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Contact: Elaine Tricoli
Phone: (336) 373-2421
Greensboro Honored for ‘National Night Out’ Participation
GREENSBORO, NC -- (November 17, 2008) – The National Association of Town Watch has once again selected Greensboro as a National Award Winner for the City’s participation in the 25th Annual National Night Out (NNO) on August 4.
National Night Out, initiated in 1984, is designed to heighten awareness of crime and drug prevention and to strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships. The Greensboro Police Department has served as the area’s organizer of NNO activities since the inception of the program in 1984.
Greensboro was also honored by the National Association of Town Watch as a National Award Winner last year.
This year, more than 100 Greensboro neighborhoods and communities celebrated with front porch vigils, block parties, cookouts, parades, pool parties, neighborhood walks, and safety fairs. The Community Resource Teams of the Greensboro Police Department work with neighborhood groups and community leaders throughout the year to promote the objectives of NNO.
According to the association, the 2008 NNO observation was the largest ever. Thirty-seven million people in 15,449 communities from all 50 states, US territories, and military bases participated worldwide in this year’s observance.
For more information about NNO, contact Anne Gregory at (336) 373-2636.
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