Canon U.S.A. and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Raise Awareness of the Importance of Child Safety
Canon Promotional Night at Yankee
Stadium Recognizes the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and
its Work in the Recovery of Missing Children
BRONX,
N.Y., June 25, 2012 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging
solutions, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and
the New York Yankees are teaming up for Canon’s ninth annual promotional night
at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees will be taking on the Cleveland Indians, while
Canon and NCMEC continue their efforts to educate the public about child
safety. Canon and NCMEC strive to help generate greater awareness about keeping
children safe and encourage actions that parents and guardians can take to help
prevent a crisis from occurring.
During a
pre-game ceremony, Junichi Yoshitake, senior vice president, Business Imaging
Solutions Group, Canon U.S.A., will present John Walsh, co-founder of NCMEC and
host of the television series “America’s Most Wanted,” with a check in the
amount of $470,000, the cumulative raised and donated by Canon U.S.A. in 2012.
“It is with
great pleasure that Canon supports the National Center for Missing &
Exploited Children in their tireless efforts to recover missing children,” said
Joe Adachi, president and CEO, Canon U.S.A. “We’re looking forward to
continuing to build our relationship with NCMEC in the hopes that our
collective resources will continue to increase the likelihood that missing
children are successfully reunited with their families.”
The
long-standing sponsorship between Canon and NCMEC has helped to educate the
public about the issue of missing and exploited children. The Canon4Kids program seeks
to raise public awareness about the role photographs play in the recovery of
missing children. As part of the Canon4Kids
program, Canon has donated more than 2,000 pieces of equipment – including
digital cameras, fax machines, printers and scanners – which have been
distributed to law enforcement agencies in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. More
information about the Canon4Kids
program can be found at www.usa.canon.com/Canon4Kids.
“We want to
thank Canon for their continuing support of NCMEC. The Canon4Kids program is an
important part of our efforts to bring missing children home safely.” said John
Ryan, CEO of NCMEC. “We look forward to the continued use of Canon technologies
and resources in our joint efforts to educate families about safety and to
search for missing children.”
About
the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
The National
Center for Missing & Exploited Children is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization established in 1984. Designated by Congress to serve as the
nation’s clearinghouse, the organization has operated the toll-free 24-hour
national missing children’s hotline which has handled more than 3,568,780
calls. It has assisted law enforcement in the recovery of more than
175,230 children. The organization’s CyberTipline has handled more than
1,437,930 reports of child sexual exploitation and its Child Victim
Identification Program has reviewed and analyzed more than 69,901,080 child
pornography images and videos. The organization works in cooperation with
the U.S. Department of Justice’s office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention. To learn more about NCMEC, call its toll-free, 24-hour
hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) or visit its web site at www.missingkids.com.
