Home Back to News Headlines CANON CANADA CONTINUES TO DELIVER DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY TO KIDCHECK I.D. CLINICS ACROSS ONTARIO Canon renews agreement to be Child Find Ontario’s Exclusive Photo Partner FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2004-11-10 MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, November 4, 2004 – Canon Canada Inc. is proud to announce it has re-newed its agreement to be the exclusive Photo Partner for Child Find Ontario’s KidCheck I.D. Program. A total of 22,000 children have participated in the program since Canon became the exclusive photo partner in 2001. Canon Canada provides a $15,000 cash donation and $10,000 in digital cameras, printers and supplies for the KidCheck I.D. clinics. CANON CANADA “We are proud to extend our commitment to Child Find Ontario,” said Stan Skorayko, Vice President of Corporate Communications for Canon Canada Inc. “Being able to help keep children safe by supporting Child Find Ontario with digital imaging technology goes to the heart of our corporate philosophy of Kyosei, all people regardless of race, religion or culture harmoniously living and working together into the future.” The partnership between Child Find Ontario and Canon Canada Inc. strives to provide parents with one of the most crucial tracking devices a parent can have in the event that a child goes missing – a recent, high quality digital photograph of the child, produced at Kid Check I.D. locations throughout the province. This photograph, created on the spot by Canon’s digital camera and direct photo printing technology, then becomes part of the Kid Check booklet. “We are pleased to have Canon once again be our exclusive Photo Partner,” said Trish Derby, Executive Director, Child Find Ontario. “Canon has helped us to enhance the KidCheck I.D. clinics in so many ways. Not only have they provided us with digital imaging technology to take high-quality images, but they have gone the extra mile to ensure that the public is aware of missing children through Canon’s work with PGA golfer Briny Baird and LPGA golfer Michelle McGann.” As part of its support for Child Find Ontario, Canon, in collaboration with the golfers, places an image of a local missing child on the golf bags of each player when the tour dates are in Canada. Last year, approximately 21,306 cases of missing children were reported to police in Ontario. These children and young people, whether they were abducted by a stranger, taken by a non-custodial family member or ran away from home, are at risk. More than 75,000 Ontario children and their families benefited from Child Find Ontario's safety programs last year. About Canon Canada Inc. Headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, the company employs 1,600 people at its offices nation-wide, servicing the Canadian market from coast to coast. Innovation and cutting-edge technology have been essential ingredients in Canon's success. Canon's leadership in imaging, optical and document management technology and solutions is based in large part on the thousands of patents the company has secured throughout its history. Currently, Canon Inc. is among the top three patent recipients in the United States over the past five years. The company's comprehensive product line includes networked multifunction devices; digital and analogue copiers (colour and black and white); printers, scanners, image filing systems, facsimile machines; calculators, digital and analogue camcorders, digital and analogue cameras and lenses; semiconductor, broadcast and other specialized industrial products. Canon supports programs that help preserve and protect the environment and instituted the Clean Earth Campaign in 1990, which assists various environmental and recycling initiatives. The Campaign has also supported leading environmental organizations, such as The Nature Conservancy of Canada, the World Wildlife Fund of Canada and the Canon Envirothon. ABOUT CHILD FIND ONTARIO Affiliated with Child Find Canada and a federally registered charity since 1984, we are the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive missing children's agency in Canada. For 20 years we have helped in the search and recovery of missing children. We work proactively to educate the public to prevent the occurrence of missing children and youth. Our 500+ trained, dedicated volunteers teach and reinforce messages of safety and prevention to families, educators, caregivers and the public at large across the province. Our professional and committed staff of just nine are responsible for case management, education and prevention program development, marketing, volunteer training and development, chapter development, fundraising and administration. http://www.ontario.childfind.ca/ -30- For more information please contact: Wayne Doyle, Manager Corporate Relations (905) 565-4598 wdoyle@canada.canon.com Michelle Mullins High Road Communications (416) 368-8348 ext 262 mmullins@highroad.com Trish Derby Executive Director Child Find Ontario 416-450-6504 trish@childfindontario.ca