January Bulletin - January 8, 2004
January Bulletin - January 8, 2004
Dear Southwest Community Neighbor,Happy New Year! May 2004 be a year of blessings, peace, and renewed hope for you and your loved ones.
SAFETY: In the last Bulletin, we mentioned that our children needed your help in crossing the intersection of Hammerberg and Crestbrook between 3:45 and 4:00 each school day afternoon, noting that some drivers were not respecting the patrols by stopping to allow the children to cross the road. At the last meeting, we watched a video taken at that intersection that clearly showed drivers not yielding to pedestrians. Consequently, the patrols (fifth and sixth grade students) held the children from crossing until there were absolutely no cars. This could be a long wait, and not good for our children especially in rainy or cold weather.
The Flint Police Department is seeking to employ a crossing guard for that intersection. The status of that search is not known at the time this Bulletin is being written. If you, or someone you know, is interested in being a school crossing guard, application forms are available through the Flint City Personnel Office. In the meantime, PLEASE, drive cautiously and respectfully at all school crossings to keep our children safe.CORRECTION: The November Bulletin incorrectly stated that amount contributed by the Southwest Crime Watch to the Neithercut Community School Halloween Party. The amount contributed was $100.
HELP WANTED: This Bulletin is read and appreciated by many of our neighbors, but unfortunately not everyone is receiving a copy. This is because we need more people to serve as deliverers. It really is an easy task, requiring not much more than thirty minutes of your time once a month. Not only will you be doing a service, but there are other benefits such as the healthy exercise of walking and the opportunity to say "Hi" to some of your neighbors. We need deliverers for the following streets:
Ingleside Tuxedo Lincoln
Alvord Campbell Windsor Lane
Fenton Rd Hargott Greenbriar
Can you help? Do you want more information? Give Debra Ramsey, our Bulletin delivery coordinator, a call at (810) 249-3863. She would be very happy to hear from you!
NEXT MEETING
SOUTHWEST CRIME WATCH Meeting
Thursday, January 15th, 2004
Neithercut Community School
7:00 pm-8:00 pmCRIME STATISTICS: Crime statistics for December were not received at the time this Bulletin was written. Look for an update in the next Bulletin.
THANK YOU! Last October the Southwest crime Watch responded to the needs of a family in our community left devastated due to a fire. We received a lovely note from the family thanking us so much for helping them in their time of need.
WEB SITE: Have you checked out our web site? Thanks to the effort and expertise of Gary Jones, we have a web site: www.geocities.com/southwest_crimewatch. We welcome any suggestions of information that could be added to the web site.
WAYS YOU CAN HELP Interested in working with your neighbors to make our community safer? Here are some ways you can help:
1. Attend the next Crime Watch meeting at Neithercut School on Thursday, Jan. 15th at 7pm pm.2. Become a SW Crime Watch patroller. For more information, call our patrol coordinators, Juanita and Lorenzo Berlanga at 233-4514. Application forms will be available at the meeting, too.
3. Be observant. Call 911 to report any suspicious activity and/or "suspected prowler".
5. Turn on your porch/yard lights. Trim trees and bushes so that they are not hiding places.
6. Install motion detectors on your house and garage.
7. Make a monetary donation. Checks (payable to the Southwest Crime Watch may be mailed to: Southwest Crime Watch, P.O. Box 7391, Flint, MI 48507-0391
NEXT MEETING:Southwest Crime Watch Meeting
Thursday, January 15, 2004
Neithercut Community School
7:00 pm to 8:00 pmFUTURE MEETING DATES:
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