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Originally Posted by villagetinker
OP, I guess that I missed something, but can you provide a short discussion to why this is on TOTV, and why I should care? There are multiple websites and organizations to provide information to victims of crimes, and several local resources, so I do not understand this post. Also, what is the 224 613 project that is constantly mentioned?
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I have been on Talk of the Villages since July 2007 and have mentioned my connection to the 2-24-1976 murder of my then Earl Wooster High School English teacher's daughter Michelle Mitchell often on TOTV.
You only need watch the Evening News to see that the needs of victims/survivors of crimes change with technology, world affairs, etc.
As to why this is important to people who live in the Villages? Check your local libraries web-sites as well as those of the Marion, Lake and Sumter County Sheriff's Offices. How many quick links do they have to the Florida Victim Services Directory and stuff from the National Alliance on Mental Illness? These say that victims/survivors are welcomed here, in essence.
And, of course, there are many victims/survivors sites out there. That's not the point. The point is how connected to the community these libraries and the sheriffs' offices are.
And there are many people who are still not all that computer savvy and rely on public libraries, 911, 411, and other points of access to practical information.
I have been working very hard on Facebook to make connections between various groups.