National Night Out 2008: the West Side represents

National Night Out energized the nation on August 5, 2008. The community-based event was initially developed as a creative way to address crime and bring attention to drug prevention. The long list of block parties, public gatherings, ice cream socials, and cookouts stretched throughout local neighborhoods. A powerful movement nestled in the Mississippi riverbank on St. Paul’s West Side was stirring with change -- real action toward solidifying black-white-brown unity.

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Along with the Neighborhood Youth Showcase of spoken word, music and dancing, the Neighborhood House hosted a food drive, school supply drive and served more than 1,000 hot dogs and hamburgers. Pretty successful for the organization’s first National Night Out.