Nov. 29 - Cecilia Zhang

Nov. 29 - Cecilia Zhang is still missing, and despite a city-wide circulation of her picture there seems to be no information that would lead to her return. But people aren't giving up: Hire Performance Inc. has started a fund for Cecilia vowing to raise $60,000 by Dec. 23 to help bring her home. Farid Ahmad, president of the company, said he was prompted to begin this effort through discussions with clients who wanted to do something but didn't know what or how.

If the money is not claimed as a reward within a year, he said, it will be donated to Ontario Child Find and the Hospital for Sick Children.

Hire Performance, which does pre-employment checks for more than 200 clients, will donate 5% of all sales towards the fund, as well as encouraging its corporate customers to donate.

"The day we decided to do this, my son came into our bedroom and gave me $27.38 from his piggy bank," Ahmad said. "That really spurred me on even more."

Anyone wishing to donate to the fund should e-mail cecilia@hire performance.ca or call 905-946-9696.

Who in this city doesn't ache over her disappearance? (Or maybe I should say in North America, because I've received emails from concerned people across this continent with Cecilia's picture and the hot line number.)

Props for Mr. Ahmad for becoming personally involved and for the good people who want do more.

The Toronto police page dedicated to Cecilia, the hotline phone numbers and her photo are here.

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