About the Molly Bish Foundation

After the disappearance of Molly, the small community of Warren struggled with the loss of innocence and the fear of evil.  The thought that an abductor could be living among them created the need to provide safety and awareness to the children and families in their community.  At a gathering around the Bish's kitchen table, the Bish family and friends began to plan the first "Safety Day."  The spirit of Molly's love gave the Bish's courage and a voice to bring safety awareness and prevention to all children especially the missing and exploited.  This began The Molly Bish Foundation and Life "Guard" Center.   At the first safety event, they provided over 1,400 free child ID kits to the children of Warren and West Brookfield.  Since that time, the Molly Bish Foundation has gone out to thousands of safety events and provided over 165,000 free digital pictures and fingerprints in the highly recognized blue and yellow "Molly Bish" Child Identification Booklets.

Magi and John's roles as activists grew.  They established the First Massachusetts Missing Children's Day, and have continued to honor those missing and the families missing them for the past 10 years.  They were instrumental in bringing the "Amber Alert" to Massachusetts.  They continue to serve on the National Amber Alert Committee and helped with the passage of the "National Amber Alert."  They have been aggressive in legislative movements locally and nationally. They assisted in the passage of the Joanne and Alyssa Bill, the Sexually Registry Act, and the Statue of Limitation of Sexual Crimes, along with the Crimes against Children Bill.  On the National level we have acted for the passage of the Child Protection Act and Adam Walsh Bill.   They are currently in support a National Sexually Registry Bill and DNA Database.

Both, Magi and John hold honorary Doctoral Degrees from Anna Maria College and have partnered in the development of the Molly Bish Center for Children and Elderly at Anna Maria College, as well as the Molly Bish Institute at Mount Wachusetts Community College.

Magi and John are members of TEAM Hope, serve on the Board of Radkids and are members of Massachusetts Child Sexual Abduction Prevention Partnership. 

They work tirelessly speaking for NCMEC and the OJJDJ as Consultants at numerous conferences and training programs.  John has been a speaker at the National Missing Children's Day in Washington DC, US Dept. of Justice on Missing Children's –DNA Initiatives and Cold Case Training Seminars.  Magi and John were speakers at Child Abduction Response Training Programs.  They travel across America, with the hope that they empower everyone to work collectively in protecting our children.

AWARDS:

Boston Celtic's Unsung Hero's Award, Passionate Award, Red Cross; Award of Heroism, Worcester Telegram and Gazette: Visions Award   

Radkids "Sam Secret Award", Magic Radio; Extraordinary Woman  Courage Award, Massachusetts Status of Woman  Unsung Hero, Knights of Columbus Lantern Award, and People Magazine Hero' Among Us Award.