WTF: Town Farm Looking for Teen Summer Volunteers
Wakeman Town Farm Release: 
This popular two-week service-oriented teen apprentice program for 6th-8th graders is focused on fulfilling the Farm's mission to serve the needs of the community while also giving teens a much-needed service hours eventually required for summer jobs, college applications, National Honor Society applications and more. That’s the bonus. The real meat of this program is the fact that children are learning to give back to the community and appreciate the rewards of volunteering well before entering high school!
In this fun, feel-good program, teen participants will focus on planting, watering and harvesting vegetables that will then be donated to local food pantries, where the need is great. The Farm will invite representatives from local receiving agencies to visit and talk about food insecurity in our area and how community volunteering changes lives. Once per session, the group will cook up a nutritious meal for the residents of Westport’s Gillespie Center, incorporating the Farm’s organic produce. The teens will also run their own Farm stand.
In addition, students will interact with Farm’s rabbits, ducks, chicken, sheep, goats, and furry Alpacas. They will learn about animal care, feeding, and even halter training. They will also explore environmental topics, such as composting, creating a pollinator garden, and the Zero Waste initiative through visiting guest experts who will demonstrate and talk to the group. They will also do a few “maker" projects using sustainable/reusable materials.
The second session of the two-week program ends with a “graduation” celebration, where students share their feelings about their experiences growing their own food, the role the Farm plays in community education, and what they learned about community service. Each participant will receive a Green Teen Service Certificate.
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Fairfield Half Marathon will cause Sunday Morning Greens Farms Traffic
Westport Police Department Press Release:The Westport Police Department advises all residents and motorists that the Greens Farms area will be impacted by the running of the Fairfield Half Marathon on Sunday June 5, 2022.
Runners will enter Westport on Greens Farms Road at the Fairfield town line, continuing to New Creek Road and on to Beachside Avenue before exiting into Southport.
Through traffic will be stopped or severely limited while runners make their way through town. Motorists should anticipate heavy delays due to road closures along the race route. Race organizers state runners will enter town at approximately 8:15 am and be off Westport streets by 10:15am.
The race route runs for three miles on Westport roads. Westport emergency personnel will be stationed inside the route area to respond to any emergencies with minimal delays.
Please consider alternate routes if you must pass through the area. Residents along the route should expect that it will be difficult to get in or out of driveways during times of heavy runner presence.
Westport Mentor Celebrates End of School Year with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut
Big Brothers Big Sisters Press Release: Westport resident Jane Steiger, left, is a Big Sister (adult mentor) in the site-based youth mentoring program sponsored by the Bridgeport School System and managed by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut. Jane’s Little Sister (mentee) in the program is Emely, right, who lives in Bridgeport. The two got together recently - along with a host of other mentors and mentees from the program – for a celebratory luncheon at Testo’s Restaurant in Bridgeport to mark the end of the 2021-2022 school year’s program. Besides fun and delicious food, the festive event hosted by Big Brothers Big Sisters also included giveaways, table bingo, trivia games and multiple bonding moments. Joining the celebrants for lunch and to offer remarks were Michael J. Testani, Bridgeport Superintendent of Schools and Andy Fleischmann, President & CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut.
Morning Weather Report
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Areas of fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Light and variable wind becoming south around 6 mph in the morning.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Calm wind.
Tomorrow
Sunny, with a high near 77. Light west wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning.
Tomorrow Night
Clear, with a low around 54. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph.