Local representatives from the Lifetouch National School Studios, a sponsor of the safety awareness program "Take 25," will be on site at the at the Child Safety & Health Prevention event, on Sunday, hosted at North American Credit Services, 2810 Walker Road.

Lifetouch will be taking photographs and creating free SmileSafe Kids cards, part of a child resource. In the event a child goes missing, a SmileSafe Kids card can be used by law enforcement to obtain a current photograph from a rapid response team, staffed 24/7 by Lifetouch.

According to a May, 2009 study by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, an estimated 2,000 children are reported missing every day in the United States. The majority are recovered quickly.

Nearly one in six missing children is recovered as a direct result of someone recognizing a photograph and contacting authorities.

NCMEC urges everyone to pay close attention to posters and photographs of missing children. In addition, NCMEC encourages parents and guardians to practice good safety measures by following the important safety tips noted below:

1) Keep an accessible, up-to-date, good-quality photograph of your child in case of an emergency.

2) Never let young children go places alone. Be clear about the places and homes they may visit.

3) Know where your children are and whom they are with at all times.

4) Never leave children unattended in a vehicle, whether it’s running or not.

5) Talk openly to your children about safety. Make an outing to a mall or park a “teachable” moment.

Additional local and regional community participants will provide information and resources featuring fire, auto, home, pedestrian, water, sports and recreation, poison prevention with representatives from: the Collegedale Police Department bike safety and child finger printing education resources, Tennessee Safety Council with “Ollie the Otter”, Chattanooga Fire Marshalls, YMCA, Kids on the Block, Erlanger’s T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital ‘Safe & Sound’ Program, Hamilton County Health Department, Parents Are First Teachers, Children’s Advocacy Center, Blood Assurance, "Beat the Heat" race car team, Face painting by the “Chatta-Town-Clowns”, to list just a few.

There will be much for the entire family and it is all free of charge.