Shadow Creek Neighbors

Building Your Community

8 Ways To Do It

1. Organize a "Night Out" party in your neighborhood to introduce neighbors to one another. Call the National Association of Town Watch at 800/648-3688.
2. Spearhead a food drive. Call Second Harves at 800/532-3663
3. Host a drop-in gathering for police officers who patrol your neighborhood.
4. Produce a neighborhood citizens guide to local, state and national issues. Call National Issues Forum at 800/433-7834
5. Learn how to lead a collaborative planning process in your community. Call the National Civic League at 800/223-6004.
6. Buy 10 bulbs; plant five in your yard and offer to help a neighbor plant the others in his or her yard.
7. Teach mediation and conflict resolution skills to a group of neighborhood youths. Call the National Institute for Dispute Resolution at 202/466-4764.
8. Help your local school become a community school center for Community Education at 810/238-0463.

Links

National Civic League
Healthier Communites/Cities
Points of Light Foundation
Three Steps