Neighborhood Watch

By Roberta Hole, Coordinator

Our thanks go out to all the dedicated residents who give an hour a week or a month to help be the "eyes and ears of the Police" as a Neighborhood Watch patrol. All are volunteers who give time, vehicles, and gasoline, to help keep Leilani a safe, peaceful place to live.

The Watch meetings continue to be on the last Tuesday of each month at 7PM in the Community building on Moku Street and all residents are invited to join us for coffee and cake. The last Community cookout/pot luck was a huge success with over 130 folks in attendance. The imu with pork and turkey, and all the wonderful food that residents bring certainly made a wonderful food that residents bring certainly made a wonderful meal that all enjoyed. We have one of these great social occasions every 6 months and all residents are invited to come and contribute their kitchen specialties and enjoy everyone else's. There will be another Group sale in the pavilion around November. These sales take place about every 3 months.

A monthly flyer is put out by Neighborhood Watch and lets residents know what is happening in the community. The monthly Neighborhood Watch newsletters are listed below.

September 2007

I Am a Neighborhood Watch

By Lieutenant James Sanborn

(Taken from a presentation given on April 27, 2002, at the “Solutions 2002: Neighborhoods in Action” Conference.)

I AM A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. My birth certificate is the date a community decides to have me. I am basically conceived to provide citizens an opportunity to address crime and the fear of crime that threatens their community’s well being. Today’s lifestyles can contribute to community isolation and weaken civic ties. I am the opportunity for you and your neighbors to prevent or break this cycle, and in the process build your community into a safer, friendlier, and nice place to live. I am a strategy that can be used for many things and involve lots of people. I have been successful in the communities of Leilani Estates, Ocean View, Kaumana Caves, and Kealakehe, to name a few. I can be found in rural areas, subdivisions, cul-de-sacs, agricultural areas, towns and cities.

I am a strong and committed group of citizens wherever I am! I search for a “safe and secure” environment in every program or project I undertake and I am busy at this very moment building a better tomorrow today!! I am a meeting at a government facility, church, school, business, or in someone’s home, built with love and sweat. I am a farmer, a salesman, a retiree, a Christian, a Buddhist, a grandparent, a senior citizen, a teenager, and someone who’s trying to be a contributing member of society after having chosen the wrong path in life. I am a letter to a Council member, government agency, business, or neighbor pleading for assistance to address a problem impacting the community’s quality of life. I am growing through all that I undertake. I am never a loser!! I am about roles and responsibilities, communication, planning, training, mobilization, and seeking out resources. I am neighborhood and park cleanups, teen dances, home security checks, finding solutions to traffic problems, collecting toys, clothing and food items for the homeless, organizing after-school activities, helping crime victims, reclaiming playground areas from drug dealers, and task forces that influence policy-makers I am S.A.R.A., a problem-solving model, and CPTED, an environmental approach to crime prevention. I am committed to making Hawaii a nice place to live! Be proud, be great, be still, and know I AM A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH.

Volunteers Paint House Numbers

October 2006 -- In an effort to make it easier for emergency personnel to locate homes in our rural subdivision, a project is underway to paint house numbers on the street at the end of each driveway. Fire and Police have said it is very helpful and it gives them faster response time because they don’t have to search for the address.

The attached photo shows several volunteers painting house numbers on the street.

For More Information Contact:

Leilani Community Association
13-3441 Moku Street, P.O. Box 361, Pahoa Hi 96778
Tel: (808) 965-9555
FAX: (808) 965-9555
Internet: Info@LeilaniEstates.Org

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