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Thousands of people are expected to volunteer with Texas EquuSearch today as the search for Caylee Marie Anthony, the Orange County girl whose disappearance has captured hearts and made national news.

Caylee’s mother, Casey Anthony, 22, was charged with first-degree murder last month in her 2-year-old daughter’s disappearance. She also faces charges of aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and four counts of providing false information to law enforcement.

“This is about Caylee and solely about Caylee,” Miller said. “I want everyone to leave their attitudes and egos at home.”

One bus and two caravans left for the search sites at around 9:30 this morning, with another bus full of searchers lined up.

Upwards of 3,000 volunteers were expected to turn out for the massive operation, but Texas Equusearch confirmed that about half that number helped in the search.

“We are very optimistic. We are only 30 minutes in and we already have a lot of people showing up,” said Mandy Albritton, Deputy Director of Equusearch. “Everyone has a great attitude and they are determined to accomplish the job.”

The volunteers are currently being assigned to team leaders. Each team leader is responsible for up to 20 volunteers. The teams are being dispatched to several hot spots surrounding the Orlando International airport.

“We are going to put all our efforts into to this but at the end of the day it is up to one person and that is God,” Tim Miller said. “If we don’t find her it will not be because we have not tried, it will be because it is not God’s time.”

If you are interested in being a volunteer, you may print out and complete the volunteer registration agreement form which will speed up the registration process on the day of the search.