I would like to thank all of my friends and Co-Workers who help pull off our little block party at the last minute. To show off the equipment an to make a there presence known, really made a great impression on the children and their families.
A big Thanks go to Wichita PD North, Sedgwick Co EMS and Via Christi Trama team. I know we invited the Fire dept as well but do to circumstances beyond there control, they was un able to attend. But thank you anyway for trying! You were sorley missed.
Now, to explain how this came about....
My wife and her friend have been working on this low income apt complex for over 2 years now. Her friend inherited this complex from her father and she felt it best to bring it up to standards.
It was about time!
She and her husband manage to run off the dope dealers and prostitutes. My wife and daughter was hired to help redecorate and me and my son did yard work, getting rid of the alcohal bottles, trash and tires.
We had our first block party last year and, well.... Not a big turn out. But that was ok. This year was different. Our friends got a loan, Hired a contractor and made drastict exterior changes which inturn brought in better tenants such as single families. It was nice to see that area with little children with smiling faces.
One of the biggest changes she made is to offer the Patrol North Police an apartment for them to come to to do there paper work. It has mutiple phone lines and a high speed internet connection. They have not accepted it as of yet. It still needs to meet aproval from the PD admin. If they do there presence alone would detour the crime rate dramaticly.
THATS THE GOAL
Im attaching a few pics to show our event.
A big Thanks go to Wichita PD North, Sedgwick Co EMS and Via Christi Trama team. I know we invited the Fire dept as well but do to circumstances beyond there control, they was un able to attend. But thank you anyway for trying! You were sorley missed.
Now, to explain how this came about....
My wife and her friend have been working on this low income apt complex for over 2 years now. Her friend inherited this complex from her father and she felt it best to bring it up to standards.
It was about time!
She and her husband manage to run off the dope dealers and prostitutes. My wife and daughter was hired to help redecorate and me and my son did yard work, getting rid of the alcohal bottles, trash and tires.
We had our first block party last year and, well.... Not a big turn out. But that was ok. This year was different. Our friends got a loan, Hired a contractor and made drastict exterior changes which inturn brought in better tenants such as single families. It was nice to see that area with little children with smiling faces.
One of the biggest changes she made is to offer the Patrol North Police an apartment for them to come to to do there paper work. It has mutiple phone lines and a high speed internet connection. They have not accepted it as of yet. It still needs to meet aproval from the PD admin. If they do there presence alone would detour the crime rate dramaticly.
THATS THE GOAL
Im attaching a few pics to show our event.