The Wayne Township Trustee Office will be closed on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 in honor of Veterans Day. Not only is this a holiday giving many workers the day off, including federal postal employees (There is no mail delivery on that day.), but Veterans . . .
On October 22nd Wayne Township held, for the first time, a fall festival called Harvesting Memories at the trustee’s office at 320 East Superior Street. The idea, which we hope to make into an annual event, was to give township children a fun celebration . . .
Sunday, September 28th, is National Good Neighbor Day, and the Wayne Township Trustee Office wishes to promote all the positive values that this official holiday represents.
The idea for a Good Neighbor Day originated in the early 1970s with a woman . . .
Here at the Wayne Township Trustee Office, we are always looking for ways to increase job satisfaction for our employees. In our latest project, Trustee Austin Knox has authorized the placement of several live plants in our Decompression Room, where . . .
Our office will be closed in honor of Labor Day on Monday, September 1st. Instead of being in our home base at 320 E Superior we will be down the block at the Labor Day Picnic in Headwaters Park. The Wayne Township Trustee Office has been attending . . .
The National Senior Citizen’s Day is celebrated on August 21st, a Thursday this year, and that celebration gives us an opportunity to celebrate and appreciate senior citizens for their services, accomplishments, and the dedication to so many causes . . .
Summer isn’t over just because school is starting, especially since the kids seem to be going back earlier every year. This year Fort Wayne Community Schools will be back in session for students the first week in August.
While some children may wish . . .
The summer feels like it is flying by this year, maybe because we seem to be busier than ever with township business. For many years the Wayne Township Trustee Office had a system whereby clients would come in on a particular day based on the first . . .
On Friday, July 4th, the United States will be celebrating its 249th Independence Day—next year, in fact, will be the USA’s semi quincentennial or 250th birthday bash. That may seem like a ripe old age for a country, but the fact is that it’s . . .
Wayne Township Trustee Austin Knox and his staff will host their Annual Family Fun Day on Saturday, June 28, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., and the public is invited to attend this free event. The festivities will be at our location downtown at 320 East Superior . . .
School is out for the summer, and this means a big change in routine for young students and their families. During the academic year parents can rely on their children being in a safe and enriching environment, but summertime often leaves them scrambling . . .
The Wayne Township Trustee Office will be closed on Monday, May 26, 2025, in honor of Memorial Day, and many of us are looking forward to attending the Memorial Day Parade that departs from the Waynedale United Methodist Church at 9:00 that morning, . . .
Mother’s Day this year will be celebrated on May 11, 2025. This is a special holiday here at the township, not only because many of our staff members are mothers but a large percentage of our clientele are moms as well. It’s always a touching experience . . .
The Wayne Township Trustee Office is accepting applications for the Richard A. Stevenson Sr. Scholarship. Awards of $500 each will be given to graduating high school seniors who are moving on to higher education. This is the twelfth year for this award, . . .
The Easter season is a time when people start thinking about new clothes. I know the things in my closet have started to seem dark and heavy and weary of being worn. Here at the township our Clothing Emporium, run by Executive Secretary Patsy Brewer, . . .
The Wayne Township Trustee Office will be welcoming spring this year with a new event that we hope will become an annual affair. On Saturday, April 12th, we will be welcoming families and their children to “Hoppy Memories” in our office at 320 . . .
On Monday, March 17th you may see many people wearing green. Is it a celebration of the coming spring (which begins the following Thursday, March 20th), or is it in recognition of Saint Patrick’s Day, a holiday celebrated by the many descendants . . .
It’s almost March, and that means it’s Women’s History Month, an annual observance to highlight the contributions of women to events in history and to contemporary society. Celebrated in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, Women’s . . .
It’s hard to believe, but we are already halfway through the second month of 2025. Despite being the shortest month of the year February is packed with events and activities, like Presidents’ Day—a combined celebration of the birthdays of George . . .
The season for filing your state and federal income tax for 2024 is underway, and while few people look forward to the task of gathering their paperwork and preparing their taxes, when all is said and done getting your taxes finished and filed is a . . .
In celebrating the start of a new year, we here at the Wayne Township Trustee Office look back at what we accomplished in 2024, and we look ahead at the progress we hope to continue in 2025.
In 2024, along with our daily work with township assistance, . . .
The Wayne Township Trustee Office is celebrating this holiday season in our usual fashion with a few new highlights this year.
On December 19, we handed out over 250 meat items at our annual Ham and Turkey Giveaway. We also supplied 50 families of students . . .
This month the Wayne Township Trustee Office has been celebrating two of our employees as co-Employees of the Month: Katelyn Schuck and Director of Maintenance, Tim Jones.
Katelyn has been with the Township for six years; first as an investigator, then . . .
This year Thanksgiving comes as late in the year as it can, with the celebration kicking off the season of winter festivities arriving on November 28th. On that day the Wayne Township Trustee Office will be closed so that our staff can celebrate this . . .
Over the past month we have been celebrating staff member Dorothy Tinker as the Wayne Township Trustee Office’s Employee of the Month.
Dorothy has worked at WTTO for close to 30 years, over half of that time in Human Resources. She is now the Director . . .
Trustee Austin Knox is a Fort Wayne native who has been working at the Wayne Township Trustee Office since January of 2015. On Friday, January 10, 2020, he was unanimously elected trustee at a caucus of Democratic precinct committee leaders of Wayne . . .
We’ve had some beautiful fall weather in Fort Wayne this year. For many of us this is a favorite time of the year, when temperatures cool, the winds pick up and the leaves change to their most stunning colors. Of course, the shorter days and colder . . .
Regardless of where you live in the United States and which side of the issues you stand on, the second Monday of October is an observance of a holiday. For some that day celebrates the indigenous peoples or Native Americans of the country. For others . . .
The Indiana Township Association held their annual education conference to bring the latest information on township government to representatives of several hundred townships from across the state. The conference consisted of seminars from motivational . . .
We are celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month which falls in an unusual time frame on the calendar: from September 15th to October 15th. First signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1968 was Hispanic Heritage Week which took place in . . .