"Clicky" - The Popular Spokesrobot that Teaches Children How to be Safer Online Participates in the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll

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National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Apr 05, 2012, 11:15 ET

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Clicky"- the popular spokesrobot for the NetSmartz Workshop, an interactive, educational program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) that provides age-appropriate resources to help teach children how to be safer on- and offline, will be participating in the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll. The program is designed for children ages 5-17, parents and guardians, educators, and law enforcement. NetSmartz entertains while it educates and offers resources such as videos, games, activity cards, and presentations at www.netsmartz.org.

The 2012 Easter Egg Roll, which takes place on the South Lawn of the White House, is focused on promoting health and wellness with the theme, "Let's Go, Let's Play, Let's Move!" All of the activities, including sports courts, dancing and cooking encourage children to lead healthy and active lives, which is a central part of the First Lady's Let's Move! initiative, a national campaign to combat childhood obesity.

This will be the 134th annual White House Easter Egg Roll with more than 30,000 people visiting the South Lawn for games, stories, and, of course, the traditional egg roll.

Souvenir White House Easter eggs first became an annual keepsake in 1981, when President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan hosted a hunt for wooden eggs that bore the signatures of famous people. The tradition continues this year with the addition of an official First Dog "Bo" egg. These collector's eggs are available to view or purchase at www.easter.nationalparks.org.

To learn more about the Easter Egg Roll visit www.whitehouse.gov/eastereggroll. Tune in for live streams from the South Lawn all day on April 9th, 2012 on WhiteHouse.gov/live. You can also join the conversation online using the hashtag #EasterEggRoll and get the latest updates by visiting Let's Move! on Twitter and Facebook. www.whitehouse.gov/eastereggroll

About the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 1984. Designated by Congress to serve as the nation's clearinghouse, the organization has operated the toll-free 24-hour national missing children's hotline which has handled more than 3,472,740 calls. It has assisted law enforcement in the recovery of more than 169,840 children. The organization's CyberTipline has handled more than 1,393,130 reports of child sexual exploitation and its Child Victim Identification Program has reviewed and analyzed more than 67,089,690 child pornography images and videos. The organization works in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice's office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. To learn more about NCMEC, call its toll-free, 24-hour hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST or visit its web site at www.missingkids.com.

SOURCE National Center for Missing & Exploited Children