In 2006, the U.S. Department of Justice declared January 13 AMBER Alert Awareness Day in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the abduction and murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman in Arlington, TX.
Today we observe AMBER Alert Awareness Day to bring public awareness to the AMBER Alert program, and to increase public participation in safely recovering missing children.
This year, Mark Rollins helped commemorate the day in a great article on Coolest-Gadgets.com, “Commemorate AMBER Alert Day with My Child ID.”
What does My Child ID have to do with AMBER Alert Awareness Day?
AmberAlert.com is engaged in the continual development and improvement of the most innovative technology for safeguarding children and families. For this reason, they created My Child ID to give parents peace of mind, allowing them to safely secure and organize their child’s vital identification data–and have it ready for emergency responders at a moment’s notice.
Mark agrees saying, “As a parent, the idea of one of my children disappearing scares the living daylights out of me. However, there is a product out that can give, as it says, ?Peace of Mind.”
The My Child ID device is in the form of a key chain, and allows family members to create several profiles that take up 128 MB. Information stored includes: digital photos, vital stats (height, weight, eye and hair color, etc.), previous medical conditions, family history, blood types (cross matches for entire family), allergies, medications, pharmacy information, emergency contacts and more.
“So in a situation where a missing child is found with this My Child ID, it will speed up the process of contacting the family taking taking care of any special medical needs.”
As of January 7, 2010, the AMBER Alert Program was directly responsible for the safe recovery of 495 children!
Be sure to check out Mark Rollins’ full Coolest-Gadgets article, ?Commemorate AMBER Alert Day with My Child ID.?
