Lately the world can seem like a dangerous place. We read the daily reports about increasing crime rates in our communities, saddened by the most recent school shooting in Winder, Ga, the shooting in Birmingham’s Southside and to make us even more on edge continuing global terrorist attacks.

The nightly news reports are enough to make want to only speak to the world through locked doors. The law enforcement agencies who serve our communities need our support and sponsorship to assist them in their outreach to those who need the help the most. By engaging community leaders to work with and share their ideas and concerns with law enforcement agencies, we can work together to face the uncertainty around us. We need to help in educating both our communities and those who serve them. We can bring the necessary parties together to find solutions to our community problems. The more familiar we can make community aware of those resources around us, the greater the chance of we have of knowing who to call in times of need. We can promote events that range from cybercrime, human trafficking, community policing, and elder fraud. Our presence can be valuable to our Community.

We know there are often no easy solutions to complex problems; but the more we learn about the world around us, the greater the chance of success when problems are approached together. we are actively involved in a host of diverse issues in our communities we are looking for ways to better connect with our communities.

Please let me know if you have any suggestions on programs we can use expand our involvement. We are looking for ways to engage our membership and continue to fulfill the opportunity we have to expand our community outreach.

Have a great month!

Sam