Community Corner

Church's Pumpkin Patch Supports Soup Kitchen, Food Bank

Students helped unload more than 3,000 pumpkins, gourds this week.

Chatham High School football players and cheerleaders and local Boy Scouts were among the volunteers on hand to unload thousands of pumpkins this week for the 7th Annual Pumpkin Patch on the front lawn of the Presbyterian Church of Chatham Township.

Pumpkins from the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry in Farmington, New Mexico, were brought in for the sale, which opened at noon Thursday at the church, 240 Southern Blvd.

Led by the church's witness and outreach chair, Carolyn Smith, the groups worked in teams to unload more than 3,000 pumpkins and gourds, according to an announcement for the opening of the patch.

Net proceeds from the pumpkin sales will be donated to the Community Soup Kitchen and Outreach Center Inc. in Morristown and the Community FoodBank of New Jersey in Hillside, the announcement says.

The Pumpkin Patch is open from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through Oct. 31 or until all of the pumpkins are sold. 

Early childhood and nursery school groups are invited and may call the church office at 973-635-2340 to schedule a visit.


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