The "26th Annual National Night Out" (NNO), a unique crime/drug prevention event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW), has been scheduled for Tuesday, August 4, 2009.

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The 2009 National Night Out celebration is the marquee event highlighting the commitment of the Wichita Police Department in creating a...........

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Join The Party!
Wichita residents are once again invited to join thousands of other communities across America in supporting a unique, coast-to coast crime prevention project on August 4th, 2009 to give neighborhood crime and drugs a "going away" party. From 6:00 to 10:00 p.m., residents city wide and across the nation, will be asked to turn on outside lights and spend the evening outside on their block.

For the last eighteen years, the Wichita Police Department has won national awards for its National Night Out program. In 2008 Wichita finished 5^th in overall participation in the category of cities with 300,000+ population.

During National Night Out 2009 many neighborhoods will be hosting special activities such as yard parties, cookouts, etc. National Night Out gives people a chance to heighten crime prevention awareness, bring neighbors closer together, and send a message to criminals letting them know that neighbors across the U.S.A. are organized and fighting back. Organize a special activity for your neighborhood. Officers from the Wichita Police Department will stop by and visit as many events as possible. The police helicopter will fly over and "spotlight" blocks hosting activities, Let’s get involved and join others across the country in letting criminals know they are not welcome in our community. Start planning your parties now with your neighborhood. For more information contact Officer Michelle Tennyson, Community Affairs 455 N. Main, Wichita KS, 67202, or call 268-4101. 

If you are interested in applying for a grant that will help incorporating physical activity and/or healthy eating in your National Night Out event, view this link

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"NATIONAL NIGHT OUT" 
is designed to:

1. Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness;

2. Generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime programs;

3. Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and  

4. Send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

Along with the traditional display of outdoor lights and front porch vigils, cities, towns and neighborhoods 'celebrate' NNO with a variety of events and activities such as: