Love Your Hood
At Eastown, we believe we can change the landscape of our communities, one small act at a time. Here are a few fun and meaningful ways you can love your neighbors. Below is a list of ideas that may get you started. Steal an idea or let these spark a new idea as you consider those who live right beside you.
Game Night — Grab some games and enjoy a little competition on your block.
Front Yard Popsicles — Put a cooler in the front yard on a hot day and invite neighbors to stop by for a free popsicle and conversation.
Breakfast Burrito Drop-Off — Make a few extra breakfast burritos or pastries on a Saturday morning and surprise nearby neighbors.
Neighborhood Dog Walk — Gather neighbors with dogs for a casual evening walk and conversation.
Sports Watch Party — Project a game in the driveway or garage and invite neighbors to bring lawn chairs.
Local Food Tour — Invite neighbors to bring their favorite appetizers or desserts to share in the front yard.
Care Package Cart — Fill a wagon or cart with snacks, water bottles, flowers, or handwritten notes and walk the neighborhood sharing them.
Starbucks Run — Going to the store or better yet, Starbucks? Text a neighbor and ask if you can pick something up for them.
Additional Ideas
Reverse Lemonade Stand — Don't sell it, serve it and get to know your neighbors.
Notecards — Write simple, positive notes to show you care.
Walk It Out — Go on a walk and invite neighbors to join.
Move to the Front — Move the party from the back to the front with a grill out, s'mores night, game night, or water balloon fight.
Meet a Future Need — Surprise someone by filling their car with gas
Care for the Delivery Drivers — Put out a snack box for your delivery drivers
Dessert Drop Off — Bake cookies and take it to a neighbor you've never met
Breakfast for the Block — Host a pancake breakfast or hot chocolate bar in your neighborhood
S’Mores Party — Bring the fire pit to the driveway and host a s’mores party for your neighbors
Bake Away — Bake your favorite treat and drop it off to a neighbor.
Coffee Circle — Circle up out front and serve coffee and pastries.
Summer is the perfect time to love local and get to know your neighbors! You plan the date and we will help supply the fun. Let us know which of the items you would like to reserve by filling out the form below.
Reserve Eastown Materials for free for your next Movie Night or Block Party
LOVE LOCAL
We believe communities are changed when we demonstrate love right where we live.
How to
love local right where you live
We believe we can change the landscape of the communities where we live, one neighborhood at a time
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Know someone that’s not feeling well, either mentally or physically? Leave a care package on their front porch.
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We all need to hear why we are appreciated and loved. Take a moment today to send a note or voice memo to someone you know needs to be encouraged.
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Ask if you can pick up groceries or make a meal.
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Find your favorite dance hits or encouraging songs and send them to your friends.
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Leave delivery workers a box on your porch to choose from...: bottles of water, gatorade and snacks with a note to show you care.
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Hardly anyone says no to prayer. Ask someone you know what one thing you can be praying for right now.
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Set your alarm at three different times today. When it goes off each time send a text to someone that needs extra joy or needs to know they are valued.
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Let's be honest... parents are working overtime in this season. Let a parent know how great they are doing!
How your kids can Love Local
These little acts of kindness can help cultivate a heart in your kids for the community around them at an early age.
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Find some kids in your neighborhood to enjoy crafts, a water balloon fight, or lawn games alongside you. Bring the fun to your neighborhood by making connections with other kids nearby in different ways.
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Grab your favorite dessert mix and bake it for others next door.
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Our words of encouragement can be all someone needs to feel seen and loved that day. Write a card or draw an intentional picture for a neighbor near you.
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Invite your kids to join you in a grocery run to look for items to place in a care package for someone they know who is hurting.
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Grab some water balloons and host a neighborhood water balloon fight! Invite kids from your neighborhood to join in the fun and enjoy a summer afternoon full of laughter, friendly competition, and unforgettable memories.
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Use a lemonade packet to mix up a refreshing batch of lemonade and invite families and neighbors to stop by for a cup. Create space for conversation, build new friendships, and enjoy getting to know the people who live around you.
Our Love Local Partners
Love Never Fails
Eastown helps financially support Love Never Fails, an East Bay non-profit that fights human trafficking. The organization works to restore, educate, and protect survivors of human trafficking and their community.
Young Life Capernaum
Your generosity helps support programs like Young Life Capernaum San Ramon Valley.
Young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities get the chance to experience fun and adventure, to develop fulfilling friendships and to challenge their limits while building self-esteem.
Hope Water Project
Water is our most basic and vital need in life. Without it, nothing can happen. But with it, everything changes. Clean water quenches thirst - but it also restores health. With access to clean water, life can be given back to a community. Eastown supports Hope Water Project and their work to provide 1,000 new water wells for the Pokot tribe in northwestern Kenya.
Foster The City
Foster The City is a non-profit organization helping to equip and empower churches to raise up foster families and support friends within their church to confront the foster care crisis in the Bay Area.
Eastown is able to continue impacting our community because of your generosity and we are so grateful!
