{"id":4464,"date":"2012-08-02T15:32:38","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T19:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=4464"},"modified":"2012-08-02T16:03:55","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T20:03:55","slug":"police-to-be-recognized-at-national-night-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=4464","title":{"rendered":"Police to be recognized at National Night Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local law enforcement officers will be honored by children of Historic East Linden Project at NNO 2012<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

By P.J. D\u2019Annunzio<\/strong>, Staff Writer, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kennett Square’s Historic East Linden neighborhood. Residents, including kids from the neighborhood, will be part of a ceremony to honor the borough’s police department on National Night Out on Aug. 7.<\/p><\/div>\n

KENNETT SQUARE \u2014 It takes a village to raise a child. In the case of Historic East Linden, it takes a community which has instilled within its children a spirit of respect and admiration for law enforcement.<\/p>\n

To that end, residents and children of the Historic East Linden district in Kennett Square are coming out on Tuesday Aug. 7 to celebrate their local police officers at National Night Out 2012, a national initiative to promote safe communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe children of the Historic East Linden Project would like to thank the local police department for making their neighborhood a better place to live.\u201d Event Coordinator Janine Kreiss said. \u201cThe neighborhood kids recently went to the Borough police station and interviewed different police officers. We\u2019re going to have the kids make a presentation on what the learned and how they felt before the interview and how they felt after, and give a thank you to the police and recognize them with certificates. Then police officers are going to in turn recognize the kids for their interest and participation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The East Linden District has seen many positive changes in the last ten years, due in part to local law enforcement. With the police department\u2019s assistance, the East Linden Neighborhood is now booming with a culturally diverse mix of active community residents, children at play and still a motivated neighborhood organization.<\/p>\n

On the genesis of the organization, Kreiss explained, \u201cTen years ago, some residents in the community got together and started meeting regularly because they\u00a0didn’t\u00a0like the way the neighborhood was being portrayed. They didn\u2019t want their kids going outside to play. They\u00a0weren’t\u00a0comfortable with walking in the streets at times. They wanted to make a better place to live.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey cultivated a mission to just be in communication for the good of the community and from that we started an after school program for kids called \u2018Study Buddies\u2019. During the school year, they come after school and have a place to go to work on some fun things as well as their homework.\u201d<\/p>\n

Historic East Linden works not only in making the community safe, but also in keeping its neighborhood clean and aesthetically pleasing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is also a whole element of beautification to the neighborhood since it\u2019s a historic district,\u201d Kreiss added. \u201cCertain houses were deteriorating. Historic East Linden took on the mission of maintaining the historic district in order to preserve the attributes of the community. Clean ups and trash removal were organized as well as home repair.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slated to be in attendance at NNO 2012 are members from the Kennett Square Borough Council, Kennett Borough police, and members of other local police and fire departments.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing the speeches we\u2019re going to have food and refreshments and there\u2019s also going to be mini self-defense lessons from the New Garden Karate studio. The kids will also have an opportunity to check out police cars and fire engines,\u201d Kreiss said.<\/p>\n

All Kennett residents are encouraged come out and enjoy food, fun, friends and family in this block-party setting, and to learn more about the history of the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

National Night Out 2012 is a free event open to the public and will take place from 6:00 \u2013 7:30 PM on Tuesday, Aug. 7.\u00a0 The event will take place on East Linden Street with catering provided by: Herr\u2019s Food Inc., Giordano\u2019s Pizzeria, Fox\u2019s Pizza Den, and Pat\u2019s Pizzeria of Kennett Square.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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