Neighborhood Watch

By Richard Willing, Coordinator

With this new 2010 year I would like to extend a huge mahalo to all of you that have participated in our Neighborhood Watch efforts over the past year and to remind all residents that we need everyone's help to make Leilani a safer, friendlier place to live! Our Neighborhood Watch volunteers are an extension of the Leilani Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) that will be training hard in 2010 to be prepared to assist our community in the event of an emergency. Part of the CERT training will be to 'know your neighbor' -- to create a registry of every home in Leilani based on emergency needs and capabilities from resident CPR/fi rst aid training and size of catchment tanks available, to whether anyone in the household currently requires mobility assistance, so we will be visiting you to kick off this effort. To become a WATCH volunteer (a trained observer) does not require much time and can be done by car, on toot, or by bicycle, so please come to our monthly meetings the last Tuesday of each month at 7 pm to get involved in your community. Neighborhood Watch contact is: leilaniwatch@live.com

Many thanks go out to all the dedicated residents who donate their time to help be the "eyes and ears of the local Police" as our Neighborhood Watch. All of us are volunteers who give time, vehicles, and gasoline to help keep Leilani a safe, peaceful, and enjoyable place to live.

Our Watch meetings continue to be the last Tuesday of each month at 7pm in the Community Association building on Moku street and all residents are invited to join us for monthly Watch discussion, coffee and cake. The Neighborhood Watch organizes a bi-annual community potluck and imu that everyone is invited to that occurs in August and February, so watch this website for actual dates. Our members organize regular community garage sales so again watch this website for sales dates. Our monthly newsletters keep residents up to date on community issues and are attached below, so read and let us know how we can make improvements to our watch and our great community.

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.

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.

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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