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Greenwich

The Board of Estimate and Taxation will continue setting the town budget on Monday after starting the process on March 27.

The 12-member board has already spent two days voting on additions, cuts and modifications to the town’s budget, which starts on July 1, and members said they aim to finish the process this week. The third day of “Decision Day” is set for 9 a.m. April 8 in the meeting room at Greenwich Town Hall, 101 Field Point Road.

The meeting will also be broadcast live on Greenwich Community Television.

Once the BET sets its budget, the spending plan advances to the Representative Town Meeting for approval. The RTM is able to cut things out of the BET budget, but the body cannot add spending into the budget.

Old Greenwich

The fifth annual “Live Like Luke” beach cleanup will happen later this month at Greenwich Point Park in honor of Luke Meyers, a Greenwich High School student and environmental activist who died of cancer in 2019.

People will fan out and collect non-biodegradable debris from the beach, which will be tallied and reported to Save the Sound as part of a global project that tracks ocean pollution.

More than a dozen community groups — including the Friends of Binney Park, the Garden Club of Old Greenwich, the town’s conservation commission and more — will be on hand to help coordinate the cleanup effort.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation is also honoring Meyers by installing a climate change education exhibit at the Bruce Museum Seaside Center.

The event is set for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 27 at Greenwich Point Park, 11 Tods Driftway.

The cleanup event is open to the public, but registration is required, either online ahead of time or on the day of the event.

Contact 203-531-0006 or info@greenwichgreenandclean.org with any questions.

Central Greenwich

YWCA Greenwich will host Susan Sorenson, a professor from the University of Pennsylvania, to talk about sexual assault on college campuses and a special discussion set for 7 to 8:30 p.m. April 10.

Sorensen previously ran UPenn’s Ortner Center on Violence & Abuse, is the author of “After Campus Sexual Assault” in 2021, and has more than 150 academic publications. She took an early retirement from the UPenn faculty in 2021 but is still affiliated with the university.

Jessie DiMuzio, head of YWCA Greenwich’s Harmony Project, will talk with Sorensen and take questions from the audience. She said that the term “sexual assault” encompasses many different behaviors, which Sorensen will discuss.

“As prospective college students and their parents prepare for what is typically both an exciting and stressful time, many may not have in mind the reality of heightened sexual assault risks students face,” DiMuzio said in a statement.

YWCA’s Harmony Project is the only state-designated provider of domestic violence services and a Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network-affiliated provider of sexual violence services in Greenwich.

The Sorenson talk is free and open to the public. Visit the YWCA website for registration and for more information.

Greenwich

The town’s Department of Human Services is slated to receive $60,000 from the federal American Rescue Plan Act and department leaders are looking for service providers that need funding.

The town government is expected to give the department $30,000 for mental health-related initiatives and $30,000 for substance use-related initiatives. The money comes from the town’s ARPA allocation and it will be available in the new fiscal year, which starts July 1.

Health services has opened a request for proposals for organizations to apply for funding. Applicants must have a history of providing mental health or substance use services and proposed programs must positively impact outcomes for Greenwich residents, the department said.

GDHS will host a webinar to share more information on April 8 at 11 a.m.

Visit the town website for a link to the webinar, more information about the funding and an application.