Family, friends and concerned Chicagoans will be joining Sharnette Woods, mother of missing 13-year-old Roseland resident India Woods, May 5 for a brief prayer vigil and then distribute flyers Saturday in efforts to find the African American youngster. India was last seen April 22 and this Sunday would be the second week anniversary of her disappearance.
This gathering hopes to bring attention to India’s plight and distribute information to help bring her back into the loving arms of her mother and family. Volunteers are asked to join the effort and wear white as a sign of the hope we have in bringing India home safely.
According to the Center for Missing & Exploited Children, some 800,000 children go missing every year and one-third of those children, about 260,000, are African American children. “People often wonder what to do in a situation like this, we say come out and help,” said organizers of the vigil and flyer distribution effort.
The vigil will take place Saturday, May 5, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and kick off from 10555 S. Eberhart Avenue, the Woods home. India was last seen by her parents between about 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and 6 p.m. at home. She had attended church that day and was spending time between home and a friend’s house just four doors away.
INDIA’S DESCRIPTION: India is a light-skinned Black girl, about 4’11 to 5 ft. tall, weighing about 150 lbs. She was wearing a white shirt and green and white hospital stirrup pants. A photo of India is posted on the web at http://findindiawoods.blogspot.com.
Please come out and help! Sharnette Woods, India’s mom, can be reached directly at 773-418-4189, or contact Richard Muhammad at 773-616-5058.
This gathering hopes to bring attention to India’s plight and distribute information to help bring her back into the loving arms of her mother and family. Volunteers are asked to join the effort and wear white as a sign of the hope we have in bringing India home safely.
According to the Center for Missing & Exploited Children, some 800,000 children go missing every year and one-third of those children, about 260,000, are African American children. “People often wonder what to do in a situation like this, we say come out and help,” said organizers of the vigil and flyer distribution effort.
The vigil will take place Saturday, May 5, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and kick off from 10555 S. Eberhart Avenue, the Woods home. India was last seen by her parents between about 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and 6 p.m. at home. She had attended church that day and was spending time between home and a friend’s house just four doors away.
INDIA’S DESCRIPTION: India is a light-skinned Black girl, about 4’11 to 5 ft. tall, weighing about 150 lbs. She was wearing a white shirt and green and white hospital stirrup pants. A photo of India is posted on the web at http://findindiawoods.blogspot.com.
Please come out and help! Sharnette Woods, India’s mom, can be reached directly at 773-418-4189, or contact Richard Muhammad at 773-616-5058.
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