{"id":30585,"date":"2012-10-15T23:34:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T05:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/15\/pumpkin-patch.html"},"modified":"2012-10-16T07:44:54","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T13:44:54","slug":"pumpkin-patch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/15\/pumpkin-patch.html","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Patch"},"content":{"rendered":"

So my church (Good Shepherd Episcopal in Centennial, http:\/\/gshep.org<\/a>) has been doing a "pumpkin patch" fund-raiser\u00a0the past few years, proceeds of which go to our various outreach (community charity) programs. \u00a0It's been a surprising success, which is very cool.<\/p>\n

Sunday was supposed to be the date when the pumpkin truck arrived this year (coming from the Four Corners \/ Navajo Nation area), but a variety of problems interfered with that. \u00a0Though it did mean that everyone still came to Sunday service wearing "pumpkin offloading" clothes, which was kind of nice.<\/p>\n

Instead the truck arrived this evening around 5 pm. \u00a0About 60-75 of us (at least) responded to the call, and ended up offloading One Heck of a Lot of Pumpkins. \u00a0The offload took a bit under two hours, and Yours Truly was on the front lines both at the back of the truck and eventually part of the 40-odd folks inside the truck bucket-brigading pumpkins out to be set up in the side yard of the church.<\/p>\n

It was … a vigorous exercise. And, aside from the worthy cause, it also gave us the opportunity to reflect on the labors of farm workers for whom this is a day-to-day toil.<\/p>\n

If you are in the South Metro area of Denver, and are looking for pumpkins (of a variety of sizes, colors, shapes, and breeds) for Halloween, please drop by. \u00a0The church is on Dry Creek Rd., west of I-25, between Yosemite and Quebec, and the pumpkin patch is open daily to 7 pm. \u00a0And it all goes to Good Causes, including the St Francis Center, Covenant Cupboard, St Clare's Supper Ministry, and House of Hope.<\/p>\n

More info (for those who have an interest) at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PumpkinPatchCentennial<\/a> .<\/p>\n

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