now we know it lives
within us—where Christmas is EVERY DAY.
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Happy Birthday, My Baby
Brendon Eric Chavez 12/10/1977-10/05/2001
You will forever be in my heart We love you, Son.
Mom & Dad Brendon,
I want to wish you a Happy Heavenly Birthday! December 10th , you would have
been 38 years old! The time, 14 years, has passed without you; it has gone so
fast since you were taken from us! The memories of you are so fresh in my mind,
like yesterday’s! I know you see how much we miss you! I believe you feel how
much we love you! I will always think of you as our angel in the sky! My brother,
fly free and continue to watch over us all! We will see you again when we are
called home. Until then, my brother, I will meet you in my dreams! Loving and
missing you, always.
Sonia
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Margie Mendoza
2/11/72 – 12/8/1991
The grass in Heaven is much greener
The flowers smell of God’s pure love
The sunlit sky is so much brighter
As I spend my days up above
The angels’ wings are white and pure
You’ll stand in awe of God’s bright light
Jesus was there to take my hand
And guide me as I took to flight
I’m filled with happiness and love
My fears and worries are all gone
There is no sadness, pain, or anger
Please know this as you carry on
I will be with you when you need me
I see you in all that you do
I’m proud as you still live your life
As I now live my life through you.
Author:
Fara Gibson
Remembering you, always in our hearts,
Your family,
Mom, Cecilia, Michael, Anthony, Jose, Liz, Johnnie and
your adorable daughter, Angelina
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VALLEY OF THE SUN
BOARD OF DIRECTORS (2015)
Beckie Miller, Chapter-Leader .......... .(623) 582-2406 Don Miller, Treasurer ....................... .(623) 582-2406 Mari Bailey, Co-Leader/Secretary.......(602) 405-7401 Amanda Harris, Co-Leader.................(623) 866-3189 Kathy Hernandez,...............................(623) 707-6825 Tim Osolin ....................................... ..(602) 615-7096 Mary Wallace……………………….…(480) 600-0661 Denise Brewer..…………………….....(917) 696-2928 Angie Saucedo...................................(480) 209-8465 Claudia Marco....................................(480) 634-1424 Arrow McCullough..............................(602) 588-9834 (Volunteers) Carolee Holbrook - Office Assistance Kathy Guzman - Anniversary Note Writer Kathy Hernandez - Facebook Page Coordinator
CONTACT NUMBERS
SIBLING SUPPORT: Amanda Harris is our chapter's
Sibling Coordinator providing support for siblings. Her
contact info is 623-866-3189 or email:
POMC (after hrs V/M)....................(602) 254-8818
Chapter E-mail.……………………. [email protected]
Chapter Fax: ...................................(623) 582-0917
CRISIS LINE/MOBILE CRISIS TEAM
Empact Crisis Line ............................ ..(480) 784-4949
OTHER HELP LINES
Teen Lifeline.......................................…..... ....(602) 248-8336
GrandCare (Grandparents help line) .....(602) 274-5022
Crime Victims Legal Assistance Project (480) 965-5640
MCAO Victim Services.............................(602) 506-8522
Crime Victim Compensation....................(602) 506-4955
♥♥♥ THANKS FOR CARING ♥♥♥ To the Mountain View Police Precinct for donating our meeting room, as well as Antioch Church of God in Christ, Mountain View Lutheran Church, and Trinity Fellowship. To the Department of Public Safety (VOCA), for the grant for our newsletter, and everyone who has donated gifts of their time, talents and energy to our chapter activities. With your help we are able to continue the outreach that is needed by our community.
Memorial Wall Order Form
Please add my loved one’s name to the “Valley of
the Sun Memorial Wall in their Memories.” Each
Nameplate is $10. Our wall is displayed at many
special events across the valley during the year.
NAME__________________________________
Age:___________ Murder date: _____________
Picture Board
___ Check here if sending picture for the picture
board & Holiday Memorial (no cost).
Picture Buttons
___Please make #____picture buttons of my loved
one. (Enclose photo) Each button is 3”, and costs
$5 each which includes postage and handling.
** Send a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope if
you want your photo returned. You may also
e-mail photo to [email protected]
*Make all checks out to POMC
*Mail to 19620 North 38th Avenue
Glendale AZ 85308-2215
“The Journey” Memorial Order Form (newsletter)
Please reserve: □ ½ page (suggested donation of $10)
□ Full pg (suggested donation of $20)
Month you wish memorial to appear in: ________________
Loved One’s Name________________________________
Age _____
Date of Death_______________
YOUR Name_____________________________________
YOUR Phone Number______________________________
YOUR E-MAIL __________________________________
A half page will hold a picture and short poem OR message,
depending on space. If a photo is included, please provide
identification of the person on the back. If you wish the photo to
be returned include a self-addressed stamped envelope, big
enough for the picture to fit in. Unless otherwise specified,
location, size and structure of the text and picture will be at
editor’s discretion and space permitting.
**We also, if space is available, print "Survivor to Survivor"
stories if you would like to send in a one page, single spaced and
typed document. Also, if you have written poetry about your loss
or have a favorite poem to share with others. We do edit for
misspellings and or profanity. There is no charge for these
items, either poetry or shared stories.
*Return this form with your material for The Journey by the 10th
of the month preceding the issue you wish it to appear in; for
example: September 10 for October's newsletter, etc.
*A donation for the memorial page can be made by sending a
check made out to POMC and mailed in care of:
Newsletter Editor
Valley of the Sun POMC
19620 North 38th Avenue
Glendale AZ 85308-2215
Return Address PARENTS OF MURDERED CHILDREN, INC. VALLEY OF THE SUN CHAPTER
19620 North 38th Avenue Glendale AZ 85308-2215 (602) 254-8818
WHY WE ARE HERE: MISSION STATEMENT: “POMC makes the difference through ongoing emotional support, education, prevention, advocacy, and awareness.” VISION STATEMENT: “To provide support and assistance to all survivors of homicide victims while working to create a world free of murder.” This project is supported by Grant No. 2012-VA-GX-0022 from the US Department of Justice - Office for Victims of Crime. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the US DOJ or the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
Parents Of Murdered Children, Inc., is a self-help organization dedicated to the aftermath of murder. The success of its mission depends upon the participation of the families and friends of those lost to murder. POMC number (602) 254-8818
