Good Neighbor Week

 

Good neighbors make great neighborhoods!

September 24 through September 30, 2023

Each year NeighborWorks Green Bay sends a team of eight residents to the Community Leadership Institute: a weekend of leadership training with NeighborWorks America. The team participates in leadership classes and is tasked with coming up with a project to improve their community. The 2019 CLI team created Good Neighbor Week. The week is all about encouraging people to be good to each other, lending a helping hand if possible. Good Neighbor Week 2020 was a very successful beginning of the community-wide event.

Good Neighbor Week 2023 will take place September 24th through the 30th. NeighborWorks Green Bay, Green Bay Neighborhoods, the City of Green Bay, as well as many community partners plan to take on several projects helping neighbors in need in our community with minor home repairs, landscaping or yard maintenance.  

We encourage you to think about how you can participate in Good Neighbor Week in your neighborhood. Below are just a few ways you can be a good neighbor!   

HOW CAN YOU PARTICIPATE IN GOOD NEIGHBOR WEEK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? 

  • Play Good Neighbor Week BINGO – see details below
  • Trash walks 
  • Food drives
  • Mow your neighbor’s lawn/water their garden
  • Bake bread or cookies for a neighbor
  • Convert a Little Free Library to a food pantry 
  • Organize a community bike ride
  • Neighborhood Walks 
  • Schedule porch coffee dates
  • Sidewalk chalk messages/ trails through the neighborhood for people to follow – like hopscotch
  • Become pen pals or phone pals
  • Community stargazing/campfire nights
  • Porch concerts
  • Garden in the front yard – learn new plants
  • Story time – read a book out loud to the neighborhood
  • Write an old-fashioned letter to family/neighbors 
  • Start a neighborhood online book club
  • Check on neighbors or say hello
  • Give blood
  • Virtual tip jars
  • Blue lights and ribbons to support health care workers
  • Clean your block….to include clearing leaves out of storm sewer grates
  • Paint stones and leave them around the neighborhood sending messages of hope and community

Or make a gift to NeighborWorks Green Bay to increase our impact for this amazing event!

Make a gift for Good Neighbor Week
Neighborhood Associations

GOOD NEIGHBOR WEEK BINGO

As a kick off to Good Neighbor Week, we created a fun way to celebrate, introducing Good Neighbor Bingo!  Stop by City Hall and pick up your BINGO card on the 1st floor or 6th floor. 

BINGO RULES: 
Complete this BINGO card (printable PDF) between September 24 through October 20, 2023 and turn it in to the Community & Economic Development Department for a small prize.  Additionally, each BINGO line will add your name to an entry for a chance to win the grand prize!  Winner will be contacted during the week of October 23.

Return completed BINGO card to the Community & Economic Development Department to receive your small prize. 

100 N Jefferson Street, Room 608
Green Bay, WI 54301

If you have any questions, please call the city (920)448-3300.  Thank you for participating in Good Neighbor Week BINGO!

TELL US WHAT YOU’RE DOING TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR

Make a post on social media and use the hashtag: #GoodNeighborWeek or fill out the form below.

Good neighbors make great neighborhoods!

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