SAFE SONOMA

Copyright © July 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Polly Klass Foundation

KidPower

 

The Sonoma Schools, and many other organizations dealing with children on a daily basis, will be passing out this form to every child enrolled in our schools in order to expedite giving the law enforcement agencies a description and photos immediately.  The form is designed to be kept by the telephone or other safe spot in the home should, God forbid, anything happen to your child or a relative.  Again, the first 24 hours is critical and this information should be together.  If you wait until something happens valuable time is wasted.  According to statistics published by a major insurance agency, 43% of parents do not know the eye color of their children, or can not think of it during a crisis.  Another 40% do not know other vital statistics.  Is there really a need for this?  Yes!  After notifying the police the next move should be to call the Polly Klaas Foundation.  The numbers of the law enforcement agencies and the Polly Klaas Foundation are listed in the check list (what to do if your child or family member(s) goes missing).  This should be kept with the descriptions of your children and loved ones, hopefully near the phone.

We are pleased that this project has come to fruition and hope that this will become a model for other communities.  Please share this information with anyone who has children. 

 

Please consider making a donation to the Polly Klaas Foundation at https://secure.ga3.org/02/pkf.

 

If you need assistance in obtaining a photo of your child, please feel free to contact Robbie Pengelli at robbie@sonomanews.com.

 

Thank you,

 

Nancy Laird

 

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