Author: Wayne Township Trustee - Austin Knox

This month, the Wayne Township Trustee Office held several events to help the clients and all the citizens of the township celebrate the holidays in style. December 14th we gave away 228 hams and 100 turkeys in our annual drive-thru/walk-up Ham and . . . Read More

The Wayne Township Trustee Office is celebrating the 2023 holiday season as we have done for the past several years. We are assisting our families in collaboration with the Allen County Christmas Bureau; we are handing out hams and turkeys for people’s . . . Read More

The Wayne Township Trustee Office has been using rooftop solar panels to supply electrical energy to their building at 320 East Superior Street since the fall of 2022, when the newly installed panels went into operation. . . Read More

The Wayne Township Trustee Office will be closed on Friday, November 10th in observance of Veterans Day as November 11th falls on Saturday this year. Veterans make up such an important segment of our society in the United States that it is fitting . . . Read More

It’s hard to believe, but fall is just a few days away now. Aren’t we all asking, “Where did the summer go?” The Wayne Township Trustee Office has been very busy over the past few months of the summer season including bringing our informational . . . Read More

We have had a busy summer attending many gatherings of social service agencies throughout Wayne Township, Fort Wayne, and Allen County. At these events, we bring along our display board of pictures and literature to inform and educate the public about . . . Read More

It’s back-to-school season, and the Wayne Township Trustee Office has been hard at work giving students what they need to succeed in their educational careers. On July 29th we held our Family Fun Day at the township office where we awarded eleven . . . Read More

Outside of our regular business hours, the Wayne Township Trustee Office participates in many community events throughout the year. Summertime keeps us particularly busy as we have our own Family Fun Day when we combine several activities into one . . . Read More

When I was a young child and school was dismissed for summer vacation, I would sing the song “School Is Out At Last” by Gary US Bonds. The words I focused on were “School is out at last” and “I’m so glad I passed”. . . Read More

For the past several months the Wayne Township Trustee Office has been at the center of some major excavation work as digging under and around the St Mary’s River has caused parking and traffic disruptions, making getting to our office difficult . . . Read More

On Saturday, May 6, Volunteers from the Wayne Township Trustee Office participated in the Great American Cleanup once again this year. Organized by Maintenance Director Tim Jones, the group spent the morning picking up litter and generally cleaning . . . Read More

The Wayne Township Trustee Office is accepting applications for its 10th annual scholarship that was renamed the Richard A. Stevenson Sr. Scholarship in 2021. Awards of $500 each will be given to two graduating high school seniors who are moving on . . . Read More

You may have noticed recently that the city is hanging banners from the downtown light posts announcing that April is Fair Housing Month. The Civil Rights Act signed by President Lyndon Johnson on April 11, 1968, included the Fair Housing Act also . . . Read More

This month we are welcoming spring by celebrating April as National Financial Literacy month. Financial Literacy Month evolved from Youth Financial Literacy Day; an idea introduced by the National Endowment for Financial Education. . . Read More

Friday, March 17th is Saint Patrick’s Day, and those who celebrate their Irish Heritage here at the Wayne Township Trustee Office will be ‘wearing the green’ as we close out the week midway through the month of March. . . Read More

Friday, March 3 is National Employee Appreciation Day. Here at Wayne Township, we know the importance of good relations between each and every one of our staff members no matter what their position, because we couldn’t do our jobs with anything less . . . Read More

For such a short month, February seems to be packed with more events than most of the rest of the months of the year. There’s Valentine’s Day, Presidents Day—merging Abe Lincoln and George Washington’s birthdays—and Black History which is . . . Read More

Over the past year our office has been celebrating our staff by naming an employee each month to be in our Employee Spotlight. We draw names for the Spotlight, award the winner a gift card, post their picture and a brief bio on our Facebook page and . . . Read More

The beginning of 2023 is not just the start of a new year but the beginning of a new term of office for all the local officials who were elected this last November. . . Read More