Come Join the Fun! Old Navy’s Super Safety Event!
Looking for a great way to support your favorite nonprofit? Come on out to your local Old Navy store between Sept. 28 – Oct. 9, and with any donation to NCMEC at the register, you’ll receive a discount on a future purchase. It’s a win-win!
Did you know that NCMEC has partnered with Old Navy for more than a decade to help raise awareness about missing and exploited children?
Every year, Old Navy stores across the country shine the spotlight on child safety. Employees in their more than 1,000 locations put on a fun, interactive kids’ safety fair to help NCMEC spread potentially life-saving safety tips. This year, you can bring your kids to any Old Navy location on Saturday, Sept. 30 to meet local heroes and participate in fun safety activities!
Old Navy and NCMEC employees pose with Clicky, the internet safety robot, during a safety fair last September.
“Our partnership with Old Navy is vital to our critical work,” said John F. Clark, president and CEO of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. “Not only have they contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to NCMEC over the past decade to help protect children, but by inviting NCMEC into their stores each year, they are helping us reach communities across the nation in a way we would never be able to do alone.”
Activities at each location will be different, but you might get to make a child ID kit or meet local police and firefighters. NCMEC staff located across the country will be out as well to talk to parents and kids about real-world and online safety.
NCMEC volunteers creating free child ID kits for kids at an Old Navy in Virginia.
Volunteering at Old Navy’s safety fair is something NCMEC staff look forward to every year. Sam, who came to work at NCMEC in 2015, volunteered to entertain kids as Clicky, our internet safety robot.
“Last year was my first time volunteering for the safety fair, and I’ll definitely be doing it again this year,” he said. “The Old Navy employees are so dedicated to this event…working alongside them felt like we’d been working together forever trying to spread awareness to keep kids safe.”
Clicky, answering questions about internet safety, alongside an officer from Fairfax Police Dept.
The back-to school season is a perfect time to do a little shopping at your favorite Old Navy store and it’s also the perfect time talk to kids about safety. This event makes it easy to have those discussions with your kids in an entertaining and non-threatening way. NCMEC has age-appropriate resources for kids, tweens and teens.
“What’s so great about this event is it feels like we’re bringing the community together,” said Sam. “There are customers who came out because they know about NCMEC and want to talk about safety, but there are also customers who don’t know about us, and walk away having learned something.”
So come on out to your local Old Navy store during the Super Safety Event, support NCMEC and get a great coupon for your next purchase. And we especially recommend you come out for the safety fair on Sept. 30 and have fun alongside Old Navy employees and NCMEC staff. Can’t wait to see you there!
Visit oldnavy.missingkids.org for details and to find an Old Navy store near you.