You can hold it in a local park, and even include an old-fashioned potluck.
Get young people involved to plan it and suggest prizes. Include speech, dance, painting, drawing, singing, musical instrument acting, and other creative arts. Create a community anti-violence competition.M entor young people who need positive support from adults-through programs like Big Brothers and Big Sisters.Work with the school to establish drug-free, gun-free zones if they don’t already exist. Help students, faculty, and staff promote a sense of community through your involvement in a wide range of programs and activities. Insist that your local government maintain the parks, immediately repairing vandalism or other damage. Well-kept play equipment and a clean park can attract enough people to discourage illegal activities. Organize to help clean and improve parks in your area.Show you care about where you live and each other. Call your city offices or local waste management company and schedule a dumpster for the event. Volunteer to help clean up your community.If you own a dog, be a part of your local Dog Walker Watch crime awareness program (sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch), and serve as “extra eyes and ears” for local law enforcement agencies in ongoing crime prevention efforts.(It also shows you an interactive map of crimes and sex offenders in your neighborhood, and you can receive alerts and information via email or mobile device.) The app is powered by AlertID, a national online and mobile service, and includes a virtual neighborhood watch where you can share photos and info about activity with neighbors, police, and even Homeland Security. There’s even a free app for that: McGruff Mobile, available on iTunes or on the Google Play store. Report any crime or suspicious activity immediately to the police.Make sure your streets and homes are well lit. Set up a Neighborhood Watch or a community patrol, working with police.Work with your local public agencies and other organizations (neighborhood-based or community-wide) on solving common problems.In honor of National Night Out-an annual community-building campaign held the first Tuesday every August-here are 10 ways to make your neighborhood a safer, better place to live today.
It just takes communication, commitment and time. But there are many ways to take back control and prevent crime in your community. We don’t do that in the world we live in now. We used to keep our porch lights on and open the door when the doorbell rang, even if we didn’t know who was there.
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