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This weeks featured member is Tracie Fleischhut the Doe Network's
Potential Match Database Coordinator as well as Assistant Area Director
for both New York and Pennsylvania. Tracie a New York resident is an
integral part of our group who dedicates a great amount of time to the Doe
Network despite being a busy wife and mother to three children.
Tracie
began volunteering for the Doe Network almost two years ago after scanning
the internet for New York unsolved cases, she discovered the case of a
young unidentified female found in Caledonia,NY: Doe Network Case Number
1UFNY and has been hooked ever since. Tracie
has gone out of her way to identify this young woman and her commitment
even led to her creating her own website for
New York
Missing Persons
Tracie's duties as Database Coordinator entail
organizing the data associated with each potential match that is submitted
for review by our members. Currently there are over 2,000 potential
matches in different stages of the process so obviously this is no easy
feat but Tracie does an amazing job and makes it look simple. Not only
does Tracie do a superb job with the databases she also creates "Hot
Cases" pages for the main site and helps out with other projects whenever
she is needed such as the GeoIndex and the new "Project Edan" site and she
has just started helping out with main site updates.
When asked what
keeps her in the group Tracie said "What keeps me here is actually rather
simple. The many unidentified people listed on our site need help. I can
help and I will continue to do so as long as I can. I feel like "The Doe
Network" is the voice for these people. Missing people have a voice in the
form of their family members constantly looking for them, but the
unidentified are often left without someone to speak for them. I have
always volunteered my time to something, this is just such a worthy cause
that I have been hooked on helping it. Even if I play even a small part in
helping just one, then all the time I have spent is worth it. "
Tracie
says volunteering with the Doe Network is something she is very proud of
and that her family is proud of her too, and they should be because her
dedication is inspiring and we would be lost without her! Thanks for all
the great work Tracie!
Author:
Angela Ellis
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