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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Ind. Courts - "Attorney Donates $20,000 to Purchase Child Identification Kits "
From the NWI Times:
HAMMOND | About 800,000 children are reported missing each year in America - an average of 2,185 each day, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.See also this ILB entry from July 14th.Those sobering statistics and a desire to protect children led Valparaiso injury attorney Kenneth J. Allen and his wife, Nina, to sponsor the Northwest Indiana Child I.D. Program, the couple said Wednesday during a check presentation to the United Ways at the Northwest Family Services' child care center, 5927 Columbia Ave.
The Allens' donation of $20,000 will buy Child Identification Kits for all 19,500 kindergarten and first-grade students in Lake, Porter and LaPorte County public schools this fall. * * *
The pocket-size kit allows parents to fingerprint their children with an enclosed ink strip and record each child's name, address, physical description, birth date, dental records, emergency contact information and a current photo.
If parents wish, they can include a DNA sample in each child's kit.
The kit also includes child safety tips and what to do if a child is missing. Parents are encouraged to keep the kits up-to-date and in a safe, secure place they can access in an emergency.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 15, 2010 04:37 PM
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