Message from Diane Jenkins:
The Amy St. Laurent Foundation was established in memory of my late daughter who died tragically in 2001 at the age of twenty five. Amy was missing for eight weeks and was found brutally beaten and murdered by a gunshot to the back of the head, the victim of a probable sexual assault. It was at the time I realized we would never see Amy again that I knew something had to be done to try and help keep others from experiencing the horror Amy went through. It was at this time the Foundation came into being.
The Amy St. Laurent Foundation is dedicated to the prevention of violence against vulnerable individuals, particularly women and children. The main focus to date has been offering personal safety and self-defense courses for women through the R.A.D System. The Foundation is currently working on establishing the funding for equipment to implement the RAD Kids program. All instructors are certified volunteers who give generously their time and spirit to make the program work. Funding programs to help keep vulnerable individuals safer will always be the central focus of the Foundation.
In the future, when funding allows, it is the Foundation's mission to serve as an educational resource during a time of personal crisis, such as rape, abuse, missing person or murder. Also to offer endowments for individuals seeking college or post-graduate educations in criminology, forensic or psychological studies based in antisocial behavior that will contribute to the future reduction of violence or to help provide the experts and expertise needed for successful prosecution.
The Amy St.Laurent Foundation
P.O. Box 664
Yarmouth, ME 04096The Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) organization. Contributions are tax-deductable. More information about the RAD program can be found at
www.rad-systems.com
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