'Be the Change' Series Features Honeywell and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

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“Be the Change” Series Features Honeywell and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on The Balancing Act® on Lifetime®

Honeywell Hometown Solutions, Honeywell’s Corporate Citizenship Initiative and its partner, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® help keep children safer with their KidSmartz™ program

(POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – PR LOG - October 9, 2015) The issues related to missing and exploited children can’t be ignored. The award-winning morning show The Balancing Act® will feature Honeywell Hometown Solutions and its partner, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the “Be the Change” series on Monday, Oct. 12, 2015 at 7:30 a.m. (ET/PT) on Lifetime® to focus on the KidSmartz™ program that helps protect our nation’s children. An encore presentation of the show will air on Oct. 19, 2015.

The“Be the Change” series highlights how corporate America is empowering people to build better lives.Join host Julie Moran as she leads this vital discussion with tips and strategies on making your children safer and stopping child abductions before they happen.

According to FBI statistics, more than 460,000 reports of missing children were made to law enforcement in the United States last year. Special guests Kerry Kennedy from Honeywell Hometown Solutions and Callahan Walsh of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® join the show to share how their joint initiative KidSmartz helps prevent abduction with personal safety lessons for educators, parents, other trusted adults and kids.

Viewers will learn the “Four Rules of Safety” that are the basis of KidSmartz:

• Check First
• Take a Friend
• Tell People “No”
• Tell a Trusted Adult

Kennedy and Walsh will also share details on other KidSmartz resources that empower children in grades K-5 to be safer from abduction, like classroom activities, role-playing, animated videos, and a “Safety Dance” song and dance.

The KidSmartz™ curriculum and related materials are available for free download at www.KidSmartz.org. For more information, visit KidSmartz on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mykidsmartz) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/kidsmartz).

About The Balancing Act®

Entering its 8th season, The Balancing Act continues to empower women in all aspects of their lives. The mission at The Balancing Act is simple - to help today’s modern woman balance it all by bringing them positive solutions to enrich and empower them. Entertaining, educational and trusted by women, viewers can tune in to America’s premier morning show The Balancing Act on weekday mornings Monday through Friday at 7:30 am (ET/PT) on Lifetime television. For additional information or to view a segment visit: www.thebalancingact.com

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About the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is the leading 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working with law enforcement and families on issues relating to missing and sexually exploited children. Established in 1984 and authorized by Congress to serve as the nation’s clearinghouse on these issues, NCMEC operates a hotline, 1-800-THE-LOST^® (1-800-843-5678), and has assisted law enforcement in the recovery of more than 205,550 children. NCMEC also operates the CyberTipline, a mechanism for reporting child sexual exploitation. Since it was created in 1998, it has received more than 6.3 million reports of suspected child sexual exploitation. NCMEC works in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. To learn more about NCMEC, visit www.missingkids.org or see NCMEC on Twitter (https://twitter.com/MissingKids) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/missingkids).

About Honeywell Hometown Solutions
KidSmartz™, the “next generation” of Got2BSafe!, is part of Honeywell Hometown Solutions, the company’s corporate citizenship initiative, which focuses on five areas of vital importance: Science & Math Education, Family Safety & Security, Housing & Shelter, Habitat & Conservation, and Humanitarian Relief. Together with leading public and non-profit institutions, Honeywell has developed powerful programs to address these needs in the communities it serves. For more information, please visit http://citizenship.honeywell.com.

About Honeywell
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes, and industry; turbochargers; and performance materials.  For more news and information on Honeywell, please visit www.honeywellnow.com.