Introduction

 

The mission of The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) includes providing safety education to schools, parents, and communities. We have many services and resources which are available to your school.

 

 

Speaker's Bureau

 

The NCMEC-Mohawk Valley Office has a trained group of volunteers who are able to provide small or large group presentations to your students, PTA’s or other committees. The Speaker’s Bureau is a service which is offered by NCMEC at no charge. Topics include:

Personal Safety

Internet Safety

Runaway Prevention

Overview of NCMEC

The Ride for Missing Children

If you are interested in scheduling a speaker for an event, please contact the Mohawk Valley Office.

 

NCMEC-NY/MV Office
934 York Street
Utica NY 13501
315-732-SAFE
(315-732-7233)

 

 

The Ride For Missing Children

 

If your school is serving as a rest stop for The Ride for Missing Children, or if your school would like to be involved in the event in some way, there are several programs which might interest you. To learn more about any of these programs, please see the contact information below.

 

Adopt – A – Rider

Many of the riders are connected with local schools through their children or friends. An effective way for the students in your schools to learn more about the importance of being safe, is to let them “adopt” a rider who has a connection with your school. The rider would work with you to coordinate a safety program that would be effective for your school.

Pennies for Posters

Pennies for Posters provides an opportunity for children to contribute to something useful and important. Every single penny that is donated will be used to create and distribute posters of missing children. It costs NCMEC 25 cents to make and distribute one poster on a missing child. Each time a child donates 25 cents, they have given one more child a chance to be found and returned home safely.

Distributing posters is one of the most effective tools used to help locate children who are missing. In 2006, the NCMEC-Mohawk Valley office distributed 650,000 posters searching for 626 missing children. Two Hundred Seventy Eight (278) children, who have been featured in this targeted poster distribution program this year, have been recovered safely.

 

 

Schools Commitee Contact Info

 

If you have any questions about the Ride, please contact Kelli Corasanti or Claudette Ferrone, Co-Chairs of the Schools Committee, at the information listed below.

 

Kelli Corasanti
Co-Chair, Schools Committee for The Ride for Missing Children – 2008

 

Claudette Ferrone
Co-Chair, Schools Committee for The Ride for Missing Children – 2008