National Senior Citizens Day, will be celebrated this year on Saturday, August 21st, and is an annual recognition of the contributions older citizens make in their communities across the United States. Once celebrated on August 14th, the day in 1935 . . .
At the July board meeting the Wayne Township Trustee Office held its ninth annual scholarship award ceremony. Trustee Austin Knox recognized four students, one high school graduate and three younger students, who qualified for the awards.
Tydale Nelson . . .
While we’ve all heard of, and probably celebrate in one form or another, Mother’s Day in May and Father’s Day in June not many people are aware that National Parents Day has been celebrated in the United States every year on the fourth Sunday . . .
This year the Fourth of July falls on Sunday, so the Wayne Township Trustee Office will be closed on Monday, the 5th for the holiday. Known as American Independence Day it’s a celebration of the day our nation’s founders decided to break free from . . .
Earlier this month the Wayne Township Trustee Department held a farewell cake and ice cream retirement party for two of our favorite staff members, Gwen Carpenter, whose celebration we couldn’t hold last year because of the pandemic and Cindy Mahler, . . .
As the summer approaches and now more than half the nation’s population is vaccinated, businesses are beginning to get back to normal levels of operation. Here at Wayne Township the staff members that have been working from home are now returning . . .
We at the Wayne Township Trustee Office were happy to learn that Waynedale’s Memorial Day Parade is on again for 2021. We missed being there last year, due to the pandemic, as this parade gives us the opportunity to meet and greet the friendly residents . . .
On Saturday, May 15 Trustee Austin Knox will be collaborating with HealthVisions Midwest and Anthony Medical Associates to provide free COVID-19 vaccinations at the Wayne Township Trustee office on 320 East Superior Street from 10 AM to 1 PM. At the . . .
April is National Social Security Month, and we here at the Wayne Township Trustee Office would like to take this opportunity to give a shout out of appreciation to the Social Security Administration and, in particular, to our local Social Security . . .
For the past year the Wayne Township Trustee Office has made many changes in our business operations to adapt to COVID-19. We started by implementing all the recommended safety measures like social distancing, plexiglass shields throughout our offices, . . .
In celebration of spring the Trustee Office has opened a Facebook page to better interact with the citizens of Wayne Township. In the past we have relied on face-to-face, phone communications and our web site, but since the beginning of the pandemic . . .
Saint Patrick’s Day always feels like the beginning of spring to me. It’s close enough to the vernal equinox (March 20th at 5:37 AM this year), and things are definitely greening up around here now.
March 17th is a national holiday in Ireland, recognized . . .
On March 5th this year we will be celebrating Employee Appreciation Day. At the Wayne Township Trustee Office, our employees have always been a vital part of the operation—we couldn’t do what we do without them—but this past year has especially . . .
Hard to believe, but we are halfway through the second month of 2021 already. Despite being the shortest month of the year February is known for a lot of events, like George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s birthdays (Now observed on the third . . .
Coming up in the next couple of weeks we will be observing several holidays that celebrate relationships; International Friendship Day is observed in the United States on February 15th; Valentine’s Day is on the 14th; and a lesser known, but no less . . .
In what seems like ages ago now we celebrated the coming in of the New Year—2021, with a holiday meant for remembering the past and for looking forward with hope for brighter and more peaceful days ahead. This coming Monday, January 18, our office . . .
We are looking forward to the coming winter holiday and especially to the coming new year. Like most everyone else these days our routine here at the Wayne Township Trustee Office, has been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Demand for our . . .
As we head into a winter holiday season that promises to be like no other in our lifetimes, we are being given a choice: we can see this as a time of masks and social distancing rules and restrictions or as a time of opportunities to get creative while . . .
This year’s holiday season is going to be very different from what we are used to, given the unusual circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. Normally we would be preparing for the winter holidays starting with some well-deserved time off for family . . .
At our last Wayne Township Trustee Office Board Meeting we celebrated the installation of street signs naming Stevenson Way on our property at 320 East Superior Street. In a carefully orchestrated, socially distanced ceremony attended by our board . . .
This year, Halloween (October 31) and Election Day (Tuesday, November 3rd) are only three days apart, and in this time of pandemic and economic uncertainty it’s understandable that we all may be feeling a little skittish and anxious about now. The . . .
Recently Trustee Austin Knox has been crafting his Vision Statement for what he sees as important in our work here at Wayne Township. The following goals are some of his top priorities:
1) Give the people who come to us for assistance a sense of hope. . . .
At our monthly board meeting on September 8 (via Zoom) we honored our 2020 Recognizing Achievement Scholar, Shajasha R. Lee. Shajasha is currently studying at IUPUI in Indianapolis with plans to go into medicine, and she received her certificate and . . .
Wayne Township Trustee, Austin Knox, has been running a virtual township assistance office during the current COVID-19 pandemic. His staff has been working almost entirely from home through phone calls, emails, the internet and the US mail. It has . . .
August 21 was named “National Senior Citizens Day” in 1988 by President Ronald Reagan and a joint resolution of Congress and, and for the last 32 years the day has been celebrated not only in the United States but around the world. While not a . . .