991 W. Hedding St. - Suite 101,  San Jose, CA   95126

Dedicated Service in the Prevention &
Recovery of Missing & Abducted Children Since 1981

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May 17th KIDentification
With Orchard Supply Hardware

May 17, 2003

In honor of National Missing Children's Day, on May 17, 2003 VCA volunteers, law enforcement agencies, and community partners geared up to provide over 22,000 children throughout the state of California with safety and identification materials in 6 hours!  The event occurred simultaneously at all 82 Orchard Supply Hardware stores in California.  Check out pictures from some of the San Francisco Bay Area locations below.  We'd like to say thank you to our partners at Orchard Supply Hardware and all the other groups who made this event such a great success...

Alameda Co. Fire Dept.

Alameda Co. Sheriff's Office

Alameda Masonic Lodge # 167

Antioch/Brentwood Masonic Lodge

Antioch PD

Berkeley PD

Boy Scouts of America, Troop 58, S.F. Bay Area Council

Burbank Fire Dept.

Burbank PD

Cahuenga-La Brea Grand Masonic Lodge

Capistrano CHP

Capitola PD

Central Los Angeles CHP

Chico Fire Dept.

Citrus Heights PD

City of Pinole Fire Dept.

Clairmont Masonic Lodge #436

Clovis PD

Concord PD

Conejo Valley Masonic Lodge #807

Contra Costa Co. Sheriff's Office

Dublin Police Services

Elk Grove Community Services District Fire Dept.

Elk Grove PD

Folsom City Fire Dept.

Folsom PD

Foster City PD

Fountain Valley PD

Fremont Elks Lodge #2121

Fresno PD, South East Station

Gilroy PD

Granada Hills Masonic Lodge #378

Hanford PD

Huntington Beach Masonic Lodge # 380

Huntington Beach PD

Kern Co. Sheriff's Office

Kings Co. Sheriff's Office

Knights of St. Andrew

Laguna Niguel Police Services

Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Dept.

Lodi PD

Long Beach Fire Dept.

Long Beach PD

Los Angeles Co. Fire Dept.

Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's Office, Santa Clarita Sub-station

Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's Office, Altadena Sub-station

Los Angeles PD, Foothill Division

Los Angeles PD, West LA Division

Los Angeles PD, Wilshire Division

Manteca PD

Marin Co. Office of Nursing Services

Merced PD, North

Millbrae PD

Modesto PD, East

Modesto PD, Northwest

Mosaic Masonic Lodge #218

Napa PD

Newark Fire Dept.

Newark PD

Orange Co. Fire Authority

Pasadena PD

Petaluma PD

Pinole PD

Rancho Cucamonga CHP

Redwood City PD

Sacramento Co. Sheriff's Office

Sacramento Co. Sheriff's Office, North Central Division

Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District

Salinas PD

San Fernando Valley Scottish Rite Club

San Gabriel Valley Red Cross

San Jose Fire Dept.

San Jose PD Volunteer Program

San Leandro PD

San Luis Obispo CHP

San Mateo Co. Health Education Department

San Rafael PD

San Ramon PD

San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District

Santa Ana CHP

Santa Barbara Co. Sheriff's Office

Santa Clara Co. Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

Santa Clara Co. District Attorney, Investigations Bureau

Santa Clara Co. Sheriff's Office

Santa Clara PD

Santa Cruz Co. Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

Santa Maria CHP

Shasta Co. Sheriff's Office

Sonora City Fire Dept.

Sonora PD

South San Francisco PD

Stockton PD

Tracy PD

Tracy PD

Tulare Co. Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

Turlock PD

Watsonville PD

Woodland PD

Yuba City Fire Dept.

 

Event Photos
(Click on the event to go to photos)

 

Dublin   Redwood City   Sunnyvale   Alum Rock   Branham   San Ramon   San Lorenzo   Newark   Milpitas   Foster City   Silver Creek

 

 

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East Bay

Dublin OSH -243 Children Served

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Rose M. and Sgt. Skarpohl (in the background) of the Alameda County Sheriff's Department provide child fingerprinting.

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San Ramon OSH:  129 Children served

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Members of the San Ramon Valley Fire District with their engine.

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San Lorenzo OSH:  350 Children Served

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Parents and children wait in line to be fingerprinted by the Alameda County Sheriff's Department.

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Newark OSH:  312 Children Served

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Jason, a Newark Police Dept. Explorer, and his staff provide child fingerprinting.

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Milpitas OSH:  205 Children Served


Phil & Phil, fellow Alameda Masonic Lodge #167 members, use high-tech digital equipment to fingerprint and photograph small children.

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The Peninsula:

Foster City OSH: 237 Children Served

A Foster City PD patrol officer stops by for a visit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Explorer from the Foster City Police Dept. helps event participants.

 

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Redwood City OSH:  291 Children Served!

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A crowd of parents and children wait patiently in line.

South Bay:

 

Sunnyvale OSH: 309 Children Served!

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Left to Right - Vanished Children's Alliance Intern Erin S. and Volunteers Nick & Lynn M. and Matthew R. fingerprinted children all day at the Sunnyvale OSH

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Alum Rock OSH:  418 Children Served

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A large crowd waits to receive free safety materials and have their children fingerprinted by Vanished Children's Alliance volunteers.

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Branham OSH:  291 Children Served

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Several members of the San Jose Police Dept. Crime Prevention division used live scan digital equipment to fingerprint children.

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Cottle Road OSH:  225 Children Served!

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VCA volunteer Michael G. takes a palm print of a toddler.

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Prospect Road OSH:  300+ Children Served!

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Frank H. (right) and his buddies from the Santa Clara County Office of the District Attorney turned out en force to help fingerprint children at the P

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San Carlos OSH:  323 Children Served!

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The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Reserves fingerprinted children in the garden section of the San Carlos OSH store, in San Jose.

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Silver Creek OSH - 445 Children Served!

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Several hundred families braved the hot sun in order to receive free child identification materials and safety information.

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