Westport Writers’ Workshop Hosts Fundraiser

Blake Schnirring, Linda Waterbury, Kathleen Sullivan, Liz Matthews. Jim Waterbury photo

Tickets are on sale for the Westport Writers’ Workshop spring fundraiser, “More Than Words: Celebrating Outreach to Unheard Writers.”

The event takes place on Friday, April 29 from 6:30 to 9:30 at Wakeman Farm, 134 Cross Highway in Westport. The evening features food truck pizza, wine, music, a silent auction, raffles, a literary gift basket door prize, and personal haikus created by Westport’s First Poet Laureate Diane Lowman.

Dress is smart casual. Tickets, $125 per person, can be purchased here.

Westport Writers’ Workshop outreach programs provide free writing workshops to individuals and communities undergoing specific challenges. Partner programs include the Center for Empowerment and Education (formerly the Danbury Women’s Shelter), Homes for the Brave, Caroline House, and Harlem Village Academies. Free workshops have included Writing for Women affected by Breast Cancer, College Essay Writing for Fairfield Seniors, and Writing for Women with Special Needs Children.

“Westport Writers’ Workshop has changed my life for the better,” said Kathy Satterfield, a workshop instructor. “Training with Amherst Writers & Artists was transformative, and now I’m able to share the gift of writing with other mothers of children who have special needs. Writing has been a way for me to work through and express the struggles that my situation presents, and I hope my More Than Words workshop helps other find healing and joy by tapping into their own creativity.”

More information about Westport Writers’ Workshop can be found at westportwriters.org.