one for the e-mail list
Hi Zach, My wife Pam and I grow Atlantic Gaints. We are just across from
Pete Glasier. We would like to know any thing about entering our pumpkins
and be on the mailing list.
Thanks,
Loren & Pam.....
Napa
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From: ZEKEIV@aol.com [SMTP:ZEKEIV@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 6:08 PM
To: Pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: Take 2 - Hello CA - Elk Grove Weigh-off info
Fifth Annual
Elk Grove Community Harvest & Giant Pumpkin Festival
Event Facts
What: A full day of activities centered around a harvest theme. In it's
fifth year, the festival recognizes and celebrates the rich agricultural
heritage of Elk Grove and the surrounding communities. The days activities
will include a piping hot pancake breakfast, giant pumpkin weigh-off,
scarecrow contest, hayrides, a 5K fitness walk, carnival games, a petting
zoo, pumpkin patch, craft and food booths, facepainting and agricultural
displays.
When: Saturday, October 2, 1999
Breakfast begins at 7:00 a.m. Other activities begin at 10:00 a.m. and
continue to 5:00 p.m.
Where: Elk Grove Regional Park
9950 Elk Grove-Florin Road
Elk Grove, California (5 minutes south of Sacramento)
Why: The Fifth Annual Harvest and Giant Pumpkin Festival is an
opportunity
for families to enjoy time together and share in the spirit of the fall
season with their community neighbors. The festival also provides a
perfect
venue to reflect, as well as to educate future generations, on the
important
contributions agriculture has made to our community.
Who: The festival is open to all ages, families are encouraged to attend
How: Participants are invited to make a day of it, beginning with a
delicious pancake breakfast. Admission to the event is free, however there
is a $5 parking fee.
** For more information, contact the Elk Grove Community Services District
Department of Parks and Recreation at (916) 685-3917
Other Important Facts
Examples of the huge success of the 4th Annual Elk Grove Community Harvest
and Giant Pumpkin Festival in 1998 include:
. An estimated 14,000 people enjoyed a full day of fun in Elk Grove
Regional Park, participating in such activities as pony rides, food booths,
entertainment and dancing groups, antique farm equipment, fire department
displays, carnival games, blacksmithing and quilting displays, 4-H petting
zoo, craft booths, scarecrow contests, and more. The attendance figure is
verifiable to sponsors through car counts, walk-ins and food/carnival
tickets
purchased.
. Over 25 community groups sponsored food, craft, carnival and display
booths, raising more than $18,000 toward their annual fundraising goals.
For
many of these groups, this event is their single largest fundraising
activity
of the year.
. More than 70 entries were recorded in the various pumpkin, squash and
watermelon categories, establishing Elk Grove in its' first year as a GPC
site as Number 3 internationally in total entries.
. The international winner (Bob Troy) in the Heaviest Squash category at
a
whopping 684.5 pounds was weighed in at Elk Grove. A watermelon was weighed
in at 118 pounds, setting a record as the heaviest watermelon in California
.
. Total vegetable entries weighed in at 18,002 pounds, over 9 tons.
. New this year was a Create-A-Cow contest as part of the Agriculture in
the Classroom project, a partnership with the State of California
Department
of Agriculture and Sacrtamento County Faire and the Scarecrow Scamper, a 5K
family fitness walk fundraiser for Operation Clyde.
. A total of $5,350 was awarded in prizes in the various categories, all
raised through sponsors of the event.
. A very conservative estimate recorded more than 300 volunteers involved
in the event, contributing more than 1,674 volunteer hours. This
considerable
commitment is a great example of the true community spirit of Elk Grove.
Please send me your mailing address if you wish to be placed on our mailing
list
Thanks
Zach
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