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I bought a card a few months ago and this is what it read.  I thought I would share it with you.  You can add your own ways of building a community.

 

HOW TO BUILD A COMMUNITY

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 dog

Garden together

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

Start a tradition

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

Turn up the music

Turn down the music

Listen before you react to anger

Mediate a conflict

Seek to understand

Know that no one is silent though many are not heard – work to change this