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To kick
off this
year’s
effort,
the
Mayor
was
joined
at
Heilmann
Recreation
Center
by a
host of
community
and
business
leaders,
as well
as top
City
officials
including
Detroit
Fire
Commissioner
Eric
Jones,
Police
Chief
James
Craig
and
Department
of
Neighborhoods
representatives.
(Photo
by
Kwabena
Shabu/City
of
Detroit) |
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Mayor
Urges
Residents
to
Volunteer
for
Angels’
Night
Campaign
and
Build on
Last
Year’s
Success
•
City
reported
fewest
fires in
campaign’s
20-year
history
in 2015
• City
promotes
Halloween
activities
at Rec
Centers,
Police
Precincts
and Fire
Stations
•
Volunteers
can sign
up at
www.AngelsNight.org
or call
(313)
224-4415
DETROIT
- Last
year,
the City
of
Detroit
experienced
the most
successful
Angels’
Night
effort
in
history.
This
year,
Mayor
Mike
Duggan
wants to
build on
that
effort
and
today
urged
residents
to
continue
their
vigilance
by
volunteering
for the
next
campaign,
which
runs
from
October
29 – 31.
In 2015,
the City
registered
a record
low of
52 fires
over the
three-day
period,
down
from 97
the year
before.
Of the
52 fires
last
year, 23
were
deemed
suspicious,
most of
which
were in
unoccupied
structures.
To kick
off this
year’s
effort,
the
Mayor
was
joined
at
Heilmann
Recreation
Center
by a
host of
community
and
business
leaders,
as well
as top
City
officials
including
Detroit
Fire
Commissioner
Eric
Jones,
Police
Chief
James
Craig
and
Department
of
Neighborhoods
representatives.
The
Mayor
emphasized
the
important
role the
community
plays in
keeping
the city
safe
during
Angels’
Night –
the City
of
Detroit’s
largest
volunteer
effort.
Last
year,
more
than
4191
active
patrollers
signed
up and
another
7,221
volunteers
provided
other
forms of
support,
such as
assisting
in
deployment
centers
or
keeping
their
porch
lights
on.
“Detroiters,
both
residents
and
business
owners,
have
demonstrated
time and
time
again
their
commitment
to their
city,”
said
Mayor
Duggan.
“We must
once
again
come
together
to build
on our
past
success.”
To
prepare
for
Angels’
Night,
the City
has
continued
its
blight
removal
efforts
to
eliminate
potential
targets
for
arsonists.
In 2016,
the City
has
demolished
approximately
3088
dangerous
vacant
houses
for a
total of
10,658
since
January
2014.
Across
the city
another
2,000
formerly
vacant
houses
are
being
renovated
and
reoccupied
under
the
City’s
Land
Bank
auction
and
nuisance
abatement
programs.
The City
also has
installed
more
than
62,000
new
street
lights
across
every
neighborhood
in the
city and
partnered
with
community
groups
to board
up 514
vacant
houses.
Sponsors
Continue
Generous
Support
Mayor
Duggan
thanked
this
year’s
sponsors,
who have
provided
nearly
$28,000
in
donations
and
in-kind
contributions
so far.
McDonald’s
is
partnering
with the
City of
Detroit
and is
the lead
sponsor
for
Angels’
Night
this
year.
McDonald’s
will
provide
free
coffee
to
Angels’
Night
volunteers
and
first
responders
Oct.
29-31 at
participating
Detroit
McDonald’s
locations.
"On
behalf
of my
fellow
McDonald's
restaurant
owners,
we
applaud
Mayor
Duggan's
leadership
and
salute
the
first
responders
and
countless
volunteers
dedicated
to
keeping
our
neighborhoods
safe,"
said
Errol
Service,
McDonald's
restaurant
owner.
"As
small
business
owners
who are
invested
in the
city of
Detroit,
we are
proud to
continue
our
support
of Mayor
Duggan
and his
administration
during
this
year's
Angels'
Night
Volunteer
Campaign."
Comerica
Bank,
another
major
sponsor,
has
supported
the
Angels’
Night
campaign
with
more
than
$105,000
in
donations
since
the
program
began
more
than 20
years
ago.
Other
major
sponsors
include:
Marathon
Petroleum;
DMC;
Detroit
Renewable
Energy;
KEO &
Associates,
Inc.;
International
Union of
Operating
Engineers;
Miller
Canfield
Paddock
& Stone;
Pierce,
Monroe &
Associates,
LLC;
U.S.
Ecology;
and
White
Castle.
Participating
White
Castle
locations
will
provide
two
hamburgers
and a
beverage
to adult
volunteers
from 6
p.m. to
3 a.m.
on any
of the
three
nights.
Volunteers
must go
into the
restaurant,
not
through
the
drive-through.
Companies
and
organizations
that
want to
sign up
as
Angels’
Night
sponsors
should
send an
email to
simmonsn@detroitmi.gov
or call
(313)
224-9008.
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