Community Outreach
Noble Lodge is a proud sponsor of the MOCHIP Program.
MoCHIP program works! No parent wants to believe that the unimaginable could happen to them, though nearly 2,000 children are reported missing or abducted in the United States each day. The peace of mind MoCHIP provides to Missouri families is invaluable. The program consists of five major components—digital photographs, digital fingerprints, vital child information and emergency contacts, a dental bite impression, and two laminated ID cards. The photographs, fingerprints, and child data are burned onto a mini-CD that is compatible with the AMBER ALERT system already in place. The dental impression provides a virtual diagram of the child’s biting surface, which, like fingerprints is unique to each individual, and further supplies enough saliva to provide a DNA sample that can also be used as scent source for trained canine search teams. Combined, this five-part process provides a dramatic, time-sensitive recovery tool for authorities.
Once the child is processed through the program, which generally takes only 15 minutes, the parent is armed with a single pre-printed envelope that instructs authorities in the event of an emergency, something a parent in crisis would undoubtedly have trouble with, and a proactive measure to combat the time sensitivity involved in recovery. Within a matter of minutes the MoCHIP CD can be loaded into a computer directly form a police officers automobile and entered into the Amber Alert system. Girls AND boys ages 11 - 21 are statistically most susceptible to become missing and the “MoCHIP Packet,” that contains all the child’s vital information, has been tested 6 times that we know of, and resulted in all children—teenagers—being returned safely and promptly to their parents care.
Deemed “one of the most comprehensive child recovery and identification programs in the nation,” by The National Center for Exploited and Missing Children, NCEMC, and the leader of the Take 25 campaign push this past May, holding more than 20 Take 25 events—MoCHIP is solely sponsored by the Masonic Children’s Foundation of the Grand Lodge of Missouri Masons. Please visit our Web site (www.mochip.org) for more information or to schedule an event in your area, and we are on Facebook and Twitter too!
What You Need To Know on the Day of the Event:
MoCHIP program works! No parent wants to believe that the unimaginable could happen to them, though nearly 2,000 children are reported missing or abducted in the United States each day. The peace of mind MoCHIP provides to Missouri families is invaluable. The program consists of five major components—digital photographs, digital fingerprints, vital child information and emergency contacts, a dental bite impression, and two laminated ID cards. The photographs, fingerprints, and child data are burned onto a mini-CD that is compatible with the AMBER ALERT system already in place. The dental impression provides a virtual diagram of the child’s biting surface, which, like fingerprints is unique to each individual, and further supplies enough saliva to provide a DNA sample that can also be used as scent source for trained canine search teams. Combined, this five-part process provides a dramatic, time-sensitive recovery tool for authorities.
Once the child is processed through the program, which generally takes only 15 minutes, the parent is armed with a single pre-printed envelope that instructs authorities in the event of an emergency, something a parent in crisis would undoubtedly have trouble with, and a proactive measure to combat the time sensitivity involved in recovery. Within a matter of minutes the MoCHIP CD can be loaded into a computer directly form a police officers automobile and entered into the Amber Alert system. Girls AND boys ages 11 - 21 are statistically most susceptible to become missing and the “MoCHIP Packet,” that contains all the child’s vital information, has been tested 6 times that we know of, and resulted in all children—teenagers—being returned safely and promptly to their parents care.
Deemed “one of the most comprehensive child recovery and identification programs in the nation,” by The National Center for Exploited and Missing Children, NCEMC, and the leader of the Take 25 campaign push this past May, holding more than 20 Take 25 events—MoCHIP is solely sponsored by the Masonic Children’s Foundation of the Grand Lodge of Missouri Masons. Please visit our Web site (www.mochip.org) for more information or to schedule an event in your area, and we are on Facebook and Twitter too!
What You Need To Know on the Day of the Event:
- Child's personal information such as Social Security Number and Place of Birth
- The Name and Phone number of your child's personal doctor
- The Name and Phone number of your child's dentist
- Any special medical needs your child has, including medication they are on
- Think of an Emergency Contact person that you wish to designate and obtain their Name and Phone number
- MOCHIP DOES NOT KEEP ANY OF THE COLLECTED INFORMATION. All computers and storage devices are securely deleted at the end of each event;
- MOCHIP DOES NOT NEED ANY ORIGINAL OR COPY OF PERSONAL DOCUMENTATION. The accuracy of the information is the parent's responsibility;
- SHOULD YOU LOOSE THE ENVELOPE CONTAINING ALL OF THE INFORMATION WE CANNOT REPRINT A NEW ONE. You must find where the next MOCHIP event is hosted in order to repeat the process;
- THE INFORMATION ON THE DISK IS SECURELY ENCRYPTED. The disk containing all of the information is securely encrypted and cannot be accessed without the proper software.
