[Dewey-Darrow] National Night Out

[Bearhair]

I've attached an invitation sent out earlier to a few neighborhood lists that
were known.  You are ALL invited to attend and integrate this event into your
local plans.

Additional information regarding the overall National Night Out program is
below.

Hope to see you at the park!

Lora



From:
>www.nationaltownwatch.org

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT is designed to:

* Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness;
* Generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime programs;
* Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and
* Send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are
organized and fighting back.

Along with the traditional display of outdoor lights and front porch vigils,
cities, towns and neighborhoods 'celebrate' NNO with a variety of events and
activities such as:

    * block parties,
    * cookouts,
    * visits from local police and sheriff departments
    * parades, exhibits,
    * flashlight walks,
    * contests, and
    * youth programs.

NNO has proven to be an effective, inexpensive and enjoyable program to
promote neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships in our fight
for a safer nation. Plus, the benefits your community will derive from NNO
will most certainly extend well beyond the one night.


In addition, the founding group is promoting "Project 365."
>http://www.nationaltownwatch.org/nno/project365.html

What is Project 365?

Between now and National Night Out 2010, all National Night Out registered
areas are asked to designate a particular 'problem area' in their
communities. It could be anything from a park overtaken by drug dealers, to a
gang problem, to a graffiti problem, to expanding Neighborhood Watch, to a
particular block or neighborhood plagued by crime, drugs or violence.

The goal will be to work towards correcting that problem within an estimated
"365" days - or, in other words, by National Night Out 2010.


This might be something that we should initiate, as many of us are aware of a
few problem areas. Any volunteers to coordinate?


Lora
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