Falcon Heights recently issued the following announcement.
Event Name: Night to Unite - POSTPONED
Date:10/06/2020 (all day)
Due to the ongoing pandemic, National Night Out 2020 has been postponed to October 6, 2020.
What is Night to Unite (National Night Out)?
Night to Unite is observed annually on the first Tuesday of August. It is a statewide event that builds and fosters community bonds between citizens, businesses, and public safety organizations, such as the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office.
Night to Unite Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Night to Unite goals are to:
- Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness.
- Generate support and participation in crime prevention and community policing programs.
- Strengthen neighborhood spirits and public safety-community partnerships.
- Let criminals know that you are committed to keeping your neighborhood safe.
Due to the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19, Night to Unite originally held the first Tuesday in August has been rescheduled to Tuesday, October 6, 2020.
To register your block party, complete the form available at https://www.falconheights.org/residents/city-events/night-to-unite. You may request a drive-by visit from city council members and/or members of the Fire Department, as well as street blockades if necessary. Ramsey County Sheriff's Department will not be participating in Night to Unite this year due to COVID-19. Play kits offered through the City will not be available for rental due to COVID-19.
List of activities that involve physical distancing:
- Light up your house/apartment with tea lights, Christmas lights, etc. Walk the neighborhood and view the light display.
- Host a physically-distanced happy hour outdoors in a driveway, garden or front-yard.
- Coordinate a scavenger hunt looking for pictures in neighbors' windows. Check off items on a bingo card.
- Organize a chalk walk contest. Neighbors can create art with sidewalk chalk in their driveway. Walk around the neighborhood and vote on your favorite, or have neighbors be the judges. Offer a prize to the winner.
- Get your neighborhood together and sing. Sing in a line in the middle of the road stretching down the block, and sing patriotic songs like Take Me Out to the Ballgame, America the Beautiful, or In the Good Old Summer Time.
- Organize a bean bag or beach ball toss, starting at one end of the block, tossing back and forth, and see how long the toss-off can last.
Original source can be found here.
Source: Falcon Heights
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