Saturday, July 5, 2025
American Red Cross Blood Drive
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Heritage Hotel, 522 Heritage Road, Southbury
Admission: Free (appointments encouraged)
Organizers: American Red Cross.
Donate blood at this community drive hosted at the Heritage Hotel. Schedule appointment online.
Sunday, July 6, 2025
Drop-In Sunday Morning Writing
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Vicinanza Studios, Southbury, 493 Heritage Road, Southbury, CT,
Admission: $10
Organizers: Vicinanza Studios
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Come write your poems, your personal stories, your children’s stories, your memoir by joining Vicinanza Studios on Sunday mornings for guided writing prompts and focused writing time.
Bottle and Can Collection Fundraiser
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: 800 Main Street South, Southbury
Organizers: Sustainable Southbury and the Rochambeau Rebels
Read more about the fundraiser here: Rochambeau Rebels Partner with Sustainable Southbury for a Youth Fundraiser
The Rochambeau Rebels, a new cheerleading team for grades K–8, are holding a bottle and can drive in partnership with Sustainable Southbury. Donations will support the team’s “Beyond the Bow” community service initiative. For accepted items and sorting guidelines, visit sustainablesouthbury.org/eye-recycle-event.
Define/Defend American Values Rally
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Corner of Main Streets North and South.
Organizers: Justice Southbury
All are welcome to join Justice Southbury’s weekly rally, as we explore the concepts of defining and defending American values: how can we build safe and connected communities?
For more than 250 straight Sunday afternoons, starting just after George Floyd was murdered, Justice Southbury has held peaceful, positive, uplifting rallies for social justice and racial equity in rain, snow, heat and cold. Their mission is to cultivate an inclusive community where all are treated fairly and welcomed as equals. Their vision is “a more fair and kind community for all.”
Reminder: Have you picked up your new purple Transfer Station sticker? Southbury residents wishing to use the town’s transfer station are reminded to renew their permit. The 2022-2025 stickers have expired on June 30, 2025.
Residents are required to renew their permit by September 1, 2025. Permits are free of charge. Permits are for Southbury residents only. The Transfer Station is located at 231 Kettletown Road, and open Tuesday through Saturday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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