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How did our NNO celebrations 9o, you ask? <br /> <br />Fantastic! Of course, our Minnesota weather was hot and humid again (105 heat index) as we headed out <br />to visit all our NNO ce[ebraUons throughout the city. <br /> <br />Regard[ess, all registered events received visits by police and fire, McGruff ~ Scruff. In addition to our <br />City Council members, this year we had record numbers of po[ice officers, reserves and fire fighters <br />ce[ebrati~8 National Night Out with residents. All in all, nine fire trucks and 13 po[ice squads made the <br />rounds that night. <br /> <br />We had several senior parties that the Fire 6t PoUce Chiefs and Mayor made special stops at and throughout our visits, we handed out <br />NNO tattoos and balloons, stickers, water bott[es and Fdsbees at each event - something the kids really look forward to! Of course, it <br />wouldn't be NNO if our fire department didn't spray the kids down at each of the parties, helping to keep everyone cool! <br /> <br />"Thanks for your <br />con tinued support. <br />This is rea(ly <br />beneficial for the <br />neighborhood." <br /> <br />- Jan, 155th LN NW <br /> <br />8,7% jump in NNO registrations <br /> <br />Growth in a city-wide event such as NNO is.a!.ways <br />planned for and anticipated, however an 87% increase <br />in NNO registrations was a pleasant surprise! Alt in aLL, <br />we had an estimated 77% increase in individual <br />resident participation. <br /> <br />Additiona[[yl 28% of registered parties were new to <br />celebrating NNO[ These coordinators received <br /> <br />compUmentary party packs to get them started on their celebration planning. <br /> <br />NNO Contests & Activities <br /> <br />Each year we try to offer new and different activities to entice <br />more participation. Documentation and samples of all events, <br />contests and promotions have been included. This year's activities <br />included: <br /> <br /> Food Drive. <br />In response to the needs of our local food <br />she[f, we promoted a 'food drive to restock <br />_ some specific items that they were in need <br />_.of. The response was overwhe[min!~; We <br /> coLlected 995 pounds of food! <br /> <br />(Section 5: Contests F~ Activities) <br /> <br /> participating in neighborhood crime watch. <br /> <br /> ~Z°LorE, g C°,fesf. <br /> One-hundred and five Ramsey youth aged 12 and under <br /> participated in our annual coloring contest. The coloring sheet <br /> promoted putting a family disaster supplies kit together. Prizes: <br /> Toys R Us gift certificate, new bike, Pool Party (Comfort Suites). <br /> AlL winner received a NNO t-shirt. <br /> <br />Brd x~,uaL x/ward oje ExceLLence Co~fcsf. <br />This contest requires coordinators to bring awareness and <br />education to one or more of the eight leading causes of childhood <br />injury or death to their NNO celebration. The winning team wins <br />the "Award of Excellence" sign in their neighborhood for a year <br />and 5100 to use for a future neighborhood gathering. Extra points <br />were given for developing a neighborhood disaster plan and <br /> <br />Kids between the ages of 13 and 18 had a chance to test their <br />ability to respond to a disaster with a "Get a Kit. Make a Plan." <br />activity sheet. Prizes: Local business donations. <br /> <br />Scrapbook CoxfCsf. <br />Our second annua[ scrapbook contest brought in.many creatively <br />designed pages. Participants were able to scrapbook up to five <br />double-sided pages of their NNO event, with a patriotic theme. <br />Prize: 540 Archiver's gift certificate. <br /> <br />,4 l~e~/t/~? un/ted commun/ty ix'one o£ the bes~ deterren£s- to Crime, z~ healthy un/ted community is. one of £t~e <br />5est deterrents to ct~me. /~ 5ea/tS? un/tect comrnunJtv /~ one of t/~e 5est deterrents to ct~me, A ~ea/t6? un/ted <br />c-old'nun~fy/~ one of the 6est deterrents to crime. A 6enlthy un/ted comrnunj~, i~' one of t/~e 6e,~t deterrents to <br /> <br /> <br />