Earlier this month, communities all over the country organized events around National Night Out to help reinforce a relationship between neighbors and law enforcement.
But you don’t have to wait until next year to bring your neighborhood together. This summer, President Obama called on all Americans to dedicate some of their time to serving their community. There is still plenty of time for you to get involved and volunteer some of your time toward empowering your neighborhood against crime.
There are countless activities you can get involved in that bring people in your community together and that can send a message to criminals. Starting a neighborhood watch, volunteering you time to graffiti removal and litter pick up, or setting up community activities that kids can get involved in are a few of the many activities that contribute to cleaning up a neighborhood.
Getting children involved is particularly important, whether providing kids with mentors, after school activities, or getting them involved in your neighborhood cleanup activities.
Check out Serve.gov for more to register your project, or to search for other volunteer opportunities in your own community.
One Comment on "Giving Back To Your Community To Help Fight Crime"
Cynthia Rodts
The things that I have read here that communities are doing is great! However, I would like to take my neighborhood (and maybe others will follow) one step further. I would like to help set up a program, like businesses in the community do, where myself and my neighbors can register to be a “Safe Place” for kids to go. That way when children are playing or walking home from school or a friend’s house, if anyone looks suspicious or approaches them they can run to the closest house that has a “Safe Place” sign. Obviously it would need strict rules to apply; finger prints, back ground checks, the works. Wouldn’t it be great if you could walk or drive through a neighborhood and almost every house had a “Safe Place” sign in the yard. It would certainly send the child predators a message.
I am going to be sending our Community Policing Officer an email to see if and how something like this can be set up. If anyone has any advise or suggestions they would be greatly appreciated.
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