CHILD SHIELD, USA names KIDSAFE as MIDDLE TENNESSEE agent
JANUARY 7 2004–KIDSAFE in Middle Tennessee has recently been named as a new independent registered agent of CHILD SHIELD, USA ?, a national organization dedicated to the safety of America?s children. Amanda Lippelt, owner of KIDSAFE, shares with CHILD SHIELD, USA ? its goal of helping to prevent and recover lost, missing, abducted, and runaway children throughout America. According to the United States Department of Justice, these situations befall about one and one half million children each year.
This statistic is as frightening as it is true. Unfortunately, far too many American parents have an ?It can?t happen to my kid? attitude. This very attitude may be one of the major contributors to this national crisis. ?We are not helping our children by pretending these things don?t happen.? says Robin Raskob, owner of CHILD SHIELD, USA ?. By not telling our children of these dangers, we are also keeping them vulnerable. To empower our children, you must first educate them.? She states.
The primary goal of CHILD SHIELD, USA ? is to reduce the alarming numbers of lost, missing, abducted, and runaway children in America. To this end, their child safety kit provides an easy to follow educational program designed to empower parents and children with important knowledge that can help to prevent tragedy. In addition, the educational part of the CHILD SHIELD, USA ? service includes the unique ?safety seven? poster and their Play It Safe coloring book. These proactive materials provide ongoing reinforcement and help children to retain the important safety information they?ve learned. CHILD SHIELD, USA ? has been in business since 1990 and has marketed well over 1 million of their child safety kits. To date, only two registered children have been reported missing, both of the children were recovered. CHILD SHIELD, USA ? is the only organization in the country with a prevention program with over 10 years of statistics proving it works!
The second goal of CHILD SHIELD, USA ? is to furnish parents and law enforcement agencies with a ?one stop source? for invaluable assistance in dissemination information about a missing child and aid in the recovery effort. CHILD SHIELD, USA ? is prepared to act immediately upon a child?s disappearance by lending both local and far reaching help to the child?s family and to the police agency handling the investigation. Upon being notified of the disappearance of a registered child, CHILD SHIELD, USA ? will contact the investigating police department and offer assistance by duplicating identification videotapes and posters of the missing child and distributing them to the police department?s choice of any or all of the destinations in the CHILD SHIELD, USA ? database. This unique database contains hundreds of law enforcement agencies, missing children?s organizations, and national news media contacts. CHILD SHIELD, USA ? will also send videotapes and posters to ANY additional destinations the investigating authorities may request. All of this is distributed at NO ADDITIONAL COST to the family or police. In addition, they have implemented an immediate $50,000 reward for recovery of the child and arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible. ?Most rewards are too little too late? says co-owner John Raskob, ?by giving an immediate $50,000 reward, we hope citizens that normally wouldn?t get involved WILL!? ?One good tip could lead to the recovery of a child.? In addition to the $50,000 reward, CHILD SHIELD, USA ? will put up the $2500 to hire a private investigator to help in the recovery. CHILD SHIELD, USA ? facilities enable them to duplicate more than 100 high quality videotapes and more than 600 missing child posters per hour. Within hours of CHILD SHIELD, USA ? being notified of a disappearance, hundreds of videotapes and posters bearing the image of the missing child can be on their way to all of the state missing child clearinghouses across the country, and to the FBI. With the same speed, videotapes and posters can be provided to a variety of missing children?s organizations and the production departments of a growing number of nationally syndicated and network television talk shows and news programs. Also, in addition to shipping one thousand free posters to the child?s family overnight, CHILD SHIELD, USA ? is capable of transmitting high-resolution missing children?s posters to arrive at their destinations within minutes.
Child Shield?s founders spent more than 3 years researching and developing their child safety program before they began marketing it nationally through independent registered agents in March of 1993. With the growth of CHILD SHIELD, USA ?, it?s hoped there will come a reduction in the number of abducted and missing children in America. For FREE information that could save YOUR child?s life, or for fund raising for your child oriented organization call (931) 540-8962 or e-mail kidsafetn@bellsouth.net.