Teddy Bear Picnic to Honour Lindsey Nicholls and Promote Child Safety

COMOX, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - July 31, 2013) - Friday August 2nd will mark the 20^th anniversary of Lindsey Nicholls disappearance from the Comox Valley, British Columbia. On the BC Day long weekend on the morning of August 2^nd 1993, Lindsey was last seen on Royston Road heading to the Nautical Day celebration in Comox. Lindsey was last seen wearing blue jeans, a khaki top and white canvas shoes.

The police investigation into Lindsey's disappearance remains active and since Lindsey went missing the police have pursued nearly 350 tips in an effort to determine what happened to Lindsey. Despite the efforts of police and investigators from the Missing Children Society of Canada, Lindsey's family still does not have any answers as to what happened that day.

On Friday August 2^nd in Port Augusta Park, Comox, BC, from 11:00am - 1:00pm, Judy Peterson, mother of Lindsey Nicholls, is having a Teddy Bear Picnic for Child Safety to mark the 20^th anniversary of Lindsey's disappearance. There will be free child safety kits, hot dogs by donation, free face painting and entertainment. Families are encouraged to bring a blanket and enjoy the BBQ, entertainment and to learn about child safety and a National DNA initiative, called Lindsey's Law.

Anyone with information regarding the disappearance of Lindsey Nicholls is asked to contact the Comox Valley RCMP Detachment at 250-338-1321, or the Missing Children Society of Canada at 1-800-661-6160 or tips@mcsc.ca.

For more information on Lindsey's case, please visit: http://www.mcsc.ca/mc_cases/lindsey-jill-nicholls

About the Missing Children Society of Canada

Since 1986, MCSC (www.mcsc.ca) has been reuniting missing children with their searching families through professional investigations, public awareness and family support programs. MCSC is the only non-profit organization in North America that employs an in-house team of former law enforcement to work closely with municipal and federal police agencies nationally and internationally while conducting frontline, hands-on investigative and search activities.