🌱 How Freeport volunteers packed 100 bags of comfort for foster kids

Hello Freeport! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Freeport volunteers packed 100 bags of comfort for foster kids
• Freeport mom honors fallen Green Beret while raising their young son

Also on today's calendar: Creative Craft Collective.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 94 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: An afternoon thunderstorm, temps: high: 94, low: 71.
• Saturday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 95 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 'Cases for Kids' packs record 100 comfort bags for local foster children (wjhg.com) — In Freeport, volunteers and partners just packed a record 100 "Cases for Kids" comfort bags to support foster children across Walton and Okaloosa counties. Working with Santa Rosa Golf & Beach Club's Sassy Sisters, the Guardian ad Litem Foundation fills each bag with essentials and small comforts so local kids removed from their homes feel cared for during a traumatic transition.
   

• Green Beret Was Killed in Freak Accident. Months Later, Fiancée Gave Birth (Exclusive) (people.com) — A Freeport woman is sharing how she navigated pregnancy and new motherhood after her fiancé, Green Beret Sgt. Tommy Lazzaro, was killed by a stray bullet near Eglin Air Force Base in 2024. Now raising their one‑year‑old son in Freeport, she leans on nearby family, honors Tommy with a backyard memorial garden, and works with disabled veterans while processing ongoing grief.
   

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Wednesday September 30
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Saturday October 3
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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday September 17
• Special Magistrate →
  DeFuniak Springs, FL Calendar
  2:00 pm
• Volleyball vs. Destin
  Walton High Defuniak Springs, FL 32433
  5:00 pm
Friday September 18
• 13th Annual Hole in ONE Golf Tournament →
  1199 Troon Drive North, Miramar Beach
• Pearson Testing
  Emerald Coast Technical Coll Defuniak Springs, FL 32433
  10:00 am
• Football @ Fort Walton
  Walton High Defuniak Springs, FL 32433
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Cross Country @ ECMS
  Walton High Defuniak Springs, FL 32433
  8:00 am
• Intro to Welding →
  Northwest Florida State College Chautauqua Center DeFuniak Springs, 908 US-90 Building 2, Suite 207, Defuniak Springs
  9:00 am
• Writer's Group @ DFS Library →
  Walton-DeFuniak Public Library, 3 Circle Dr, Defuniak Springs
  10:00 am
• Adult Chess @ DFS Library →
  Walton-DeFuniak Public Library, 3 Circle Dr, Defuniak Springs
  2:00 pm
Thursday September 24
• Candlelight Soundbath →
  Massagetopia, 42 Business Centre Drive, Miramar Beach

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I woke up yesterday morning and found this sweet boy sleeping on the porch.
  I didn't want to leave him running loose to get hit by a car. We called Walton county animal control. They said they are not a kill shelter. So if… (Nextdoor Basin Bayou)
• I would like some recommendations for a small closet to be built in my flex room.
  Fully licensed and insured. Its a Randy Wise home, so I need the closet to look like it was built that way. Appreciate solid advice from contractors… (Nextdoor Hammock Bay)

• T-Mobile US, Inc. posted a job opening for Mobile Associate - Retail Sales in Defuniak Springs. Apply here.
• CURO Health Services, LLC posted a job opening for Board Position Name Hospice Physician in Defuniak Springs. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Freeport here.

🗞 Nearby News

DeFuniak Springs

• New 911 integration speeds up emergency responses (mypanhandle.com)
• Bringing back physician-owned hospitals: a rural success story (medicaleconomics.com)
• Two dead in Walton County multi-vehicle crash (mypanhandle.com)

Miramar Beach

• Walton County has had one beach drowning so far in 2026 (miramarflnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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