NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP TEAMS

Our mission at SLF is to engage people-of-faith and people-of-goodwill to transform the community for good—neighborhood by neighborhood.

Our Neighborhood Partnership Teams (formerly Community Partnership Teams, CPTs) are a driving force to help us achieve that mission and bring lasting transformation to our neighborhoods.  People of all ages benefit from our work with the NPTs, although there’s a special emphasis on the youth of the neighborhoods, who represent future generations.  Currently, the NPTs are serving more than 3,000 people per year in the three Salem NPT geographies.  More than 450 volunteers provided nearly 10,000 hours of service in 2016… worth more than $200,000!  Find out more about Neighborhood Partnership teams below.

The idea behind NPTs is simple.  Every sector of town has individuals and organizations who want to plan and deploy meaningful projects to address the needs of their neighborhood(s).  NPTs provide a regular forum for interested citizens to pool their ideas, their resources, and their volunteer hours to implement successful strategies.  People helping people with a common sense of geography.

NPTs inspire and support a broad range of community-led programs and initiatives. They focus on strengthening youth and families, but deploy a ‘whole-neighborhood’ approach. Many of the programs and activities are designed to support family engagement with school, youth development, healthier lifestyles, and cross-cultural relationships. NPTs provide and support:

  1. After-school programs, parenting classes, seasonal events, community gardens.
  2. Neighborhood watch, crime prevention, strategies for re-entry and addiction recovery.
  3. Block parties, community dinners, health fairs, music concerts, summer feeding programs.
  4. Supports for foster kids and foster families; family strengthening programs.
  5. Adult and child literacy, English classes, GED and education-advancement opportunities.
  6. Outreach to our unsheltered neighbors for housing, employment, recovery, transportation, mental health.
Your Neighborhood Partnership Teams meet all over our city on varying days of the week. Click here for our calendar of meetings. All are welcome!

To find out more, please contact the SLF office at (503) 315-8924, or email JennP@SalemLF.org

NPT Coordinator and Keizer Lightning Rod Jennifer Palanuk
Email Jenn, NPT Coordinator

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