Connections - January 2009 - (Page 5) are pany’s ment – Edited by Jasmine Grimm – PHOTO BY OLE HONGVANTHONG/PHOTOLE PHOTOGRAPHY; ILLUSTRATION BY JEREMY SMITH aul Gayter and his wife, Flora Nicholas have lived every parent’s nightmare; but they leveraged a powerful backlash with their advertising business to help the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Gayter is the president and chief creative officer at Brainwave, Inc. His wife is the chief executive officer. In April 2000, the couple went on a family vacation to the U.S. Virgin Islands. Their 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son came with them. When the family returned home, the girl picked up a copy of the children’s book Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul. The book said kids should alert an adult if they had been abused. The girl went to her parents and told on the 22-yearold director of the resort’s children’s program. Gayter and Nicholas immediately called the police. The call was the beginning of a lengthy battle and the catalyst that prompted the couple to embark on an advertising project with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. “We learned the center wasn’t just a place for missing children. It’s also a place for children who have been assaulted by strangers or family members. From our P http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F3/373/537/474290/ http://www.missingkids.com/ http://www.missingkids.com/ http://brainwaveinc.com/ http://www.photolephotographyjackpot.com/
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