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National Night Out is a great time to get to know your neighbors, build Assets, and fight crime in your community!

National Night Out is Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011. Find your local National Night Out Event >

Since its inception 28 years ago, National Night Out (NNO) has become so much more than just a “block party” about safety awareness. It’s still firmly grounded in heightening crime and drug prevention awareness, but it also clearly overlaps with asset-building activities in its goals of strengthening neighborhood spirit while building support and community partnerships with police and anti-crime programs. In the spirit of boosting Developmental Assets this National Night Out, Search Institute Trainer, Deborah Fisher, is sharing her tips for making your local NNO event an asset-rich one.Get Deborah Fisher’s tips for successful asset-building this National Night Out >

Visit www.nationalnightout.org to find out more, and use the resources below to help make your neighborhood’s National Night Out a success.

Make Your Neighborhood Event Fun and Meaningful

• Asset-Building Ideas for Neighbors and Neighborhood Groups
  This handout, from Pass It On!, contains great ideas for getting together with neighbors to make your community a better place for youth.
• Search Institute Summer Tips
  These business-card-sized handouts are great for handing out to people attending your National Night out or any other event. Just print them on perforated business-card sheets, and start spreading the asset message!

	Great Group Games A collection of fun and meaningful activities for people of all ages.
	Great Group Games for Kids Packed with creative ways to entertain groups of kids in grades K-5.
	I Noticed! Notes Use these kind, funny messages to “catch” your neighbor kids when they do something right.
	150 Ways to Show Kids You Care A thoughtful, refrigerator-sized poster you can afford to give every neighbor.
	Ready, Set, Grow! Lots of young children in your neighborhood? Give families a growth chart that measures both physical and emotional development.
	Conversations on the Go How do you make sure teenagers feel included at your event? Strike up meaningful chats with this insightful book of questions.
	Asset Category Stickers Based on Developmental Assets ®, these stickers remind neighbors about the things that matter most to kids, such as support, boundaries, and positive values.