Tips On How To Engage In Your Local Community
Aug. 23, 2010
How to Engage Your Local Community
This weekend we came across a fantastic community sign in one of the best locally made ice cream stores in Northern California - Fairfax Scoops. The sign was simple, displayed next to one of the inside tables, and for a little sign it has a tremendously lasting impact. Given Fireclay Tile's interest in supporting our local community and on manufacturing locally, we thought these tips for engaging with your local community are fantastic!
In case you have trouble reading the photo, here is the text:
Turn off your TV
Leave your House
Know your neighbors
Look up when you are walking
Greet People
Sit on your stoop
Plant Flowers
Use your Library
Play together
Buy from local merchants
Share what you have
Help a lost dog
Take children to the park
Garden together
Support neighborhood schools
Fit it even if you didn’t break it
Have pot lucks
Honor Elders
Pick up litter
Read stories aloud
Dance in the street
Talk to the mail carrier
Listen to the birds
Put up a swing
Help carry something heavy
Barter for your goods
Start a Tradition
Ask a question
Hire young people for odd jobs
Organize a block party
Bake extra and share
Ask for help when you need it
Open your shades
Sing together
Share your skills
Take back the night
Turn up the music
Turn down the music
Listen before you react to anger
Mediate a conflict
Seek to understand
Learn from new and uncomfortable angles
Know that no one is silent though many are not hear work to change this