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Very professional and courteous. Pleasure to work with. Whitney Adams - Foundations for the Future	What a wonderful learning experience for all the children! Christina Bryant - Legacy Academy @ Camp Creek

Thank you so much for your time and being a guest on our Kids Concern Show. We really enjoyed learning about your great McGruff Safe Kids program. Melissa/Angela - Radio Disney Atlanta AM 590	It was apparent Mr. Kevin was familiar and comfortable working with preschool children. The children enjoyed this learning experience. Sabrina Boges-Krull - Sunshine House #103

Very good with all children. Very courtious with parents and staff. "Great McGruff" Rene Register - Kids University @ Mirror Lake	The children had a wonderful time as always - the program is of great benefit to our childrens safety- THANKS! Trish Thompson/Lance Elam - Kids Stop Learning Center

We thought the video was informant & really taught a great lesson. Rachel Watson - Heards Ferry Elem.	The program was informative on a level easy for the kids to understand, and they loved McGruff. Yvette Elliot - Due West Academy

Thank you for all you do. We had a lot of fun. Thank you, Christine Vanderburg - Childtime Learning Center #115	Mr. Kevin presentation as well as the video were excellent - ! However, McGruff really nailed the program. Gypsy Parker/Joan Guest - Gingerbread House

Totally satisfied, look forward to next year! Marlene McPhetridge - Primrose School of Bells Ferry	We love working with this very important program. Jacqueline K. Jordan - Kompany Kids

Very good interaction w/ the children - they feel comfortable w/ the Safe Kids staff. Not time demanding of center personnal. Terry Juergens - Eagle Point Learning Center	They were very patient with the children. Also very knowledgable. Keep up the good job! Victoria Broyles/LaQaunda Johnson KinderCare @ Wade Green

Very informative & great product. Did a great job even with all the distractions! Chantal Howard - MOMS Club of Powder Springs NE	We are always pleased with all the work that you guys do. Carina Burton - Wellstar The Learning Center

Thank you for coming out here and teaching these kids. A great time was had by all. As kids left that day we heard them talking to their parents about what they learned. Your message was effective on all the kids! Jessica Nichols, Resource Coordinator - Childrens Friend	The children love this program. It is terrific for children to learn how they are important to the community, even though they are little people. Reginald Martin - E. Piedmont KinderCare

Thank you so much for giving our Pre-K class such a wonderful morning, Wed., at Primrose!! The children learned so much about staying safe in a way they could understand. The video was entertaining and informative at the same time! We ALL loved McGruff, (even the teachers). We hope you come back to visit us soon!! The parents were amazed that they got the ID packages so quickly!! Best of luck to you! You are doing a Super job!! Sincerely, Sandra Pritchard

Hello! You don't know me, but I'm just like YOU. I live in a nice, quiet subdivision where the things we hear on the news are far removed, and you view it with a detachment born of complacency. That it only happens to OTHER PEOPLE... well, I'm here to tell you that, yes, IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU, and when you least expect it and your life is turned upside and your emotions inside out. Let me tell you my story... A Friday night, no so many months ago, I phoned home to let my mother and granddaughter know where I was and about how much longer until I was home, just like every other workday afternoon. When I pulled into the garage my mother came out of the inside door and not my granddaughter, which was the first indication that something was up...and it wasn't good. The dialogue went something like this...'Had I seen my granddaughter outside waiting for me? No... I've checked inside, but she's not here... How long since you've seen her? Don't know, just after you phoned'... 'She can't have gone far...she's barefoot.' It had been about twenty minutes at this point since my call home and pulling into the driveway. I asked what she was wearing (I leave early in the morning before anyone is up and had no idea of knowing) and headed across the street to her friends house. I saw their SUV in the driveway and thought someone was home, but no answer to my knocking or ringing of the doorbell except for their dog barking at me. I tried the next door down because I had seen them out when I was driving down the street. Nothing. I then ran back home, changed my clothes and tried her little friends house again...nothing, just the dog barking at me, so I took off up the neighborhood to the next couple that I had seen out when driving through the subdivision and then after a 'no, we didn't see anyone' I went around to the church property near us where I met up with my mother coming up from the elementary school directly across from the church...nothing...at this point you CANNOT IMAGINE the horrible things going through your mind and I could only think that too much time had passed and we needed to call the police NOW. My poor mom was distraught because this had happened on her watch....Long story short, we phoned the police and the first car pulled into our cul-de-sac not five minutes after I closed my cell phone...followed by at least ten others (I CANNOT say enough GOOD THINGS about our Kennesaw police). I had given her description over the phone, but as the police officer was asking me all of that information again, I remembered that I had the McGruff ID taken when she was attending Preschool...I ran inside and grabbed it and gave it to the police. They were able to transmit this to the police in the neighboring counties, plus the helicopter that was not flying over the area... It was such a relief to be able to hand that little piece of laminated paper over to the police so that they had everything...her photo, her height, weight, color of eyes, hair color and fingerprint... to NOT HAVE to TRY and GIVE a VISUAL, but PROVIDE ONE and have that information sent into each and every patrol vehicle and police department in the area... After two and a half hours of unbelievable worry, fear, prayer and anguish my little darling peeped her head out of the neighbors front door (yes...the one I had been to twice, and where I have found out since that people had been calling leaving messages about her disappearance and to be on the lookout) just after we received word that they were sending the search and rescue dogs from the next county... The relief was like a tsunami rolling over me. Totally emotionally drained...but so grateful to have my sweet princess back... She had been playing dress up in her friends room for those two and a half hours while the family was gone, completely oblivious to anything else. She had let herself and their dog in through their back door (the dog was in the backyard, but he knew her, so no problem and she wasn't afraid of him) and the rest, as they say, is history. The one thing that I cannot stress is the one, very important, thing that I was so glad I had done and will do again in a heartbeat, the McGruff program. Won't happen to you? Hopefully not, but do you really want to take the chance with something as precious as your child? Grandchild? Niece? Nephew? Trust me. I've been there, have the t-shirt and don't want another one...but, if God forbid I have to, I'm going in armed and giving the authorities every possible advantage that I can. If you're thinking about taking advantage of the program...STOP thinking...just DO IT...don't EVER put yourself in the position of IF ONLY... yes, our story had a happy ending, but a lot of stories don't...God is Good, but a little help from you sure can help! Love your kids? Then don't think twice...show them just how much. If you're still reading...thank you for taking the few minutes to finish our story and I truly pray that you will take part in this program...YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE AND EVERYTHING TO GAIN!!! And for the record....I ASKED if I could give this testimonial. I wanted the people that lead this program to know how much of a Godsend it is and how great it was to us and to let parents, caregivers everywhere know that you just NEVER know and it just doesn't always happen to someone else. Eventually, you're that someone else. GOD BLESS, A Truly Thankful Grandmother

The McGruff® Safe Kids Total Identification System of Bartow, Carroll, Chattooga, Cobb, Douglas, Floyd, Fulton, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding, Pickens and Polk Counties, Georgia

Phone: 678-797-1678
E-mail: mcleod@mcgruff-tid.com

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