Night to Unite

August 4, 2026

Planning

Planning a celebration event in your neighborhood can be as simple as turning on your house's outside lights, locking your door, and inviting your neighbors over to your front yard. In some neighborhoods, these celebrations have evolved into block parties, cookouts, potlucks, kiddie carnivals, and bike/tractor parades.

It does not matter if you have five houses or 50 in your neighborhood celebration. This is a great excuse to spend time with your family and neighbors. Find out what everyone has been doing over the summer as your kids wait for police squads, fire trucks, McGruff and Scruff to stop by.

Registered Events

Find out if your neighborhood is registered for this year's Night to Unite Party by clicking the map.

Each registered event in Ramsey will receive one coordinator T-shirt and free crime-prevention materials, compliments of the Ramsey Police Department. The registration deadline is Saturday, July 11, 2026.

Night to Unite Registration is now closed

Night to Unite Daycare Registration is now closed

More Information

If you have questions regarding Night to Unite or registering your block party, please contact Officer Melissa Schantzen by email or call 763-433-9890.

The City of Ramsey officially switched from National Night Out to Night to Unite in 2008. The concept is identical to National Night Out. However, it is sponsored locally by the Minnesota Crime Prevention Association and other Minnesota organizations. Some of the benefits include no membership fee and free use of the Night to Unite logo (unchanging from year to year).

Two fire fighters posing in front of a rescue truck with doors open 2 wooden signs in front

9 people standing in a row front of a Ramsey Police SUV, two police officers on either end

Police officer and six teenagers posing in front of a police car on a warm summer night.

Approximately 50 people posing in 4 rows in front on a fire truck on a hot summer day

7 wet children, 5 are sitting in the back of a police squad car during night to unite

Police officer posing with four small children on both sides and a community service officer on end.

Fire truck in the middle of a residential street, 7 children playing a water spray

Child laying on their stomach on on the wet ground playing in water spray

An elderly Caucasian woman on left and Caucasian male, former Police Chief Katers right sitting on a porch

Left two small Caucasian boys in bike helmets, firefighter kneeling, boy on a bike with helmet

Police Dog mascot hugging a small Caucasian girl

Fire truck in the middle of a residential street, 5 small children playing a water spray

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