Steven and I still struggle daily longing for answers about our son. We have also been blessed that so many people have came together and helped us. We see how important that is and with out it early searches, media attention and massive flier posting would not of happened. We have talked about being able to help others and have started the Justin Time Foundation. We have put together some information on why we started The Justin Time Fondation and some of the services we will provide. This our initial information to why we want to help others and what we will be helping others with.

About the Justin Time Foundation

On November 2, 2007, 18 year-old Justin Gaines disappeared from Duluth, Georgia. On the night he went missing, he met friends at a local nightspot (for ages 18 and up), and was last heard from via cell phone while attempting to find a ride home. While the search is still actively open, and hope still abounds, local authorities, family and friends believe that Justin may have been robbed, and subsequently left at the spot in which the crime took place.

During the first weeks, the family faced the most difficult times of their lives. Because nothing can prepare you for this, you learn ?as you go? what to do and how to maximize search and funding efforts. However, perhaps one of the most daunting elements to their overall efforts was that fact that Justin was 18 years old, and therefore no longer considered a ?youth?. Forget that fact that he had just gone off to college, and that he came home most weekends to be with his family. Forget that he had only been out of high school for 6 months. In the eyes of the law, he was an adult, and therefore, the efforts to find him were much more minimal in scope. Because Justin disappeared from a ?nightspot? where most college kids his age still spend their Thursday nights (the club?s slogan for this weekly event is ?18 to party, 21 to drink?), there was also an air about the investigation that suggested he left on his own accord or ran off after a late night out. Despite family and friends testimony to the contrary, and despite the fact that his car and wallet were still at home, that ?air? remained well past the first month of the initial police investigation. Once authorities admitted that this was ?no longer a likely scenario?, valuable time had passed.

Thankfully, and despite the lackluster initial concerns of the local county law enforcement agency, this family had a ground swell of support, due in part to the community in which they lived, and due to the huge circle of friends that gregarious and outgoing Justin had formed. National and local search organizations were contacted, community organizers & fundraisers appeared, an unbelievably caring Private Investigator stepped in at no charge, and Justin?s large extended family flocked to Georgia from other states. Although today Justin is still missing, and the search continues, his family feels compelled to help others.

Armed with valuable knowledge and a national network, Erika and Steven Wilson founded the Justin Time Foundation for Missing Teens and Young Adults to both honor their beloved son, and to help others families maximize the first 14 days of an investigation into their missing loved ones.

The Justin Time Foundation Mission and Programs

Our Mission: To provide valuable resources, support teams, and financial aid to families of missing teens and young adults in the initial stages of their search.

Programs Include, but are not limited to:

Support Teams: The foundation will dispatch, to your location, a small team of specialists who bring with them the needed resources to put together your search, media, donations and community outreach efforts. This team will contact national and local teams to begin an immediate grid search effort, while also setting up your outreach, security control and media efforts.

Outreach Training: The support team will identify and train community members to continue in their role after we have left, and will continue to contact you regarding advice and support.

Financial Aid: The Support Team will work within your community, and outside, to aid you in garnering funds and in-kind donations to continue your search.

All programs and Services are free to Families.