AT HOME:

AT SCHOOL:

IN THE COMMUNITY:

IN YOUR CONGREGATION:

Introduce your children to neighbors.

Welcome new neighbors with a plate of cookies or a cake.

Get to know your neighbors.

Learn the names of every young person in your neighborhood.

Show interest in your neighbors' children.

Get to know five kids in your neighborhood.

Recruit volunteers to wait with kids at school bus stops.

Encourage your children to find ways to serve in your neighborhood.

Invite students to identify ways they can promote caring in their neighborhoods.

Assign projects that promote interaction between students and their neighbors.

Encourage students to find ways to serve in their neighborhoods.

Hold an open house for people in your neighborhood; form alliances with groups and businesses.

Provide opportunities for youth to serve the school neighborhood.

Encourage adults in your neighborhood to volunteer in your school.

Sponsor neighborhood get-togethers.

Encourage your friends and neighborhood to mae youth a priority.

Organize informal activities for neighborhood youth.

Let your kids know that your house is a "safe house" - someplace they can go for help or extra support.

Work with children and teenagers to create a neighborhood garden, playground, or park.

Start a neighborhood newsletter/support group.

Gather neighborhood representatives and develop plans and strategies for creating caring neighborhoods.

Encourage all members to get to know young people in their neighborhoods.

Encourage children and teens to form relationships with their neighbors.

Schedule potluck dinners, ice-cream socials, and other get-togethers to which youth may invite a neighbor.

Be a positive presence in your neighborhood.

Have your youth group sponsor neighborhood service projects.