The Bellefontaine First Church of God and the Bellefontaine Police Department join together to host a Faith & Blue Weekend event Saturday, Oct. 8, featuring trunk-or-treat.
Activities run from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the police department, 135 N. Detroit St.
Children are invited to participate in costume.
The Faith & Blue Weekend features local law enforcement and members of the community for a weekend of resolution and reconciliation. It is a national collaborative effort to build bridges and break biases.
Faith & Blue was inaugurated in 2020 by MovementForward, Inc., working with the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) at the U.S.Department of Justice.
“The idea was a simple but powerful one — the ties that bind officers and residents must be reinforced if we are to build neighborhoods where everyone feels safe and included,” according to the organization’s website at www.faithandblue.org.
“Faith-based organizations are key to building these bonds because they are not only the largest community resource in the nation, with 65 million participants in weekly events, but because they are as diverse as our nation.”