Dr. Doodle gives Classroom Makeover

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., May 9, 2006 -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) announced that Vickie Ellis, a third-grade teacher at Oneco Elementary School was named a Grand Prize winner of the first annual Got 2B Safe! Awards Program, designed to recognize those teachers with the greatest commitment to child safety. Honeywell and NCMEC named the 115 winners, including 5 Grand Prize winners, after a rigorous application and selection process involving nearly 1,000 competing teachers from across the United Sates.

As a Grand Prize Winner, Vickie Ellis will receive a free classroom makeover from Tampa-based Dr. Doodle, a top local designer, valued at $7,500, attend NCMEC’s Hope Awards program in Washington, D.C. tonight, and have their lesson plan posted on the Got 2B Safe! Web site, www.honeywell.com/got2bsafe.

“Honeywell has a longstanding commitment to family safety and security,” said Tom Buckmaster, President, Honeywell Hometown Solutions. “Thanks to teachers like Vickie, America’s children are now smarter about personal safety and armed with positive, empowering abduction prevention skills.”

The Got 2B Safe! Awards Program is designed to encourage teachers to submit lesson plans emphasizing how they have implemented the Got 2B Safe! rules for personal safety in their classroom. Teachers from across the country submitted a wide assortment of exceptional and creative lesson plans and Vickie was determined one of the top five.

Vickie’s plan begins by discussing each of the four rules for personal safety with her students. The students then work in small groups to create a 'rap' teaching others Got 2B Safe!

“The importance of teaching children about personal safety cannot be underestimated” said Ernie Allen, President and CEO of NCMEC. “Teaming up with Honeywell on the Got 2B Safe! Awards Program allows us to publicly recognize those teachers who have made educating their communities about child safety a priority.”

Honeywell and NCMEC created the Got 2B Safe! program in 2003 to address the issue of child safety by arming teachers, parents, and guardians with tools to help keep children safer. The program educates eight to ten year olds and their families on how to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation.

The Got 2B Safe! program has been sent to every elementary school in the United States, reaching an estimated 5 million students. Got 2B Safe! teaches the following rules to keep children safer: 

1. Check First -- Children should always check with parents and guardians before accepting gifts, rides or invitations from anyone, including friends, acquaintances and people they don't know.
2. Go With a Friend -- Simple and straightforward -- never go anywhere alone. Being with another person in public is safer and more fun.
3. It's My Body -- Anyone who violates the sanctity of a child's body or threatens or attempts to do so is committing a crime. Tell your children it is okay to say "NO!"
4. Tell a Trusted Adult -- Teach your children to TELL a trusted adult -- parent, guardian, teacher, etc. -- if anyone or anything makes them feel scared, uncomfortable or confused.

Other Florida winners:
1st Prize:  Ami Morris – Pembroke Pines
2nd Prize: Katherine Teuton – Ft. McCoy

Honeywell was recognized with the 2005 Department of Justice Corporate Leadership award for its commitment to child safety. Got 2B Safe! is part of Honeywell Hometown Solutions, the company’s community outreach initiative which focuses on three areas of vital importance: Family Safety and Security; Housing and Shelter; and Science and Math Education. Together with leading public and non-profit institutions, Honeywell has developed powerful programs to address these needs in its communities. Honeywell also partners with Nobel Media and Nobel Web on the Honeywell – Nobel Initiative, NASA on FMA Live! Where Science Rocks and Rebuilding Together on home revitalization projects for low-income homeowners.
Honeywell International is a $30 billion diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Based in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell’s shares are traded on the New York, London, Chicago and Pacific Stock Exchanges. It is one of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is also a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. For additional information, please visit www.honeywell.com.
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, which serves as a national clearinghouse for information and a resource for child protection. It works in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. NCMEC's congressionally mandated CyberTipline, a reporting mechanism for child sexual exploitation, has handled more than 335,000 leads. Since its establishment in 1984, NCMEC has assisted law enforcement with more than 116,000 missing child cases, resulting in the recovery of more than 94,000 children. For more information about NCMEC, please visit www.missingkids.com or call 1-800-THE-LOST.

The Got2BSafe! program is completely FREE for teachers to download at www.honeywell.com/got2bsafe .

See before/after photos of Vickie's classroom makeover below.