Resident participation and leadership are keys to creating strong and stable communities. When residents are empowered to solve problems, make decisions and take leadership, neighbors create a powerful tool for developing community assets. All residents have a stake in their communities’ futures. Successful communities will be those whose residents have the tools to identify the community’s needs, to shape the programs to meet those needs, and to influence positive outcomes upon meeting the outlined needs. Those residents will be the leaders who watch over their communities for years to come, and help identify and train the next generation of leaders.

The Belair-Edison Healthy Community Coalition is comprised of everyday neighbors who tirelessly volunteer a countless number of hours to the place they call home.

Our volunteer efforts to date have:

• Developed, nurtured and managed a network of civic, educational, faith-based, local and federal partnerships;
• Conducted a needs-assessment of the community;
• Created two (2) computer labs in the community;
• Operated after school and summer camp programs;
• Brought over $30,000 to human service programs in Belair-Edison.

Please take a moment to review the Volunteer Page on the Coalition’s website. Join the movement!

As we can see, volunteers bear such a major impact in the community when we all come together.

Question for thought: Why don’t more people in the Belair-Edison and 4×4 communities volunteer?