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National Night Out 2010 Is Scheduled for Tuesday, August 3
We're Having a Party!
Several, in fact! This year's National Night Out celebration is going
back to the original concept of fighting crime with porch parties,
outside lights, and neighborhood walks.
Join us at St. Leo's Place at 6:00 pm for a meet and greet. We will
elect our new Board members, introduce our police officers, and say
"hello" to neighbors we haven't seen in awhile.
 Then
the Board (and anyone else who wants to join in) will fan out into the
neighborhood to distribute information about keeping the neighborhood
safe.
What can you do? Get outside, turn on your lights, and help us
celebrate. We encourage porch parties and neighborhood strolls.
Take back your neighborhood against crime, Aycock!
Don't forget the Date:
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Meet at St. Leo's Place at 6:00 pm
National Night Out 2010 Scheduled for Tuesday, August 3
By Linda J. Fusco
This year’s National Night Out (NNO) is fast
approaching. NNO was introduced by the National Association of Town
Watch (NATW) in 1984. The program was the brainchild of NATW Executive
Director Matt A. Peskin and is billed as “America’s Night Out Against
Crime.”
The event began in an effort to heighten awareness and
strengthen participation in local anti-crime efforts. Peskin felt that a
high-profile, high-impact type of crime prevention event was needed
nationally. At the time of NNO’s inception, Peskin noted that in a
typical ‘crime watch community’ only 5 to 7% of the residents were
participating actively. He felt this percentage was too low.
Subsequently, he proposed a national program which could be coordinated
by local crime prevention agencies and organizations, yet involve entire
communities. The first event in 1984 saw 400 communities in 23 states
participating. Nationwide, 2.5 million Americans took part. The seed had
been planted.
National Night Out 2009 involved over 36 million people
in 14,625 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian
cities, and military bases worldwide. National Night Out 2010 is
expected to be the largest ever. Once again this year, Target is a
national corporate sponsor.
National Night Out, a year-long campaign against crime,
is designed to:
• Heighten crime prevention awareness
• Generate support for, and participation in, local
anticrime programs
• Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community
partnerships
• Send a message to criminals letting them know that
neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.
Along with the traditional outside lights
and front porch vigils, most cities and towns celebrate NNO with a
variety of special citywide and neighborhood events, such as block
parties, cookouts, parades, festivals, visits from local officials and
law enforcement, safety fairs, and youth events. Aycock’s NNO 2010 will
be held at St. Leo's Place on Tuesday, August 3 at 6:00PM.
Upcoming Gardening Events
Urban Harvest Selling at State Street
Farmer’s Market
Urban Harvest will be selling produce at the new State
Street Farmer’s Market (between N Elm and N Church) every Tuesday from
10 am - 2 pm.
Urban Harvest invites you to visit them at the Dunleith
garden on Chestnut St. You can schedule a day for you and some friends
to come out and help, or check Urban Harvest’s calendar to see when
members of their staff will be working in the garden. Visit their
website for more information:
www.urbanharvest-gso.com.
The First Ever Great Tomato Tasting Event
WHERE: NC A&T University Farm
WHEN: Saturday, July 17, 2010
TIME: 8 am -12 noon (Rain or Shine)
North Carolina Cooperative Extension and the NC A&T
University Farm will host the first-ever Great Tomato Tasting event, to
be held on Saturday, July 17, 2010, from 8 am -12 noon, rain or shine.
The event will include the tasting of both heirloom and hybrid tomatoes
and tours of the farm’s research plots. The tomato tasting event is
designed to help farmers select and grow varieties of tomatoes that
consumers prefer. Tours of the farm, led by faculty and farm staff, will
be available throughout the morning. Participants can observe high
tunnel vegetable production, tomato grafting, and tomato production on
plastic mulch. The day’s events will include tomato cookery and canning.
NC Cooperative Extension staff and Master Gardener volunteers will be
available to answer gardening questions. More fun activities are
planned, so bring your camera.
Check the following website for registration
information: http://guilford.ces.ncsu.edu.
Click on the basket of
tomatoes
and follow the instructions. The NC A&T University Farm is located at
3136 McConnell Rd., Greensboro NC. If you have questions, call (336)
375-5876.
Second Tour of Guilford County’s Community Gardens
WHEN: July 22, 2010
TIME: 5 – 8 pm
This will be a self-guided tour of some community
gardens as diverse as the communities they are located in. Learn what
your friends and neighbors are doing in order to provide better, more
wholesome foods for their families while saving on grocery bills and in
many cases contributing fresh vegetables to those in need in our
communities. This event is sponsored by North Carolina Cooperative
Extension in Guilford County and the Extension Master Gardener
Volunteers. Master gardeners will be available to answer questions. For
more information on the event as well as maps and directions, visit the
Extension’s website (see link below).For Timely Gardening Tips, Visit
www.guilfordgardenanswers.org
For Additional News & Articles - Click Here To View Our
July 2010 Newsletter
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