WALLINGFORD, Conn. -- A sticker could go a long way toward saving a baby's life in Connecticut.

The Children Have An Identity (CHAD) sticker was named after a 13-month-old Illinois boy who was in a terrible car accident a decade ago.

Chad's babysitter, who was driving, died in a crash that left emergency responders with a mystery to solve.

"They knew who the car belonged to ... it was to her family, but they didn't know who the child belonged to," said Marlene Bodine, Chad's mother.

But by some miracle, the baby's cousin happened to work at the hospital and was able to identify the boy, who was injured, but not critically.

"He had a minor concussion and he had some cuts on his face and in his ear," Bodine said.

Chad also had a broken leg, but after just two days in the hospital, he was able to go home.

Bodine was convinced that the car seat helped save her son's life, so she worked with her state to promote car seat safety. Together, they promoted specially created CHAD stickers to put on car seats in an effort to provide important identification information.

That idea hit home for a group of Connecticut women.

"We thought it was such a great idea that we decided we would become ambassadors of it," said Cindy Nigro, of the Trumbull Community Women

In the past year, Nigro said, the group has distributed almost 3,000 stickers by visiting doctor's offices, day-care centers, police departments, local hospitals, friends and family.

"The front of the sticker has the child's name, their birthday -- which is important for the medical personnel -- address, city, state, mom, home phone number, work phone number, dad home and work numbers, the child's physician with a phone number and another contact person with their relationship," Nigro said. Wallingford police Lt. Marc Mikulski sees the value of the stickers, especially for first responders to an accident scene.

"Time is of the essence when we deal with these situations and all the information we have will make it better for the police and for the child," Mikulski said.

If you are interested in getting one or more of the CHAD stickers, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to:

Trumbull Community Women
P.O. Box 168
Trumbull, CT 06611

You can also e-mail requests to info@trumbullcommunitywomen.org.

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