Nearly 12 months before it happens, a committee is formed, meetings are held, the most recent one is scrutinized, changes from the last one are discussed, the new one is organized, plans are drawn up, approvals are obtained, participants, from the vendors to the work teams are secured and ...
another Festival Italiano is about to happen...

In the middle of July...
in the middle of Saugatuck...
in the Heart of Westport...
Hundreds of volunteers from charitable organizations,
non-profit agencies
athletic teams and
Community and Corporate sponsors meet
on a parking lot in the middle of Saugatuck
and put on one of
Connecticut's Largest Family Festivals

and at the end... the monies raised fund each of their very special causes for another year. The enthusiasm shown and the spirit generated is as precious as the funds raised...

Our Mission as a 501.3(c) non-profit is to raise funds to support charity and scholarship. We try to do this in an atmosphere which provides Family Fun, Food and Entertainment to our local area of Fairfield County.

Every dollar produced by Festival Italiano after expenses is donated to these goals. We are 100 percent volunteers, there are no salaried positions, the only expenses are what we must pay to our providers. With our volunteers ageing and suffering from burn-out expenses are continually rising. Because of this both our scholarships and charities are suffering.

a lot of good things come from a year of planning ...
months of work ...
and 4 days on the pavement.
In the middle of July...
in the middle of Saugatuck...
in the Heart ofWestport...