BCL of Texas NeighborWorks Week

NeighborWorks Week

Get involved with NeighborWorks Week

Looking for a way to improve your community? Want to make a real difference in the lives of others? Wondering how to get involved? Participate in National NeighborWorks® Week!

Each year BCL hosts an event or special project in the Dallas area. There are at least two ways to participate in National NeighborWorks Week:

Volunteer by contacting BCL of Texas to offer your assistance. BCL of Texas works during National NeighborWorks Week and year-round to improve communities.

Become a Local Partner/Sponsor by contacting BCL of Texast to discuss partnership opportunities. Whether you're looking to involve your staff in a volunteer project, increase local awareness of your business, or reach new customers, National NeighborWorks Week and the NeighborWorks network offer many unique opportunities for partnership.

What is National NeighborWorks Week?

National NeighborWorks Week — now in its 26th year — is a celebration of the accomplishments of the NeighborWorks network and an opportunity to increase the network's visibility and build partnerships. It was held on June 6-13, 2009.

During NeighborWorks Week, local NeighborWorks organizations mobilize tens of thousands of volunteers, businesspeople, neighbors, friends, and local and national elected and civic leaders in a week of neighborhood change and awareness. They rehab and repair homes, paint and landscape properties, conduct neighborhood tours, recognize successful partnerships, and host events that educate, train and inform. In addition, NeighborWorks organizations are eligible for grants and technical assistance to support their NeighborWorks Week activities.

History of NeighborWorks Week

NeighborWorks Week was conceived in 1984 as a way to draw attention to the often-unacknowledged work of what was then a network of 182 local NeighborWorks organizations working in 360 neighborhoods. As the network has grown to its current level of more than 240 community development organizations working in more than 4,400 neighborhoods, so too has NeighborWorks Week. Now, nearly the entire NeighborWorks network embraces the week as a way to demonstrate its solid work in local communities and the cumulative effect of this work on a national level.