Five Things You Need to Know June 24, 2011

1. It's a message that bears repeating:  administrative offices will be closed today as part of a furlough program. Employees get the day off, without pay. Canton Leisure Services programs and public safety operations (except for the records office) will operate as usual.

2. The work of the nice folks who founded  and launched Canton's first one-act festival -- Tim Chanko, Linda Pohl and Christopher Trembly -- will be showcased at Fenton's Art Walk today, along with another Canton resident, actress Lia DeBiasi. Their play, In the Dark, will be onstage today only at The Fenton Village Playhouse, 14197 Torrey Rd. The festival starts at 7 p.m. and admission is $5. Call 810-750-7700 for details.

3. If you look in your bathroom, is there a cluster of miniature bottles of shampoo, conditioner, mouthwash and teeny bars of soap that you don't use but can't bring yourself to toss? Well, here's a great solution offered by Facebook friend and Canton Public Library employee Jeanine Gillikin. She suggested donating those leftovers to the PBJ Outreach, which has a donation box at . The items are used to make personal hygiene kits for homeless and low-income neighbors in Detroit. Other unused items the volunteers seek: travel-sized toothpaste, lotion, body wash, disposable razors and old reading glasses.

4. marks its fifth anniversary in Canton. Starting today, there are multiple promotions but one of the coolest is that you can donate 5 cents for a small breakfast and the money will be donated to charity. Also, the first 500 people in the store for the next three days receive a free tote bag.

5. Plan Ahead: A cool exhibit is coming to  on Sunday. Members of the  will showcase a disaster-relief organization called Shelter Box, which started by offering help in the form of basic survival supplies and a tent big enough for about 10 people. The Rotarians will have a shelter box at the Farmers Market so you can see for yourself.