Morgan Harrington's parents set up fund to help search

Donations will be used to print and distribute fliers and other material in the search fro the missing Virginia Tech student

By: AP | WSLS 10
Published: November 02, 2009

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - The parents of a Virginia Tech student missing for more than two weeks have set up a fund for contributions to help in their search for her.
A spokeswoman said Monday that Dan and Gil (jill) Harrington are using the donations to print and distribute fliers and other material with a photo and description of 20-year-old Morgan Dana Harrington.
The Harringtons distributed 50,000 fliers at Virginia Tech's home football game last week.
Morgan Harrington has been missing since Oct. 17 when she became separated from her friends at a Metallica concert in Charlottesville.
Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said Monday that police are still getting leads in the case, but they have slowed down.
Lamar Advertising has posted photos of Harrington on about a dozen billboards in Roanoke, Richmond and Fredericksburg.
Roanoke sales manager Ben Anderson said the company works with state police to post photos of missing persons.
The Harringtons said in a statement that any unused contributions to the fund will be given to charities that aid families of missing persons and those with which their daughter has been involved.

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Below is the full statement from Dan and Gil Harrington

We are deeply moved by the outpouring of support we’ve received since our daughter disappeared 16 days ago on October 17 from a concert in Charlottesville, VA.

At the request of friends and supporters, the Harrington family has established the Find Morgan Fund to help in the search for our daughter. The Harrington family will donate any unused funds to charities that assist families of missing persons and causes with which Morgan has been directly involved, including Mental Heath America of Roanoke Valley and OMNI Orphan Medical Network International.

Contributions may be sent by mail to the following address:

Find Morgan Fund
P.O. Box 7588
Roanoke, VA 24019

Contributions may also be sent via PayPal through www.FindMorgan.com.

We are truly grateful for your kindness and we thank you again for all your thoughts and prayers.