The family and friends of Jesse Farber, a Tamaqua man who has been missing for almost a decade, will never give up the hope of finding him.

They’re organizing search parties today and Sunday, and are asking the community to help with their efforts.

Searchers will meet at 2 p.m. today at the Tamaqua Area High School, 500 Penn St.

Tammy Bachert and her daughter, Rachel Carroll, who is the mother of Farber’s two children, will join with Frank Wesseling, founder of the Advocacy for Closure Foundation, and other family, friends and community members in the search.

“My daughter (Carroll) is literally working on this case on a daily basis — anything she could possibly do,” Bachert of Tamaqua said. “It’s nine years and she will never give up. She needs answers and, most importantly, answers for their children, who suffer daily with his disappearance.”

Farber disappeared on Aug. 11, 2015, shortly after he made a frantic phone call to Carroll for help. He was last seen around 7:20 p.m. when he was walking on the “S curves” toward Tamaqua from the Lewistown Valley.

Before his phone died, he told Carroll that he was on the mountain behind the Tamaqua Area High School. He was never heard from again.

Despite search efforts in the hours, days, weeks and months after his disappearance, he was never found.

“I’m never gonna stop looking for Jesse because he is such a big part of my life and who I am. He still is, even though he is lost,” Carroll said. “When he went missing, my entire life and world flipped upside down and I still struggle trying to find my way in this world without him in it. We were very close and did everything together. His disappearance still feels so surreal to me. I spend every day trying new things and reaching out to anyone I can for help.”

Wesseling, who is supporting the search, noted that a new lead was recently uncovered, and that it involves phone tracking and some points where Farber might have been.

Search volunteers are asked to dress appropriately for outdoor conditions, and to wear sturdy shoes and to bring water. They’re welcome to participate for one or both days. For more information, or to volunteer, email unresolvedcrimes131@gmail.com, call 1-989-576-0301 or visit advocatesforclosure.wildapricot.org.

Bachert said it’s difficult to find the words to tell how devastating Farber’s disappearance has been.

“It has literally changed our entire lives — daily and long term. The heart-wrenching days and nights of not knowing what happened, or where he is, is the worst kind of pain,” she said. “Our entire family aches for answers and hopefully healing and peace.”

Farber, she said, was a partner, a father, a friend and a loved one.

“He had a life, a family and hopes and dreams for the future,” Bachert said. “He was and is important to us. But most of all, his children. They lost him at very young ages and it affects them in multiple ways on a daily basis.”

The children, she said, deserve to know answers and have him come home.

“They deserve to heal and find peace with it all,” she said.

Carroll said she simply wishes to bring Farber home.

“And I’ll do whatever it takes to make that happen,” said Carroll, who also advocates for others with missing loved ones. “I’m hoping with new leads and tips that we are getting closer to what happened to Jesse the night of his call for help.

“It’s hard to think about that call, knowing how afraid he was and still not being able to find him.”

Anyone with information on Farber’s disappearance should call Tamaqua police. Farber’s case was highlighted recently by the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers, with billboards detailing his disappearance being placed at multiple locations.