Flying Pumpkin Festival

The Flying Pumpkin Festival

At
Peaceful Valley Orchards
(http://www.peacefulvalleyorchards.com)

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Flying Pumpkin Festival Chairperson - Laura Sluyter
Flying Pumpkin Festival Family Activities Coordinator- Elizabeth Warmingham
Flying Pumpkin Festival Youth Activities Coordinator- Colette Whitney
Flying Pumpkin Festival Music Coordinator- Andrew Botelho
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A Recap of the 2008 Festival

The Flying Pumpkin Festival took place on September 27, 2008, at Peaceful Valley Orchards and was highly successful, despite unfavorable weather conditions. Over $3,000 was raised for America's Grow-A-Row. The Battschinger family from NJ Hurl was present at the festival, shooting pumpkins from their emormous trebuchet. In addition to the pumpkin launching there were numerous other activities, including the construction of cars from corn that were raced down a track, a cake walk in which almost 100 participants won delicious cakes, pony rides, pumpkin painting, face painting, balloon animals, and more. Many thanks to the Battshinger family at NJ Hurl, the Colalillo ShopRite and the Voorhees High School Key Club for supplying cakes, Fat Jack's BBQ for providing food at the event, Van Doren Oil for donating, Peaceful Valley Orchards, Colleen Duerr from America's Grow-A-Row, and to all other volunteers and participants who made the festival possible. The event was publicized by NJ 12 news. View here: http://www.news12.com/NJ/topstories/article?id=218214.

More than just a Day of Fun: Why Raising Money for Grow-A-Row is Important

America’s Grow-A-Row is a local organization that grows and gleans produce to donate to food banks and food pantries. Due to the high cost of living in New Jersey, approximately twenty to twenty-five percent of its families are considered poor, and the produce collected by America’s Grow-A-Row helps to care for these hundreds of thousands of people. In 2007, America’s Grow-A-Row distributed 110,000 pounds of produce throughout New Jersey, but its aspirations are yet to be reached. State budget cuts and rising unemployment and living expenses are making its mission more important, and in 2008, it is aiming to collect 250,000 pounds of produce. America’s Grow-A-Row needs a lot of money in order to meet its goals of expanding to other farms throughout the state and beyond, educating children about poverty, and producing even more desperately needed food to feed the hungry. The Young Event Planners are hoping that generous contributions made at this fundraiser will help to expand the reach of this worthy charity.
To learn more about America's Grow-A-Row visit http://www.grow-a-row.org/

Home The Flying Pumpkin Festival At Peaceful Valley Orchards (http://www.peacefulvalleyorchards.com) * Flying Pumpkin Festival Chairperson - Laura Sluyter Flying Pumpkin Festival Family Activities Coordinator- Elizabeth Warmingham Flying Pumpkin Festival Youth Activities Coordinator- Colette Whitney Flying Pumpkin Festival Music Coordinator- Andrew Botelho A Recap of the 2008 Festival The Flying Pumpkin Festival took place on September 27, 2008, at Peaceful Valley Orchards and was highly successful, despite unfavorable weather conditions. Over $3,000 was raised for America's Grow-A-Row. The Battschinger family from NJ Hurl was present at the festival, shooting pumpkins from their emormous trebuchet. In addition to the pumpkin launching there were numerous other activities, including the construction of cars from corn that were raced down a track, a cake walk in which almost 100 participants won delicious cakes, pony rides, pumpkin painting, face painting, balloon animals, and more. Many thanks to the Battshinger family at NJ Hurl, the Colalillo ShopRite and the Voorhees High School Key Club for supplying cakes, Fat Jack's BBQ for providing food at the event, Van Doren Oil for donating, Peaceful Valley Orchards, Colleen Duerr from America's Grow-A-Row, and to all other volunteers and participants who made the festival possible. The event was publicized by NJ 12 news. View here: http://www.news12.com/NJ/topstories/article?id=218214. More than just a Day of Fun: Why Raising Money for Grow-A-Row is Important** America’s Grow-A-Row is a local organization that grows and gleans produce to donate to food banks and food pantries. Due to the high cost of living in New Jersey, approximately twenty to twenty-five percent of its families are considered poor, and the produce collected by America’s Grow-A-Row helps to care for these hundreds of thousands of people. In 2007, America’s Grow-A-Row distributed 110,000 pounds of produce throughout New Jersey, but its aspirations are yet to be reached. State budget cuts and rising unemployment and living expenses are making its mission more important, and in 2008, it is aiming to collect 250,000 pounds of produce. America’s Grow-A-Row needs a lot of money in order to meet its goals of expanding to other farms throughout the state and beyond, educating children about poverty, and producing even more desperately needed food to feed the hungry. The Young Event Planners are hoping that generous contributions made at this fundraiser will help to expand the reach of this worthy charity. To learn more about America's Grow-A-Row visit http://www.grow-a-row.org/

ACTIVITIES AT THE FESTIVAL Pumpkin Launching!-Representatives from NJ Hurl showed off their medieval war machine: a trebuchet. Every half-an-hour they ran demonstrations and sent their pumpkin ammunition flying across the fields. For more info on NJ Hurl and pumpkin launching catapults visit http://www.njhurl.com/ Corn Cars- Guests built their own cars out of ears of corn and then competed in races. Cake Walk- The guest who was standing on the chosen number when the music ended won a cake of his or her choosing. Food Drive- Packaged foods were collected to donate to the food pantry. Pick-your-own Pumpkins Pumpkin Painting Face Painting Pony Rides Balloon Animals Guess-How-Many Booth Petting Zoo Food from Fat Jack's BBQ