Community Building

"Mapping" Citizens Association

 

A neighborhood is more than just streets and buildings and the people who live there. Some residents belong to the same extended family; others work together. Some go to the same church on Sunday mornings; others play softball in the park on Saturday afternoons or bowl on Tuesday nights. Young families organize childcare co-ops; other people form book clubs or bridge groups. There may be local school councils, block clubs, historical societies, theater groups, gardening clubs, Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, and a thousand other groups. Formality ranges from three neighbors meeting over coffee to plan a block party, to a full-fledged community meeting with gavels and microphones and Robert's Rules of Order. Please help us identify those groups in your neighborhood. 
 ____________________PLEASE CHECK ALL_THAT APPLY___________________________
 
____Artistic Organizations:    	musical, theatrical, writing
____Business Organizations:  	Chamber of Commerce, neighborhood business
			      	associations, trade groups
____Charitable Groups & Drives; Red Cross, Cancer Society, United Way
____Church Groups:   		service, prayer, maintenance, stewardship, 
				acolytes, men's, women's, youth, seniors.
____Civic Events:    		July 4th, art fair, Halloween, Religious Events
____Collectors Groups:  	stamp collectors, flower dryers, antiques
____Community Support		Groups: "friends" of the library, nursing home 
				auxiliary
____Elderly Groups:   		Senior Citizens, Elder Day Care
____Ethnic Associations:	Sons of Norway, Black Heritage Club,
				Caballeros de San Juan
____Health & Fitness Groups:  	jogging, exercise, dieting
____Interest Clubs:   		recycling, antique car owners, book groups
____Local Media:		community radio and newspaper, local access
			       	cable TV
____Men's Groups:   		cultural, political, social, educational, 
				vocational
____Mutual Support,   		       
    (Self-Help) Groups:   	Alcoholics Anonymous, sweat equity, housing
				La Leche League
____Neighborhood:   		crime watch, block clubs, neighborhood 
				organizations 
____Outdoor Groups:   		garden clubs, Audubon Society,  ecology  
____Political Organizations:  	Democrats, Republicans, caucuses
____School Groups:		printing club, PTA, child care
____Service Clubs:   		Soroptomists, Kiwanis, Rotary, American Association
				of University Women, fraternities, sororities.
____Social Cause Groups:  	peace, rights, advocacy, service
____Sports Leagues:   		bowling, basketball, baseball, fishing,
				volleyball
____Study Groups:   		literacy clubs, bible study groups
____Veteran Groups:   		American Legion, , Veterans of  Foreign
				Wars, their Auxiliaries
____Women's Groups::   		cultural, political, social, educational, 
				vocational
____Youth Groups:   		Future Farmers, Scouts, YM/YWCA

Village Well

Building Communities From the Inside Out states "Ancient villages often centered their lives around the "village well". The well was much more than a place which offered water; it was a nerve center for the entire community, a place where gossip, stories, and information of all kinds were exchanged." The Community Technology Centers are our "Village Well" with the ability to connect people together, to connect people and business, and to connect people with services. The Association Inventory you have just completed needs to be posted to the "village well" center through the Tri-Cities Free-Net Community Network.
Check your Centers Resource List or the Tri-Cities Free-Net to be sure all the groups, clubs, associations, you participate in are listed. For new listing or to remove a group please fill in the following and submit to your Center. 

Community Associations:______________________________________________


Contact Person:______________________________________________________


Purpose:_________________________________________________________________


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Number of Participants:______________

Address:__________________________________________________________

Telephone:________________________

e-mail address:_____________________

Community Technology Center:________________________________________

Programs or events:_________________________________________________

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If one of your neighbors came to you for help where would you send 
them should they need:

Food:____________________________________________________________ 

Housing:_________________________________________________________ 

Illness:_________________________________________________________

Dental:__________________________________________________________

Child Care:______________________________________________________ 

Money:___________________________________________________________ 

Electricity Costs:_______________________________________________ 

Clothes:_________________________________________________________

Work:___________________________________________________________ 

Transportation:____________________________________________________ 

Information:______________________________________________________ 

Safety:___________________________________________________________ 

Activities:________________________________________________________ 

Medical:_________________________________________________________

Other:_______________________________________________________________

We will make these resources available on the Centers computers for those 
requesting further information.