National Night Out

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Foster Powell set to host National Night Out event.  The Foster Powell Neighborhood Association hill be throwing its annual party in Kern Park, the evening of Tuesday, August 3rd, from 6:30 to 8:30.

In 1984, Matt Peskin and the National Association of Town Watch, organized an event to bring more awareness to police programs and foster community building and crime prevention throughout American cities. This event, National Night Out, was meant to encourage the public to take back their streets through a sense of community-mindedness. The movement caught traction, and 26 years later, on the first Tuesday in August, National Night Out is still celebrated across the country in neighborhood parks, porches, front lawns, cul-de-sacs, and dowtown centers.

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