The FTC just sent out this alert, first time I’ve heard of a fake text message regarding contact tracing. Fake text messages with malware links are nothing new, but it can be easy to see how folks might fall for this malicious link due to fear of the virus. Please forward this email to your organization or friends.

Today, we are seeing scammers attempting to sell illegal COVID-19 home testing kits. The FDA warns that there is currently no approved COVID-19 home testing kit. If you see such activities, please direct people to contact their local law enforcement agency and report the scams directly to the FDA. Additionally, the FBI is warning there has been increased phishing emails seeking donations or asking to verify personal information in an attempt to steal identities and money.

Some grocery stores are offering special hours for seniors to go shopping. Click through to see stores which are offering this and take advantage! 

GAIN KICK-OFF will still be located at the North Side of the Christown Spectrum Mall, 1703 W. Bethany Home Road. The event will be near entrance to Costco. 

The 2019 Neighborhood Block Watch Grant Program (NBWGP) application process will open Thursday, November 1, 2018.  The deadline to submit completed applications is Thursday, December 6, 2018, by 4:00 p.m. Arizona local time. The NBWGP program provides an opportunity to enhance the safety and quality of life in the City of Phoenix through empowerment of community groups. NBWGP funds offer neighborhood groups the resources to create new and innovative programs and activities designed to prevent and reduce crime in their community.  

Pedestrian fatalities in the city of Phoenix have been increasing and the Phoenix Police Department has launched a campaign to remind everyone of some very basic rules that can help keep you alive. Sometimes we think the short cut is wroth it, but in the end, the long way would have been better. Please take a moment to share these fliers (in English and Spanish) with your Facebook friends and neighbhorhood groups. 

Criminals continue to grow more violent. Every day, the men and women on the front lines in the City of Phoenix face a full-on assault from the criminal element in our city. You and your family continue to be at risk.

FACT: The Phoenix Police Department is dangerously understaffed with hundreds fewer police officers than in 2008.

FACT: With 530 square miles to cover, response times for emergency 911 calls can often take 7 minutes or more.

The six week academy meets every Thursday from 5:30pm to 9:00pm at various police locations within the city.

It is not very often we get to celebrate a 91st Birthday and one of our members turned 91 on August 15, 2017.

Don't forget to order your gain t-shirt and show yoru community spirit and support! 

PBWAB will be selling the GAIN T-shirts at the following locations: