News and Events

National Night Out 2009

Tuesday, August 4

The “26th Annual National Night Out”, is a unique crime/drug prevention event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch. Last year’s National Night Out campaign involved citizens, law enforcement agencies, civic groups, businesses, neighbors organizations and local officials from more than 15,000 communities from all 50 states, territories, Canadian cities and military bases worldwide. In all, more than 37 million people participated in National Night Out 2008.

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 outdoor lights, front porch vigils, cities, towns and neighborhoods celebrate NNO with a variety of events including:

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.

The official 2009 NNO registration form is available at www.natw.org.

Make a Difference Day

October 24, 2009

Make a Difference Day is a celebrattion of neighbors helping neighbors. Everyone can participate. Created by USA WEEKEND Magazine, Make a Difference Day is an annual event that takes place on the fourth Saturday of every October.

In 2008, 3 million people cared enough about their communities to volunteer on that day, accomplishing thousands of projects in hundred of towns. Your project can be as large or as small as you like – just look around your community and see what needs to be done.

For more information, or to register your project, visit www.usaweekend.com/diffday/index.html.

Global Youth Service Day

April 24-26, 2009

Global Youth Service Day is a time in the year when we come together to focus the world’s attention on what young people are contributing every single day.

GYSD is organized by Youth Service America with National Youth Leadership Council, the Global Youth Action Network, and with thousands of partners in the U.S. and across the world. During GYSD, millions of youth around the world organize community service projects to address the needs of their local communities through service, to be recognized for their contributions, and to be a part of a global youth service movement.

For more information, ideas or to register a project, visit http://gysd.org.