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IN MADISON COUNTY ...
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET 100
DOLLARS TO THROW A
NEIGHBORHOOD PAR? IT'S
PART OF A GRANT TO BRING
COMMUNITY AWARENESS TO PUBLIC
ISSUES. EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEVEN POPE SHOWS US
HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED.
"IT BRINGS THE COMMUNITY
TOGETHER.THEY LIKE THAT, THEY
WANT TO BE INFORMED, AND THEY
WANT TO BE PART OF IT. AND IT
DEFINITELY HELPS OUT TO WORK
OUT AND SOLVE THE PROBLEMS WE
HAVE OUT THERE,"THIS IS THE
7TH YEAR GRANTS HAVE MADE IT
POSSIBLE TO GIVE $100 DOLLARS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THROWING A
BLOCK PARTY WHERE A DETECTIVE
TALKS WITH NEIGHBORS ABOUT HOW
TO BUILD A SAFER NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S BEEN A POPULAR IDEA.OVER
THE YEARS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE
TEAMED UP TO TACKLE COMMUNITY
ISSUES. LAST YEAR THEY
FOCUSSED ON CHILD SAFETY, LIKE
WEARING A HELMET WHEN RIDING A
BIKE. THIS YEAR THEY'RE
FOCUSING ON MENTAL HEALTH."I
WOULD JUST SAY THAT EVERY
COMMUNITY CAN BENEFIT FROM
LEARNING ABOUT CHILDREN'S
MENTAL HEALTH, AND WHAT
FAMILIES TO DO TO SUPPORT ONE
ANOTHER,""IF YOU WOULD LIKE
$100 TO HOST YOUR OWN BLOCK
PARTY. WHAT YOU DIS GO DOWN
TO THE REXBURG POLICE STATION,
OR THE MADISON COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, PICKUP AN
APPLICATION, BRING IT DOWN TO
THE SCOL DISTRICT OFFICE,
AND THEY'LL CUT YOU A CHECK."
"IT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE THAT MONEY SO WE DIDN'T
HAVE TO USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE
TO NOT TO GET TOGETHER,"75
PEOPLE CAME TO KATHERINE
ALLEN'S BLOCK PARTY LAST YEAR.
SHE SAID IT WAS NOT ONLY
SUCCESSFUL, BUT THAT SHE WOULD
DO IT AGAIN. ACCORDING TO THE
DISTRICT, ABOUT 35 BLOCK
PARTIES WERE HELD LAST YEAR.
OTHER BLOCK PARTY HOSTS I
SPOKE TO SAID THEY LOOK
FORWARD TO THROWING ANOTHER
PARTY THIS SUMMER.
THIS YEAR'S GRANT IS
FUNDED THROUGH "MADISON
CARES." BUT OVER THE LAST
6 YEARS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT