Child ID Program Held at Lynbrook High School

The Lynbrook Teachers Association held its third annual child ID program on Wednesday afternoon at .

The program, run through the New York Life Insurance Company and additionally sponsored by the Lynbrook School District and Lynbrook PTA, allowed parents the opportunity to have an identification card made for their child. 

“Most young children don’t have any kind of ID,” Lynbrook Teacher’s Association President Craig Kirchenberg said. “If there ever was some sort of emergency, it’s just a measure to help keep kids safe.”

The program was open to any Lynbrook resident or Lynbrook Union Free School District employee. Each parent was asked to fill out a form denoting a child’s eye color, hair color, race, birthday, nickname and any distinguishing marks.

Once a picture of the child was taken, parents were given a laminated identification card on the spot. Parents also were given a copy of their child’s digital finger prints.  

“The whole idea is to help the children of the community be safe,” Kirchenberg said.   

Groups of children with their parents stood in the lobby of the high school, many spilling into the cafeteria, as they waited to take part in the third year initiative.

“Each year we have a very large turn out,” Kirchenberg said. “Parents often bring their children back year after year because their child gets a year older, grows, and they want to update the ID.”

Since 2007, New York Life has held hundreds of similar child ID events in local communities, according to the bank’s official website. 

Local parents were certainly appreciative of the service.

“I feel that it’s good to have an ID card with current information regarding my children, just in case anyone ever takes [them],” parent Corinne Esposito said.