Objectives:

• To provide Riders a fun and easy way to enhance their involvement with the Ride.
• To increase school spirit about the Ride.
• To provide the students with a Rider whom they can cheer on and support.

Riders can:

• Join NCMEC Educators during an Educational Pep Rally to talk about bike safety.
• Attend a program after school or in the evening (i.e., after school program, Scout meetings, etc.) to talk about bike safety and plug the Ride.
• Read the 8 Rules of Safety over the loud speaker during morning announcements.
• Write a letter to the class/school thanking them for their support, tell them how training is going, explain what the training rides are like, tell them why you are participating in the ride, etc.

How to get involved:

• Simply indicate interest to participate in the Adopt a Rider Program in the space provided below, detach and return to School Committee – Ride 2009, NCMEC/NY Buffalo Office, 610 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Buffalo, NY 14202 or fax to 842-6334.  A member of the Ride School Committee will then contact you with the adopting school’s contact information.
• If a rider has a preference of a certain school, please indicate in the space provided below.
• Participating Adopted Riders must be registered volunteers with NCMEC/NY and will be contacted by NCMEC/NY’s Volunteer Coordinator.  A background check will be required.

If you have any questions, please call 716-842-6333

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt charity and publicly supported organization as defined in sections 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of the Internal Revenue Service Code. Federal ID #52-1328557. All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

1As reported by David Finkelhour, Heather Hammer, Andrea J. Sedlak, and Dana J. Schultz in "National Estimates of Missing Children: An Overview," National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children, Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, October 2002, page 5, an estimated 797,500 children were reported missing in 1999. Thus an average of 2,184 children are reported missing each day.