CCC featured at National Night Out
Abilene's NNO event highlighted CCC as partner in building safe, caring, whole neighborhoods
Each year, the Abilene Police Department's Community Services Division hosts Abilene's National Night Out event. This anti-crime event attracts members from throughout the community, including Neighborhood Watch groups and captains.
This year's event was held at Rose Park Senior Center on Tuesday night, October 7. APD Chief Melvin Martin gave the keynote address and talked about many great accomplishments in lowering neighborhood crime over the past ten years. One featured neighborhood was North Park where Chief Martin credited the work of Connecting Caring Communities and the North Park Friendship House in significantly reducing crime with little help from APD.
Danyel and Brandon Rogers have lived in the North Park Friendship House on Hickory Street for almost five years. They have certainly seen changes in the neighborhood during that time. Now they hear stories of neighbors caring for sick neighbors, watching out for suspicious activities, children playing together and relationships built throughout the area.
Connecting Caring Communities, along with partner 211 A Call for Help Community Resource Center, were the two featured organizations at Abilene's National Night Out. Target was a sponsor of the event.