Buy the Best Pumpkins in Connecticut At the

Kiwanis Pumpkin Patch

A Wilton tradition, you can buy cheaper pumpkins, but you can’t buy better ones. And all net profits go to community nonprofits!

Most recently, Kiwanis has donated total annual net proceeds to the Wilton Riverbrook YMCA which was recovering from a flood and much needed support for WVAC, the Wilton Volunteer Ambulance Corps. This year all of the Columbus Weekend (Oct 10-12) net profits will go to the Trackside Teen Center.

Kiwanis pumpkins come from the Dykeman Farm in Pawling, New York. The New York Times featured them in a special article. Check it out here. People buy a pumpkin and more every year for a family fun experience.

A new load of pumpkins will arrive before this weekend!

Wi-Act (Wilton Interactive Action Committee) will once again conduct the Rise Against Hunger meals-packaging at WEPCO on Saturday, October 17^th. Currently there are five two-hour shifts at 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, and 5pm. 

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Recently, the Wilton Kiwanis Contributions Committee presented a $3,000 check to Steve Husband to support the annual Wi-ACT Rise Against Hunger meal-packaging event.

Want to know more? Look at this video produced by a high schooler from Wilton. Or this article in Good Morning Wilton.

Kiwanis food drives generate more than $10,000 a quarter at Wilton grocery stores—Stop & Shop and the Village Market. For the last two years more than $50,000 was raised each year for the Wilton Food Pantry from generous Wilton shoppers. Get ready for the next one in December.

1. From pumpkin sales, Kiwanis charity donations have

totaled more than?

a. $100,000

b. $150.000

c. $200,000

2. This year total meals packaged for the Rise Against

Hunger event will reach:

a. 1,000,000

b. 1,500,000

c. 2,000,000

3. Which elected CT official was given a Kiwanis scholarship in high school?



a. Governor Need Lamont

b. Congressman Jim Himes

c. Secretary of State Stephanie Thomas

Answers: 1c, 2c, 3c

Happenings, the Newsletter of the Kiwanis Club of Wilton CT, Inc.,

Editor-in-Chief: Jack McFadden

Managing Editor: Saul W. Goldberg

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