National Missing Children's Day

National Missing Children's Day Event

In recognition of National Missing Children's Day, May 25, 2024, the Oregon State Police Missing Children/Adults Clearinghouse is sponsoring an awareness event to provide resources for parents, guardians, and child caregivers.

When: Saturday, May 25, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Capitol Mall Park in Salem (north end of Center St. NE between Winter and Capitol Streets)

What: OSP representatives and partner agencies will be on hand with activities and giveaways

The event will include informational booths from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Safe Oregon, OSP's Missing Children/Adults Clearinghouse, and Search and Rescue.

Attendees can pick up free identification and DNA kits, visit with a police search and rescue K-9, and tour OSP's new command vehicle.

Poster Contest

National Missing Children's Day Poster Contest is an annual event held in conjunction with National Missing Children's Awareness Day observed each year on May 25th since proclaimed by President Reagan in 1983 in memory of Etan Patz, a 6-year-old boy who disappeared from a New York City street corner on May 25, 1979. Read Etan Patz's story.

The Missing Children's Day Poster Contest allows schools, law enforcement, and other community organizations to engage children and their parents in discussions about child safety. All 5th-grade students are eligible to submit a poster for the contest. One winning poster is chosen in Oregon each year, and the winner's class will receive a pizza party and an award ceremony.

Lillian, a fifth-grade student from the Philomath School District, was the 2024 Oregon poster contest winner. Congratulations, Lillian!

In 2020, Oregon's winner, Elliana C., also won the national contest. Her poster competed with posters from across the nation.

2020 Missing Children Poster Contest Winner a.jpg

Contact

Missing Person Clearinghouse

To report a missing person call the law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction in the area the person is missing from.

For questions, or if you know the location of a missing person, call or email:

Phone: (503) 378-2311

Toll Free: (800) 282-7155

ospmissingpersons@osp.oregon.gov