Become a Block Captain

A block captain may be a community clean-up coordinator, a Neighborhood Watch coordinator, or a political organizer - or all of the above. A block captain is generally considered to be the lowest-level political figure.

Block captains in Philadelphia, a program begun in 1965, are authorized and organized under the Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee (see Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee) of the Sanitation Division of the Streets Department.

See also

• Volunteering in Philadelphia

External links (Philadelphia-related)

Some more information about block captains in Philadelphia is in these links:

• South of South Neighnorhood Association
• Answers from a SW Philly block captain
• Help Desk: No block captain? No trash can.
• Woman and three children die in Feltonville rowhouse fire

External links (elsewhere)

• National Association of Town Watch BLOCK CAPTAIN'S HANDBOOK
• Block Captain Duties (Albuerque)
• What Are Block Captains? (Oklahoma)
• Block Captain Resources (California)