from Lachat Town Farm’s Summer Happenings Monday August 12, 2024 Newsletter

The Kiwanis Club is one of Weston’s most active community service organizations. Lachat is thrilled to maintain a relationship with Kiwanis and the farm would like to acknowledge their generosity of time and resources on a variety of local projects which benefit all residents. 

On Saturday August 24th from 4pm-7pm, the Kiwanis Social Committee Co-Chairs, Karen Chrisley & Jacqui Morrison, and Lachat Town Farm will host the annual barbecue at the farm. This event is both for Kiwanis members and is open to the general public.

Note: This is a free event but registration is required so that Kiwanis can have the appropriate amount of food.

Date: Saturday August 24th
Time: 4:00pm – 7:00pm 
Cost: FREE

Our Reservoir Run Flyer Distribution Team braved rain, thunder, and a dash of lightening to distribute flyers at the Fairfield Police Department Sunset 5K Wednesday evening Wednesday, July 17, 2024 .  This year, “Sunset” was a misnomer.  No one at Jennings Beach where the event was held saw sunset.  Start time was moved to 7:30 p.m. due to the inclement weather.  The event was sold out.  Race organizers reported registrations of over 1,200 runners/walkers.  The race’s website listed actual runners/walkers at 596. 

Dan Gilbert distributed flyers to over 200 vehicles.  Paul Schultz must be complimented on the quality of the flyers.  The flyers are water proof.  Channel 12 News was on-scene.  Dan provided the driver with a Reservoir Run flyer along with a description of our Weston Kiwanis Reservoir Run half marathon and 5K foot races and kids fun run on Sunday, October 13, 2024. 

To paraphrase the U.S. Postal Service “motto”*, “Neither rain, nor hail, nor dark of night will stay this carrier from his appointed rounds.”

Next up for our distribution team is the Faxton Law New Haven Road Race on Labor Day, Monday, September 2, 2024. 

The Weston Kiwanis Reservoir Run half marathon and 5K foot races and kids fun run is the signature fundraiser of the Kiwanis Club of Weston, part of  a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.  We change children’s lives in their own communities and through international initiatives — helping young people develop mentally, physically and emotionally. The Kiwanis Club of Weston and our foundation has raised and donated over $1 million since 2000. Contact us for more information and to learn how you can become a member.

*While the Postal Service has no official motto, the popular belief that it does is a tribute to America’s postal workers. The words above, thought to be the motto, are chiseled in gray granite over the entrance to the New York City Post Office on 8th Avenue and come from Book 8, Paragraph 98, of The Persian Wars by Herodotus. During the wars between the Greeks and Persians (500-449 B.C.), the Persians operated a system of mounted postal couriers who served with great fidelity.

HISTORIAN
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
OCTOBER 1999

Lachat Town Farm hosts Farmers Markets from June to September. Markets are held the last Friday of the month from 4:00pm to 8:00pm. These popular markets offer fantastic Food Trucks, local fresh produce, hearth baked breads, local honey, jewelry, soaps, clothing, and much more. We also provide free live musical performances at every market. In December we host a Winter Market giving the community a chance to shop local for the holidays. Pop up markets will be announced.

From a Friends of Lachat Facebook posting. Photograph by Karen Chrisley.

Awards Committee Chair Dawn Egan presented the 2024 Kiwanis Club of Weston Foundation Weston High School Youth Awards at the club’s breakfast meeting on Saturday, June 22, 2024.

Recipients’ friends and families joined to recognize these youth with impressive qualifications. Pictured above are Gabriel Escandon, Marissa Russo, Valentina Fonseca Grossmann, Caroline Saussy, and Awards Committee Chair, Past President, and the Kiwanis Key Club Advisor Dawn Egan. Not pictured: Gianna Tomanelli.

Emily Brady, Chief Development Officer Ronald McDonald House Charities of Connecticut & Western Massachusetts updated the Weston and Wilton Kiwanis members at our Weston Club meeting on Saturday, November 9, 2024.

The Kiwanis room was first unveiled at the dedication of the new Ronald McDonald House of Connecticut in New Haven in September 2017. Emily updated us on the our room, volunteer and contribution opportunities, and plans for a significant expansion to meet demand for the important service to children.

The Kiwanis Room at Ronald McDonald House of Connecticut was made possible by the generous contributions of the Kiwanis clubs of Bridgeport, Fairfield, Norwalk, Weston, and Wilton.

Kiwanis photograph of Emily Brady by Jim McMorris.