NATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT OUT
Tuesday all day we are asking Block Captains to have an open house, barbecue, ice cream social, gab fest..... a coming together of those folks you look after in your neighborhood.
The purpose is to get you together with your neighbors in an informal situation to get to know one another and just socialize. The idea is simple enough if you all get together and shoot the breeze for awhile you will begin think of each other by name and gain a better connection with one another.
Here in our area we usually have a potluck or barbecue and invite our neighborhood group to wander in and just enjoy a day out in the sun. Another group had one of those portable fire pit things and hand a campfire in their driveway with potluck snacks and wine and cheese. As neighbors walked by on an evening stroll they stopped and sat a spell around the campfire.
Momentum... is what it takes... You, the Block Captain, just have to decide to do it. Make up some invitations and stick them in folks mailboxes and everything will just happen. They will come. Need a partner? Consider buddying up with another Block Captain.
We've invited the Newport Police Department to stop by and say hi and hope they do. We hope you all have a good time and get to know your neighbors even better.
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