The Ocean City – Berlin Maryland Optimist Club
Children ID

The idea for a children identification program came in 1988 by two club members Jim Flaig and John Hasenei. The focus of the effort is for the safety of the children from Pre-K to 12 grade. Steve Acton is the current chairman of this event.
The process in getting the local school children scheduled for this event is response to a letter sent home to the Parent or Guardian. A Consent form is signed by the Parent or Guardian and returned to the School. The ID that then taken is Fingerprint card, Photo picture and Video of the Child. With the assistance of the Worcester County Sheriffs Dept. the school retains the Child’s Video and the Parents/Guardian gets the Fingerprint card and the photo.
To date after 20 years, 1600 Children in the County attending 13 schools have participated in this event.

The OC-Berlin Optimist Team the conducts this worth while event are:
Stephen Acton – Chairman Barbara Acton
Ken & Shirley Fink
Bill & Pat Jurney
Harry & Treva Hopkins
John & Rita Horant
Doug & Dottie Juckett
Al & Nancy Sledge
Melvin & Veronica Jones

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