Abduction: preparing for the worst should be

Child identification kits provide parents with peace of mind

No child is every parent's worst nightmare.

And last thing on their mind is digging the recent photos or personal information about your teenager.

But a child find BC identification kit can provide some ease of mind.

Kiwanis Club members photographing of fingerprints children for teenagers under 18 years of age free of charge and child find ' all about mne"kliniki on Saturday (April 2).

Steve Orcherton, Executive Director of the Organization through Saanich, said Michael Dunahee went missing 20 years ago in Victoria, booklets "would have saved (its parents) a lot of grief and panic."

Personal information is collected by volunteers, but once a child is reported missing, suites can help police in their search. This can be a daunting task, given in 2009 – more than 10 000 BC, only in Canada, there were more than 50 000 cases of missing children.

Case BC, 16 were abducted, more than 9000 were escapees and 37 were parents abduction.

"It's unbelievable," said Wanda Walker, Oak Bay Kiwanis Member clinic volunteers and grandmother of four. "This should be simply horrible".

The programme started in Canada in the mid-1980s, more than one million children were fingerprinted.

Kiwanis members began providing much needed support at a Victoria Clinic last year, which were favourably received by parents, said Wells bath with greater Victoria Kiwanis senior citizens Club.

"I think it was credible, they should know that if something happened, they have the information at hand," she said.

Clinic happen from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Recreation Centre, Oak Bay, Esquimalt Recreation Centre and the Cedar Hill recreation centre.

For more information visit www.childfindbc.com or call 250-382-7311.

emccracken@vicnnews.com

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