We've created the "Adopt A Guardian Angel" exchange to raise a greater awareness of the many thousands of children abducted, missing, abandoned, exploited, abused, neglected and even killed due to some form of abuse each year.

In 1996, approximately 969,000 cases of child abuse were substantiated. Of these, 1,046 children were fatally injured, 581,400 suffered neglect, 222,870 were physically abused, 87,210 were sexually abused, 38,760 were emotionally abused and 48,450 suffered other forms of abuse.

The FBI estimates that approximately 850,000 cases, or 2,300 cases per day, were reports involving the disappearance of a child in 1996. While over 99% of the cases of missing children were resolved, nearly 2,000 cases in 1996 have yet to be resolved. This may seem to be a small amount, but one child is one too many, especially if the child is your own. These cases now join the ones unsolved over the past years, and the families are still waiting, wanting to know what happened to their children. Please adopt a "Guardian Angel" and display it until all of these cases are solved, and maltreatment of children is a thing of the past.

Each tiny "Guardian Angel" you find placed upon this page will represent a child from one of the above categories. It will also be a link to another site which has proven to be worthy of displaying one of these very special "Guardian Angels" upon it.

We are not currently accepting new applications to Adopt A Guardian Angel until we catch up with updating the site. We will resume this again shortly. Thank you for your patience and please check back soon.