Sheriff’s Office sponsors National Night Out on Oct. 5
SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO HOLD NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT OCTOBER 5TH
FINCASTLE, VA – Neighborhoods throughout Botetourt County are invited to join us for this year’s National Night Out event on October 5, 2021, at Fincastle Baptist Church from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. While National Night Out is generally held in August, many select areas celebrate the event on the first Tuesday in October.
National Night Out is nationally sponsored by NATW, Ring, New York Life, Starbucks, Associa, AT&T, Academy Sports & Outdoors and co-sponsored locally by Austin Electrical Construction, Inc, Davis H. Elliot, and Lawrence Companies.
National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes strong police-community partnerships and neighbor camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live and work. Together, we are making that happen.
From time to time, neighbors throughout Botetourt and across the nation are asked to lock their doors, turn on their front porch lights and spend the evening outside with neighbors and law enforcement.
Along with the traditional outside lights and front porch vigils, most communities celebrate National Night Out by hosting block parties, festivals, parades, cookouts and other various community events with safety demonstrations, seminars, youth events, visits from emergency personnel, exhibits and more.
National Project Coordinator, Matt Peskin said, “This is a night for our nation to stand together and promote awareness, safety, and neighborhood unity. National Night Out showcases the vital importance of police-community partnerships and citizen involvement. When law enforcement and the community work closely together, some amazing things can happen.”
“The Botetourt County Sheriff’s Office is committed to engaging our citizens through non-enforcement community activities to continue building and maintaining lasting relationships with those we serve” said Sheriff Matt Ward.
–Submitted by Lt. Scott Gathje
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