Free Child Safety Kits and Fire Department Tours on Saturday

WAITSBURG - The National Center for Miss­ing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is promoting its child safety education cam­paign, Take 25. The cam­paign encourages parents and guardians, educatiors, law enforcement officers and other trusted adults to take 25 minutes to talk to children about safety.

NCME developed the Campaign seven years ago to spread awareness of the issues surrounding miss­ing and exploited children beyond May 25th, National Missing Children's Day.

The Campaign, which spans from April 1 through June 15, encourages local organizations around the country to host safety events and distribute resources to promote adults having safety conversations with children.

The Walla Walla Area Crime Watch, Blue Moun­tain CART, Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office, Walla Walla Emergency Services Communication (9- 1-1) and the Waitsburg Fire Department will be working together to offer SafeAssured Child Identification kits, 9-1-1 Education and Fire Department tours on June 15th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Waitsburg Fire Department

They will be offering FREE SafeAssured ID pack­ets. Families will receive a full-color data card and a parent's guidebook with prevention tips, written in conjunction with the Na­tional Center of Missing & Exploited Children. The privacy-protected mini-CD offers a single repository of important information:

-All ten electronically im­aged fingerprints

-Digital photograph

-Streaming video showing mannerisms and gait with linked audio file providing the child's voice and infec­tion and accent.

-Private information (gen­eral description, street ad­dress, date of birth, life- threatening medical condi­tions, identifying scars or marks, and tattoos).