Missouri Good Neighbor Week
Do a simple act of kindness
in your neighborhood.
Do a simple act of kindness
in your neighborhood.
September 28th – October 4th is Missouri Good Neighbor Week.
Signed into law in 2022, Missouri Good Neighbor Week encourages citizens of Missouri to “participate in events and activities to establish connections with their neighbors.” For 2026, we have set an audacious goal: 50,000 acts of neighboring. Nominate your most engaged neighbor, plan acts of neighboring and be sure to let us know what you do so we can count your neighborly kindness toward our goal.
Report Your Acts of Neighboring
How do we know that last year we had 42,134 Acts of Neighboring performed across Missouri in 2025? Because YOU told us. And, if we are going to reach our goal of 50,000 Acts of Neighboring reported, you’re going to need to tell us again! So PLEASE report your Acts of Neighboring for 2026 by clicking on this link!
Nominations for the Most Engaged Neighbor Award are Now Open!
Do you have a neighbor who goes above and beyond to help others? We want to know about that person. We are looking for Missouri’s most engaged neighbors again this year! Each year we are blown away by the neighborliness you tell us about, and we can’t wait to hear more. Nominate your most engaged neighbor using this link.
All nominees will receive a small gift for being nominated. Winners will be announced during Missouri Good Neighbor Week.
Nominations for the Most Neighborly Businesses Award are Now Open!
Businesses shape the daily life of a community. Some simply provide goods and services. Others create belonging. The Most Neighborly Business Award celebrates businesses that go beyond transactions — building trust, uplifting people, and strengthening the social and economic wellbeing of their surroundings. Submit your nomination for the Most Neighborly Business in your community.
Missouri's Most Neighborly Neighborhood
The Most Neighborly Neighborhood in Missouri Award recognizes neighborhoods where residents actively care for one another, include others, and work together to improve their community. This nomination helps us understand how neighbors interact, solve problems, and build belonging — not just during events, but in everyday life.
Missouri’s Most Neighborly City Awards
We are looking for the Most Neighborly Cities in Missouri!!! You don’t need to apply, but you do need to celebrate! A variety of criteria are used, including acts of neighboring reported in your city, nominations for Missouri’s Most Engaged Neighbor, and City Proclamations. We’ve created some tools to help give you an edge!
Why count?
Some of you have questioned why we count. You are kind and humble people, and you want to do neighborly acts without acknowledgment. And we applaud your humility! But what we’ve learned over the years about doing this is that people are inspired to action by action. When they see others’ good deeds, it inspires their own. So, share with us what you are doing. What serves as a humble act of neighboring to you might just spark inspiration in many others.
Keep the Movement going!
Continue doing acts of neighboring through the year and register them on the map.
Statewide Partners
University of Missouri Extension is a valued and trusted educational solution to improve the quality of life in Missouri, the nation and the world.
The Hopeful Neighborhood Project inspires and equips everyday neighbors to pursue the common good right where they live by providing free events and resources at www.hopefulneighborhood.org.
Contact: David Burton, burtond@missouri.edu, 417-881-8909
Jennifer Prophete, jennifer@hopefulneighborhood.org, 833-343-1509
Statewide Partners:
University of Missouri Extension
The Hopeful Neighborhood Network
Local Partners:
Check in your area to see who is involved
Municipalities (check with your local city office)
Extension Councils
Habitat for Humanity
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