This week, we talk to New Canaan resident Shiva Sarram, founder and executive director of Blossom Hill Foundation. The nonprofit organization funds programs, projects and products that help children, youth and families affected by conflict and war in the Middle East.

Blossom Hill's popular "Holiday Bazaar" shopping event with local vendors is to be held Nov. 21 at the Carriage Barn Arts Center. Twenty percent of what is raised there goes to Blossom Hill's programming, including in Connecticut.