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National Night Out: America's Night Out Against Crime
Each year, on the first Tuesday in August, neighborhoods throughout Mankato are invited to join forces with thousands of communities nationwide for the annual National Night Out crime and drug prevention event. Mankato residents are asked to lock their doors, turn on their outside lights and spend the evening outside with neighbors and police. Many neighborhoods throughout Mankato will host a variety of special events such as block parties, cookouts, parades, police visits, flashlight walks, contests, youth activities and anti-crime rallies.
National Night Out is designed to:
- Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness
- Generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime efforts
- Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships
- Send a message to criminals letting them know neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.
National Night Out, sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch involves more than 10,000 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities and military bases around the world. In all, more than 34 million people are expected to participate in America's Night Out Against Crime. National Night Out is supported in part by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
National Night Out flyer
Print your own National Night Out neighborhood party flyer.
National Night Out 2008 Planning Kit
For more information contact the Neighborhood Support Officer at (507) 387-8722.
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