The Take 25 Campaign
Take 25 minutes to talk to children about safety
CEC has partnered with the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children (NCMEC) to distribute free resources through the Take 25
campaign, a grassroots initiative to heighten awareness of child safety
issues. Children with exceptionalities can be particularly vulnerable to
abuse and exploitation, making child safety an important issue for
special educators.
What is the Take 25 campaign?
Take 25 is a preventive child safety campaign created by the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in honor of National
Missing Children’s Day. Honored annually on May 25, this day
serves as a time to make child safety a national priority.
Designed to raise awareness of the issues surrounding missing and
exploited children, the Take 25 campaign encourages parents, guardians,
educators, and others to take 25 minutes to talk to
children about safety.
With a focus on prevention, Take 25 provides communities with
free safety resources including safety tips, discussion
guidelines, child ID kits, and various outreach materials.
How serious is the problem of missing children?
According to a study conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice, an
estimated:
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800,000 children are reported missing to law enforcement each
year.
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2,200 children are reported missing each day.
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200,000 are abducted by family members every year.
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58,000 are abducted by non-family members every year.
Get involved!
Join this nationwide movement to keep our nation’s children
safer.
Spread the word about the importance of talking to children about
safety. You can help raise awareness about child safety by using
Take 25 materials in the classroom, at home, or in your community.
Attend a Take 25 event in your area. Visit www.take25.org to find
a child safety event happening in your community. If you can’t
find one near you, consider hosting your own.
Host a Take 25 event. You can host a child ID event, town
hall meeting, school presentation, or press conference in your
community. All resources, including event-planning documents, are
provided by Take 25 free of charge.
How can I learn more?
Visit www.take25.org or contact Maggie Starr at NCMEC at
703/837.6123.
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