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MAYOR
DAVE
BING
KICKS
OFF 2010
ANGELS’
NIGHT
CAMPAIGN
DETROIT
- Mayor
Dave
Bing,
along
with
Fire
Commissioner
James
Mack,
Police
Chief
Ralph
Godbee
and a
host of
business
and
community
leaders,
kicked
off the
2010
Angels’
Night
campaign
on
October
8. This
year’s
theme,
“Watch
Your
Block,”
encourages
residents
throughout
the city
to keep
an eye
on
vacant
structures
and
foreclosed
homes on
their
block to
help
make
Angels'
Night
2010 a
success.
“Once
again,
we ask
for
volunteers
from
throughout
Detroit
to work
together
to watch
over our
neighborhoods
to keep
our
families,
neighbors,
and city
safe
during
the
Halloween
period,
October
29-31,"
said
Mayor
Bing.
The
Angels’
Night
campaign
– held
annually
from
Oct.
29–31 –
has
become a
time
when
residents
join
together
to watch
over the
city to
create a
safe and
enjoyable
Halloween.
This
year’s
Angels’
Night
campaign
includes
several
ways in
which
volunteers
can get
involved.
Primary
elements
of the
Angels’
Night
program
are:
•
Register
Your
Community
Event by
calling
(313)
224-4415
or
visiting
www.angelsnight.org.
• The
Watch
Your
Block
Patrol
Program
organizes
teams of
volunteers
to
patrol
streets
in
Detroit.
Block
clubs,
Citizens’
Radio
Patrols,
community
organizations
and
churches
are
encouraged
to
patrol a
two- to
three-block
radius
around
their
neighborhoods.
• The
Adopt-A-House
Program
seeks
volunteers
to watch
or adopt
specific
vacant
buildings
in city
neighborhoods.
"This
Building
Is Being
Watched"
signs
are
posted
on
adopted
buildings.
• The
Porch
Light
Program
encourages
volunteers
to turn
on their
porch
lights,
or any
outdoor
lights,
between
dusk and
dawn.
• The
Eyes and
Ears
Program
calls
volunteers
to
regularly
look out
their
windows
to make
sure no
suspicious
activity
is
taking
place,
and to
call
9-1-1 if
they do
see
something
out of
the
ordinary.
• The
Orange
Ribbon
Campaign
encourages
Detroiters
to wear
an
orange
ribbon
tied in
a bow to
show
their
support
for
Angels’
Night
efforts.
Volunteers
are
needed
for each
night
during
the
three-day
Halloween
period
(Oct. 29
– 31).
City
officials
are also
encouraging
all
residents
to:
• Turn
on
outside
lights
at their
businesses
from
dusk
until
morning
on each
day of
the
Halloween
period.
• Report
any
suspicious
activity
they
observe
to the
Detroit
Police
Department
by
calling
9-1-1.
• Place
refuse
containers
or bulk
items at
the curb
before 7
a.m. on
the
morning
of the
collection
day,
rather
than the
night
before,
and
remove
refuse
containers
immediately
after
refuse
is
collected.
In
addition
to the
Angels'
Night
activities,
the
Detroit
Recreation
Department
and
several
Detroit
Police
precincts
will
host
Halloween
parties
and
activities
for
children
on
various
evenings
during
the
Halloween
period.
For more
information
about
Angels’
Night,
call the
Angels’
Night
Volunteer
Hotline
at (313)
224-4415,
go to
the
City’s
Web site
at
www.angelsnight.org,
or
contact
the
Community
Access
Center
at (313)
224-3450.
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