WestportMoms — the wide-ranging, multi-platform site for events, resources and more — is sponsoring 2 great holiday initiatives.
One makes a difference for our neighbors in need. The other helps local businesses.
For 3 years, WestportMoms has partnered with Cesar Batalla Elementary School in Bridgeport, so those students can experience holiday joy.
Those youngsters face unimaginable challenges. This year, school officials have asked for 3 times the number of gifts, to meet everyone’s needs.
By purchasing a gift from the school’s wish list, “06880” readers can directly brighten a child’s holiday. Items will be shipped directly to Cesar Batalla School.
Prices range from $8 to $35, with most in the $15-25 range.
WestportMoms say, “Let’s show them the magic of the season. Select a gift today and involve your kids in choosing!”
Questions? Email info@westportmoms.com.
WestportMoms’ second initiative is their first-ever Elf Scavenger Hunt.
From December today through next Sunday (December 8), you can shop local in Westport and Norwalk — and try to find hidden elves at over 50 stores, restaurants, fitness studios and more.
When you find an elf, you and your kids can “unlock” a special offer, provided by that business.
Click here to see all the participating merchants and more.
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It’s been a fantastic fall. And a long one.
Finally, the last leaves are dropping. As they do, they create magical scenes of their own.
Carol Anne Ances captured this one from a Japanese maple tree at her home near downtown, for our “Westport … Naturally” feature.
(Photo/Carol Anne Ances)
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And finally … on this date in 1878, President Rutherford B. Hayes installed the first telephone in the White House.
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In my internet searching, Benjamin Harrison was the first president whose voice we have a recording of. The most shocking thing I found was the voice of Theodore Roosevelt, who I pictured as having a high shrill voice–he actually had a baritone voice with a similar upper-crust accent as his distant cousin.