Grand Pumpkin Festival 2010

To be held at St. Lawrence Village Hall

Saturday 30^th  October

From 1.00pm until 3.30pm

Free Admission

What to expect:   A Pumpkin Competition! Lots of Categories for Adults & Children.  Certificates awarded. Prizes for the winners.   Games including the amazing Human Fruit Machine. Tasty Toffee Apple Tree (yum yum), Tombola (try your luck), Raffle with superb prizes, Refreshments: Join us for Lunch - delicious home-made Soup and Crusty Roll as well as mouth-watering home baked Cakes, Teas & Coffees.

Please note the following timings:-

10.00am to midday - The Village Hall will be open receive entries (no entries permitted after midday!)

Midday – 1.00pm - Judging to take place !!

1.00pm – Doors open

3.00pm – Prize giving

3.30pm – entrants may remove their exhibits

For those wishing to donate their exhibits, rather than take them home, we shall be happy to hold an ‘Auction’.

Any profit surplus to Community requirements will be donated to various charities including PATCH, Ventnor Together’s Café 34 and the Hampshire Air Ambulance Service.

Details of some of the superb Raffle prizes and their very generous donors:

Lunch for Two – donated by the Newclose Cricket Club, Newport

Free Club Membership for 2011 season – donated by Newclose Cricket Club

Guided Tour of the Island for Two plus Cream Tea – donated by Alan Stovell

(chairman of St. Lawrence Community Association)

Exquisite glass pumpkin – specially made and donated by Isle of Wight Glass

Pumpkin  Entry Forms are available from:  The St. Lawrence Post Office

 or from one of the following committee members

 (Liz 855908, Maggie 852051, Sue 855848 ) or on the door at St. Lawrence

Village Hall between 10.00am and midday on the day.

Further details of this fantastic festival will be published on the

St. Lawrence Village website over the coming weeks. Also at the

St. Lawrence Post Office and notices around the village.

 There will be an Appeal for Cakes and an Appeal for Help on the Day

 during the week leading up to the event.