Kiwanis Honors Sarah Hutchison

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On June 7, the Weston Kiwanis club presented its annual Millie Best Environmental Award to Sarah Hutchison.

In the photo above, Ms. Hutchison is flanked by Bill McKinney on the left, and on the right by Lisa Brodlie, last year’s recipient of the award.

Ms. Hutchison was cited for her volunteer contributions to the preservation and beautification of Weston, particularly for her involvement with Lachat Town Farm, the Pollinator Pathway, and Sustainable Weston. She is also a driver behind the “Pulling Together” program, where invasives are removed at Lachat and the schools.

Ms. Hutchison and her family moved to Weston in 2012, initially buying the home once owned by Millie Best.

The Millie Best Environmental Award was established in 2005. The late Ms. Best was a Weston resident whose idea of Green Up Day in the early 1970s was meant to encourage volunteers to clean up litter along roads. Over the years, her efforts engaged thousands of volunteers. In the mid 1990s, Green Up Day was declared an annual statewide observance on the last Saturday of April.