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Poison Centers can be reached
by calling 1.800.222.1222
ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry)
800.232.4636
TTY: 888.232.6348
24 Hours/Every Day |
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Sign up for Wireless AMBER Alerts ™
The first three hours after a child is abducted are the most critical to recovery efforts. Wireless AMBER Alerts, an initiative of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and
the wireless industry, have the potential to reach more than 242 million wireless subscribers
with information to help bring abducted children home quickly and safely.
Amber Alert’s have helped to
safely recover over 495 children. Sign up to receive free text Amber Alerts: Text AMBER followed by a space and five-digit zip-code to AMBER (26237)
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According to the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission each
year, more than 200,000 children
go
to hospital emergency rooms
with injuries associated with
playground equipment.
Download the Home Playground
Safety Checklist to find out if your
playground is safe.
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A
program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Take 25 aims to heighten awareness of children's
personal safety issues. With a focus on prevention, the campaign encourages parents, guardians, and other role models to spend
time talking to kids to teach them ways to be safer. Learn more about the TAKE 25 program here More on Missing Children here |
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Dangers of Kids and Cars
"....It is difficult to think of anything more tragic than the needless (preventable) death
of a child. Every one of these deaths is a tragedy, especially to family and friends; and each one serves as a powerful warning
that other children are at risk." Janette E. Fennell, Founder and President, KidsAndCars.org Read more
Listed below are some vehicular dangers children are exposed to (from
kidsandcars.org):
Being inadvertently backed over in a driveway or parking
lot
Being left in a vehicle where the temperatures can reach
deadly levels in minutes
Knocking the vehicle into gear and setting the vehicle
into motion
Strangulation by a power window, sunroof or power accessory
Being taken by a stranger in the course of a car theft
Hopping into a car trunk during an innocent game of
hide-and-seek
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Finding matches that set the car aflame
Leaving the vehicle alone to go to the bathroom, or
to go looking for you
Being kidnapped from the vehicle
Which power window swiches are safer? Read what
Consumer Report says here
Summer Water Safety Guide (American Red Cross)
Staying safe around
water doesn’t mean having kids wear water wings read more
Safety Barrier Guidlines for Pools Handbook - developed by the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
offers a number of campaigns and resources to help keep our children safe from Internet preditors.
The following are just a few:
NetSmartz: Interactive, educational safety program
LAURA RECOVERY CENTER FOR MISSING CHILDREN
Education Search Prevention
Mission Statement: The LAURA RECOVERY
CENTER exists to prevent abductions and runaways and to recover missing children by fostering a Triangle of Trust among law
enforcement, community and a missing child's family.
In loving memory of Laura Kate Smither
Resources for parents here
Polly Klaas FOUNDATION
Order your Free Child Safety Kit here
Project Jason
Visit Project Jason for downloadable
brochures created by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children here
Click here for information on Missing Children
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- I will not give out personal information such as my address, telephone
number, parents' work address or telephone number, or the name and location of my school without my parents' permission.
- I will tell my parents right away if I come across any information that makes
me feel uncomfortable.
- I will never agree to get together with someone I «meet» online without first
checking with my parents. If my parents agree to the meeting, I will be sure that it is in a public place and bring my mother
or father along.
- I will never send a person my picture or anything else without first checking
with my parents.
- I will not respond to any messages that are mean or in any way make me feel
uncomfortable. It is not my fault if I get a message like that. If I do, I will tell my parents right away so that they can
contact the online service.
- I will talk with my parents so that we can set up rules for going online.
We will decide upon the time of day that I can be online, the length of time I can be online, and appropriate areas for me
to visit. I will not access other areas or break these rules without their permission.
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