"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance.

1. Kakfa at Senior Center

Representative Louis L. Kakfa (D-Stoughton) is holding office hours in Stoughton today from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Senior Center.

2. Scarecrow Making Contest

The Arbors at Stoughton invites any business, club or organization to submit an entry into their Scarecrow Making Contest. Entries must be checked in at the The Arbors at Stoughton by noon on Sunday, Oct. 9.

3. Events at the library

Overeaters Anonymous meets at 9:30 a.m. in the Wales French Room of the Stoughton Public Library; the LVM-Stoughton Conversation Class meets at 10 a.m. in the conference room; and the "Honorable Menschen" Reading Group meets at noon in the Wales French Room.

4. SHS Sports on Tap (weather pending)

• 3:30 p.m. - Golf at North Attleboro
• 3:45 p.m. - boys' varsity soccer at Sharon
• 3:45 p.m. - girls' varsity soccer vs. Sharon
• 3:45 p.m. - girls' varsity field hockey vs. Sharon
• 5 p.m. - varsity volleyball vs. Sharon
• 7 p.m. - varsity football at Mansfield

5. Looking Ahead: Life Teen Seeks Donations

Life Teen and Edge programs around the globe will unite for the 4th annual Global Life Night and Service Project called "Give It Away Now! - The Oh, Baby! Edition."

Stoughton Life Teen invites the public to drop off baby items to boxes at the entrances of Immaculate Conception Church on Sunday, Sept. 25. They are having a baby shower to collect essential items to help mothers and their babies at Friends of the Unborn pregnancy center in Quincy.