Miracle Recreation Equipment Company pledged to donate more than $250,000 to the nonprofit National Center for Missing and Exploited Children over the next three years, and to cover lodging costs necessary to reunite family members upon the recovery of missing children.
Funds will go toward NCMEC’s mission of finding missing children, preventing child abduction and sexual exploitation and serving child victims and their families. Money will also go to NCMEC’s efforts to provide resources and information for families to help keep children safe, and toward the development of child safety tips for playgrounds and parks.
"It is with the generous support of partners like Miracle that we are able to continue our work and help make children safer and better prepared for the risks that they face in today’s world," said NCMEC president and chief executive Ernie Allen.
The recreation equipment company will fund its donations through sales of its new MiracleTech integrated security product line. This new line includes an infrared security camera called ParkWatch, designed to digitally record events and deter inappropriate activity. It also includes low voltage lighting and sound technology designed to deter vandalism after hours.
"In today’s world, we as a society must all look out for the safety and security of our children," said Mike Sutton, Director of Sales at Miracle and a former police officer.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is a nonprofit organization established by Congress in 1984 and based in Virginia. It works in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice’s office of Juvenile and Delinquency Prevention, and has assisted in law enforcement in the recovery of more than 142,100 children. Miracle Recreation Equipment Company is a manufacturer of outdoor playgrounds and recreational equipment based in Monett, Missouri and founded in 1925.