In 1976 Ms. Friedlander established Lauderdale Publishing and in 1982 began producing business publications, including Business In Broward, and Art Spirit!

She established A Child Is Missing (ACIM) in January 1997, a non-profit Florida corporation created to assist law enforcement in the search/early recovery of missing children, the elderly (Alzheimer’s), college students and the disabled.

She did not experience the anguish of a missing child, but no one in the country was offering a free service to law enforcement and it was needed. That is when she decided to take this on as a mission to help save the lives of loved ones that could not help themselves.

Ms. Friedlander is well known for her extensive participation in the community. Her community involvement includes Fort Lauderdale Kiwanis, past president; Nova Southeastern University Board of Governors for the Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, Broward Woman Alliance, Association for Missing and Exploited Children, board member; Broward Chiefs Association and other groups.

Among many awards Ms. Friedlander has received in recognition of her community service are the Kiwanian of the Year and Distinguish Service Award; the prestigious J. Edgar Hoover Award for Distinguished Public Service, conferred in October 2000 by the National Association of Chiefs of Police; Women In Communications, Woman of the Year 2002 and Women In Distress for 25 Years of Distinguished Service.

On March 25th, 2005, she was awarded Citizen of the Year by the Broward County Sheriff's Office (nominated by Criminal Investigations)

On December 1st, 2005, she appeared on the Montel Williams show and was honored for giving a piece of herself and a special gift – her voice – to make a difference in her local community by the 2005 Voices Campaign.

She has also participated in The White House Conference on Small Business, The White House Conference on Missing and Exploited Children and has been a speaker at various press conferences and television shows for missing children. She participates in the training of law enforcement departments and is called upon for assists in the search for missing children, the elderly and the disabled.
 FUNDING:
Financial support comes from special events, sponsorship, private, corporate donations, state and federal funding. Appropriations from each state are used to help maintain the program in that state.  Please consider ACIM in your funding program

MISSION:
ACIM is devoted to assisting law enforcement in the search and early safe recovery efforts of children / the elderly (often with Alzheimer's) / disabled persons and college students via a rapid-response neighborhood alert program utilizing high-tech telephony systems.