Every child accounted for — from drop-off to pickup.
Praxisis Kid Beacon is check-in, safe pickup and alerts for recurring programs such as day camps and church kids' programs. Built for the people who look after other people's children — camp directors, children's ministry leaders and after-school programs — where a child must never leave with the wrong adult. Parents check in with a pass on their phone. Every child is placed in the right group by age. A small beeper lets a child reach a leader without a phone. And no child leaves until staff have matched the adult, the photo and the code.
What if you could...
✅ Check in a family in seconds — parents show a pass on their phone at the door, and brothers and sisters check in together; no clipboards, no line-up
✅ Put every child in the right group automatically — by age on the day or by school year, with group sizes and staff ratios checked as children arrive
✅ Know exactly who is collecting each child — staff see the adult's photo next to the child's, and match a code from the child's label
✅ Stop the wrong adult at the door — a name on a family's do-not-release list is refused quietly, and only your safeguarding lead is told
✅ Let a child ask for help without a phone — three big buttons on a beeper reach the group leader first, even when the Wi-Fi is down
✅ Never leave a child waiting alone — reminders, calls to parents and emergency contacts, and escalation at 15, 30 and 60 minutes after pickup time
So that every child goes home with the right adult — and you can show exactly who released whom, and when.
This fits you if you are...
🏕️ Running a day camp or a weekly kids' program — camps, church kids' ministries, after-school clubs, sports and lessons
🚪 Losing sleep over drop-off and pickup — the two busiest moments of the day, and the riskiest
📋 Still on paper sign-in sheets and name stickers — or using a check-in app that stops at the front door
📵 Running activities where phones aren't allowed — children can't reach a leader, and parents can't reach their child
🧾 Answerable to parents, insurers and your board — you need to show who released which child, to whom, and when
If two or more of these describe your program, keep reading. If none of them do, honestly — this isn't for you, and we'll tell you that on the call.
A beeper, not a phone.
Many programs don't allow phones, and young children don't have one. The Kid Beacon beeper is a small device your program hands out at check-in and collects at pickup.
🟢 Three big buttons — I'm OK, Come get me and I need help, easy for a five-year-old
📳 A short note from home — "Love you" or "Pickup in 10 minutes", held until the activity ends
🧑🏫 Help goes to staff first — the group leader and the coordinator know at once; parents hear from staff, calmly, once someone is with their child
📶 Works when the Wi-Fi doesn't — the beeper talks to the leader's phone over Bluetooth, and the phone catches up when the connection returns
📍 Knows when a child wanders off — if a beeper loses touch with its leader's phone, the leader is alerted
The beeper is offered to pilot programs. In the demo, it runs on a second phone.
That's not all — included in every pilot:
🛠️ Set up for your program — your groups, ages, ratios, rooms and staff, configured with you
👨👩👧 Family onboarding — invitations and a short guide for parents; nothing for parents to install
🎓 Training for leaders and coordinators — a short session and a one-page guide for each role
📟 Beepers for your pilot groups — supplied for the pilot, with a charging tray
🍁 Your data in your country — hosted in Canada for Canadian programs and in the United States for US programs
🩺 Weekly check-ins during the pilot — we watch the first sessions closely and fix what comes up
Now what?
Book an overview.
We'll walk you through what Praxisis Kids Beacon does,
show you how it would apply to your specific domain,
and answer any questions. No pitch deck. No obligation.
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