Axcess Financial is proud to partner with the
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). As a NCMEC partner,
Axcess Financial strives to help keep children safer through displaying photos of
missing children, and distributing seasonal child safety tips and complimentary
child ID kits through a network of more than 1,000+ Check ‘n Go retail locations.
Though thankfully
many are recovered quickly, the U.S. Department of Justice reports that nearly 2,100
children may be reported missing in the United States in a single day . . . that's
one child reported missing every 41 seconds! Photographs are a powerful and effective
tool for law enforcement in the search for a missing child. One in six children
featured in NCMEC's photo distribution program is recovered as a direct result of
someone recognizing the child's photo. Each month, every Check 'n Go store features
color photos of at least four missing children suspected to be in the geographical
area. Cumulatively, Check 'n Go stores feature nearly 600 photos of missing children
each year.
NCMEC was created to serve as the national clearing house for information on this
issue and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing services nationwide for
victims, their families and the professionals who serve them. Since its establishment
by Congress in 1984, NCMEC has operated the toll-free 24-hour national missing children’s
hotline (1-800-THE-LOST) which has handled more than 2.3 million calls.