G.A.I.N. GETTING ARIZONA INVOLVED IN NEIGHBORHOODS

Activity Ideas

 

Simple Refreshments

  • Bring your favorite snack

  • Coffee, tea and dessert

  • Cookie exchange

  • Fruit and cheese plates

  • Hot dogs

  • Ice cream cones/make your own sundaes

  • Lemonade and cookie

  • Potluck

  • Root beer floats

  • Chili cook off event

  • BBQ

  • Theme party

Group Conversations/Mixers

  • “Neighbor of the Year” event

  • Block watch e-mail list

  • Block history stories

  • Have an ice breaker

  • Photo’s from past block parties and activities

  • Skill swap

  • Talk about crime prevention and keeping an eye on each other’s houses

  • Establish a neighborhood walking patrol

  • Update block map

  • Welcome new residents

  • Conduct home security inspections 

Activities for youth

  • Bicycle parade

  • Chalk art

  • Face painting

  • Games

  • Kiddie jump

  • Make a banner/mural

  • Piñata

  • Riding bikes in the street

All ages activities 

  • Book exchange

  • Book swap

  • Cake walk 

  • Street dance

  • Talent show

  • Volleyball

  • White elephant exchange

  • Welcome new neighbors

Contribute to your community

  • Beautify a common area

  • Collect food for a food pantry

  • Paint over graffiti

  • Fall clean up project

  • Borrow the Tempe Tool Trailer for neighborhood clean up project

  • Neighbor helping neighbor projects