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Greenwich Land Trust and Abilis have been working together to grow and harvest a record amount of fresh produce for the Neighbor to Neighbor food pantry. Last year, more than 1,300 pounds of fresh produce was donated thanks to the help of volunteers from the Abilis LEAP program, who spent many hours harvesting
washing, and packaging the produce from Greenwich Land Trust’s gardens each week. Continue Reading →
TJeffrey Bingham Mead – historian, podcaster, lecturer and a descendant of the founders of Greenwich, Connecticut – has announced a new historic preservation initiative to acquire, restore and open to the public one of the Mead family’s ancestral farmsteads in North Greenwich. Mead is calling upon the public to join this effort. Continue Reading →
Say Something teaches students how to look for warning signs, signals, and threats – especially on social media – from individuals who may want to hurt themselves or others and to “say something” to a trusted adult to get help. Continue Reading →
Children were asked to put aside cardboard boxes, paper towel rolls, empty plastic bottles, yogurt containers, and other recyclable materials for a large project in the making. Continue Reading →
All in they raised $3,000 and collected countless boxes of products. Floyd and Deppoliti, also co-owner’s of a local and on-line boutique, Too Sparrows then used their wholesale purchasing power to stretch 100% of those Venmo dollars into several shipments of pads, tampons, and other feminine hygiene products that could SUPPLY this DEMAND for NtoN for the rest of the year. Continue Reading →
March 19 Virtual Event Raises Funds for Programs & Scholarships. Continue Reading →
The Sustainable Living Series kicks off with the virtual lecture, “Toward a Waste Free Greenwich.” This event will take place on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 from 10:00- 11:00am and is led by Julie DesChamps, founder of Waste Free Greenwich and member of both the Greenwich Academy and Greenwich Country Day School sustainability committees. Continue Reading →
To date 15 people have been identified as having been enslaved on the site of the Historical Society’s Cos Cob campus. Continue Reading →
“Taking action to create a world which is both nature positive and carbon neutral may seem like a big ask but it is essential to securing long-term human health and prosperity, and to helping prevent future global pandemics,” said Pat Sesto, Greenwich Director of Environmental Affairs. Continue Reading →
STRAY was awarded Best International Feature Documentary at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Continue Reading →