Families of the Missing: Start With Our Benefits and Services
Be sure to visit our benefits and services page to see how we can help. Project Jason offers and special family member forum "Healing Harbor" and annual "Keys to Healing Retreat".
Project Jason in Action
Miles for the Missing
September 13, 2009
Project Jason hosted the Sixth Annual Miles for the Missing. Participants bicycled or walked the lovely park paths.
Current Campaign
No Family Left Behind - Keys to Healing Fundraising Campaign
Help us ensure no family is left behind for the 2010 Keys to Healing retreat. The Keys to Healing Campaign begins October 6, 2009, the sixth anniversary of the founding of Project Jason. It will end December 31, 2009.
To learn more about the Keys to Healing Fundraising Campaign, visit our No Family Left Behind page.
Contact Us
Project Jason
P.O Box 3035
Omaha, NE 68103
Phone: 402-932-0095
E-mail: information@projectjason.org
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Project Jason Mission Statement
Our mission as a non profit organization is to create and increase public awareness of missing people through a variety of outreach and educational activities. Project Jason seeks to bring hope and assistance to families of the missing by providing resources and support.
About Project Jason
Before June 13th, 2001, we were just an ordinary family living a peaceful, happy existence. My husband, Jim, and I worked outside the home, spent time with our two wonderful sons, attended Mass every Sunday, and enjoyed the company of family and friends. On that fateful Wednesday, our lives changed forever. Our family unit was brutally ripped apart when our oldest son, Jason, then age 19, disappeared without a trace from our driveway.
Learn more about Project Jason.
Recent News
Family Media Assistance
We are pleased to announce a new service exclusive to Project Jason Families! The service is Project Jason Family Media Assistance, which includes information designed to bring the families we service increased success in getting media attention for their loved ones. In this new service, located in the families-only forum of our website, we'll present means of awareness from various sources, such as media outlets, other trained and ethical nonprofits, and from Project Jason. Press release templates, suited to a variety of occasions, detailed advice about working with the media, and suggestions about approaches that give families the best possibilities of a story written about their missing loved ones are presented. We're always looking for new avenues of awareness for our missing loved ones, so families will want to check back here regularly. Read more
Project Jason Makes the Front Page on CNN.com
Missing teen's parents help other families cope - updated 4:39 p.m. EDT, Mon September 28, 2009
(CNN) -- When their 19-year-old son, Jason, disappeared eight years ago, any concept of a normal life ceased for the Jolkowski family.Kelly and Jim Jolkowski and their other son, Michael, believed at first that Jason would walk through the front door of their Omaha, Nebraska, home at any moment. Now, every time a body is found somewhere, the news sets their hearts pounding.
Read the full article at CNN.com.
No Family Left Behind Fundraiser Begins
Project Jason's goal for the 2nd Keys to Healing Retreat is that there will be no fee for the families who attend. The retreat, and all it offers, is the best life training offered anywhere for persons living with the ambiguous loss of a child or adult loved one. We need your help to reach this goal and give the Keys to Healing to those whom we serve. Find out more about this very important campaign.
Featured Missing Adult
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 150 lbs.
Hair Color: Gray
Eye Color: Green
David, then age 69, was last seen on 4/16/2006. He on a property in Westport, CA. According to his family, he was there to pick up a truck. Neighbors told family members that they heard gunshot fire at about 2-3am that morning. David usually wears jeans and a t-shirt. He may have been wearing a hat and leather jacket. He has diminished hearing and a heart murmur. If you have any information about David, please call the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office at (707) 467-9159..
Featured Missing Child
Sharnecia Frazier
Height: 5' 8 "
Weight: 250 lbs.
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Sharnecia, then age 15, was last seen at home on 1/14/2005. She has pierced ears. She was last seen wearing a white top, red capri-style pants, and white Nike tennis shoes. If you have any information about Sharnecia, please call the Montgomery AL Police Department at (334) 240-2600.
Always Remembered
Paulette Jaster
Height: 5' 4
Weight: 115 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Paulette, then age 25, was last seen on 5/05/1979. She left Michigan and was last seen headed toward Hwy 69. She was sighted in Mesa, AZ during 1980. She has a medical condition and needs medical attention. She has a scar on the crown of her head, a gray mark from a pencil lead embedded on left cheekbone below her eye. If you have any information regarding Paulette's disappearance, please call the Michigan State Police at (810) 732-1111.