National Child Safety Council
United States
/ Michigan
| Children/Education
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In 1955, after learning that more children die of accidental causes than of all the communicable diseases combined, H.R. Wilkinson, a Jackson, Michigan business executive, began visiting police agencies and schools to explore ideas for mitigating this tragedy. Wilkinson and his wife, Glennis, borrowed $500 from a friend and began their effort to reduce, through prevention education, the number of children dying from accidents. Their nonprofit organization, originally named Police Safety Service, was soon changed to Child Safety Council and then National Child Safety Council (NCSC). NCSC, still maintains its headquarters in Jackson, is the world's largest and oldest nonprofit organization dedicated entirely to the safety of children. NCSC's nationally recognized character, Safetypup®, serves as an entertaining, nonthreatening educational tool for law enforcement officers and teachers across the United States.
