COMPASSION INTO ACTION

There is no comfort for the families of the 62 woman who have disappeared
from the eastside of Vancouver. But one local family is reaching out to
make a difference, to make sure that another mother or daughter, suffering
from an addiction to drugs, has a way out -- a chance at life.

Leanne Barnard is the sister-in-law of one of those missing women. Julie
Louise Young was last seen in 1998.

In remembering their mother, their sister, their daughter, the family can
only await word as the search for DNA continues at the Picketon farm. There
is nothing that eases the pain of following the slow process of Robert
Picketon's preliminary trial. They struggle with their own feelings of
guilt as they ask if there was anything they could have done to save her.
They comfort and raise her children. With little control over the past and
no control over the legal process, Paul Barnard, Leanne's brother, is
stepping up in the hope that perhaps "another mother will return home."

Legacy House is their dream, and the dream of the Missing Women's Legacy
Society. Their "major objective is to open a treatment center where women
can get the treatment for drug addiction and psychological counselling for
a long period of time," says Leanne Barnard. A treatment center in a rural
setting offering privacy, relaxation and rest.

Her brother, believing in this vision, is raising funds and awareness for
the future Legacy House, on a Cross-Canada bike tour, leaving Newfoundland
on June 13. He hopes to arrive in Hope on August 21.

After stopping in Hope with his sister and brother-in-law for one-day of
rest, Paul Barnard will finish his tour in Vancouver on August 24,
averaging a 135 kilometer per day ride.

With many families in the Hope area being touched by the missing women's
case Helen's $ Sense will be selling t-shirts, on behalf of Paul's ride,
for $15 with all proceeds going to the Missing Woman's Legacy Society.

Barnard is also is hoping the public will come out to cycle with him along
his 7200 kilometers ride, helping build awareness of the need for Legacy
House. To keep in touch with Barnard on his ride his full itinerary is on
the web at www.missingwomenslegacy.ca

Anyone wanting to make a charitable contribution to the Legacy Society can
mail a cheque to the Missing Woman's Legacy Society, 221617 Hinch Crescent,
Maple Ridge, B.C. V2X 7H5.