Pumpkin Palooza!
It started as a project to celebrate “Make a Difference Day” and has become a treasured favorite event for Lakewood families: PUMPKIN PALOOZA is coming up! On Saturday, October 29, the east end of Lakewood High School will be transformed into a Halloween funland, with games, prizes, activities, food and of course…pumpkins! The best part of all is that the entire event is a fundraiser to benefit the Lakewood Community Services Center and the Lakewood Charitable Assistance Corporation. In addition to donating the proceeds to these local agencies, attendees are asked to bring a non-perishable food item that will be donated as well. Pumpkin Palooza is brought to you by H2O “Help to Others,” The City of Lakewood, Lakewood City Schools, Lakewood Hospital, Lakewood Public Library, Lakewood Non-Profit & Civic Organizations, LHS Student Organizations, Lakewood Early Childhood Professionals, and the generosity of Pumpkin Palooza sponsors.
Pumpkin Palooza begins at 1:00 p.m., opening up the Autumn Adventureland in the East Gym. There will be dozens of carnival games run by H2O high school volunteers, as well as crafts and a picture booth. Costume registration begins at 1:00 p.m., and the parade of costumes will take place at 2:00 p.m. (no masks, please). Again this year, one of the main attractions in Autumn Adventureland will be THREE large, inflatable attractions for the kids to bounce and play. These really popular items have been donated by Scherba Industries. If you get hungry with all the playing and bouncing, The Harvest Moon Café will have pizza and delicious baked goods for sale in the L-room. Young carnival-goers can drop in for spooky or silly stories in the Sleepy Hollow, provided by a librarian from Lakewood Public Library.
The Great Pumpkin Patch is full of creative and inspiring works of autumn art, and you can enter a raffle to take one home! Specialty pumpkins are donated by local artists, celebrities, businesses and organizations. We invite anyone who wants to contribute a decorated pumpkin themselves to drop it (or them!) off in the East Cafeteria on Friday, October 28th from 3:00-5:00 p.m. or on Saturday, October 29 from 10:00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. (If you have any questions, please call 529-6045). Donated pumpkins can be real or made of craft material, but please no CARVED pumpkins; we would like for them to last as long as possible. There will also be pumpkins for sale that you can take home and decorate.
Head to Lakewood High on October 29 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. to enjoy all these activities, plus much more! You’ll have the chance to see neighbors and friends, show off those cool Halloween costumes and support a wonderful fundraiser for two local social service organizations that provide critical services for our community. Come to Pumpkin Palooza!