Pumpkin Smash + Mitzvah Day at Shemesh Farms!
Please bring the following:
- Pumpkins to smash and/or vegan compost scraps (no dairy, meat or citrus please – we love coffee grounds and egg shells, though!)
- Gently worn or new clothing and toys
- Rain protection items
- Canned or packaged foods (non perishable) and Halloween candy
- Helping hands and open hearts
Service projects:
- Smash pumpkins – support our regenerative garden!
- Pack 150 lunch bags for the food insecure community
- Assemble hygiene kits
- Make no-sew blankets for the unhoused community
- Paint rocks for residents of a local senior community
- Write welcome home letters and plant flowers for newly housed
- Marigold magic and take home seedlings
- Community Lego build
- Art projects with our program partner Momentum
- Therapy dog visits from Love on a Leash – pet a puppy
- And more!
Agenda:
1:30 PM: Service projects begin, Music by Continental Drips
1:45 PM: Accessible Yoga with Tami
2:00 PM: ALLWAYZ on Stage performance
2:15 PM: Farm Tour and Pumpkin Hunt
2:45 PM: Rabbi Bill Kaplan Pollinator Garden Dedication and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
3:15 PM: Community Sing-Along with Julian Friedman, Sammy Blanc and Shemesh Farms Farm Fellows and Community
Food Options:
- Enjoy our tasting table and Fall inspired concessions and our famous farm stand with our latest products and gift sets
- Pizza vendor
- Work alongside our farm fellows and community and help us build a kinder world!
Tickets:
Free, or support this event at one of the following sponsorship levels:
$18 – Pumpkin Smasher
$36 – “Pe’ah” Forward – includes a free Pumpkin Smash T-shirt
$180 – Event Supporter – your name will be recognized at event – includes 2 tshirts
T-shirts will be available for purchase for $36 at the event and proceeds benefit our program and community. Get one while supplies last.
1:45 Accessible yoga reservation – 15 spots available (no charge)