PTO PUMPKIN PATCH SALE AND MONSTER MASH BASH ALL PROCEEDS GOING TO DISTRICT 112 PTO's

Saturday, October 12th

through Monday, October 14th from Noon-4pm in Port Clinton Square

HIGHLAND PARK, IL (OCTOBER

12-14, 2013) – Just in time for Halloween, downtown Highland Park’s Port

Clinton Square will be transformed into the PTO Pumpkin Patch and Monster Mash

Bash on Saturday, October 12th through Monday, October 14th

(no school for Columbus Day) from noon–4pm. 

With 100% of proceeds from $5 pumpkin sales going to District 112 PTOs,

families are encouraged to come out to Port Clinton Square and support their

schools.

The three day event will be full of family fun including

ugly pumpkin and gourd decorating, Monster Mash music and dancing from Highland Park High School’s

DJ Club, Halloween movies, hot cider, fresh popcorn and s’more making, on-site

registration for the Great Highwood Pumpkin Fests’ 5K

Pumpkin Run, Walk & Kids’ Dash, benefiting St. Baldrick’s Foundation, and more!

The full schedule of daily events is as follows:

·     

Saturday, October 12th

12-2pm: Mask making

12-2pm: Movie in the Pumpkin Patch; It’s

The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

2-4pm: Face painting and animal balloon

twisting

2-4pm: Spooky stories with K9 Reading Buddies

6:30-9pm: Movie in the Pumpkin Patch;

Twilight

·     

Sunday, October 13th 

12-4pm: Movie in the Pumpkin Patch;

Monsters, Inc.

12-4pm: Pumpkin harvest photos

12-4pm: Pumpkin games & contests by

Harris Kal

2pm: Scavenger Hunt

3pm: Monster Mash Costume Contest

6:30-9pm: Movie in the Pumpkin Patch;

Monster House

·     

Monday, October 14th

12-3:30pm: Hayrides

3:30pm: Pumpkin hayride procession to

Highwood’s Metra train parking lot

4:10pm: Mayoral pumpkin pass from Highland

Park’s Mayor Rotering to Highwood’s Mayor Pecaro in downtown Highwood

A special thanks to the Rotary Club of Highland Park/Highwood

and its Interact Club whose volunteers will be working the PTO Pumpkin Patch

daily, not only raising money for District 112 PTOs, but also sharing in their

entrepreneurship, marketing, and sales during this great fundraising

initiative.

In addition, Highland Park is teaming up with Highwood to

show their camaraderie for The

Great Highwood Pumpkin Fest, October 17-19th.  All pumpkins carved at the PTO Pumpkin Patch

will count towards Highwood Pumpkin Fests’ record-breaking attempt at having

the most pumpkins carved and lit at once! On Monday, October 14th at

3:30pm, hayrides carrying carved pumpkins will head up a “pumpkin

processional”, leaving Highland Park and heading to Downtown Highwood’s Metra

Train Lot, where the pumpkins will be placed on the scaffolding and counted

towards the Guinness record. Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering will perform a

“Passing of the Pumpkins Ceremony” to Highwood Mayor Charlie Pecaro at 4:10pm

to pass on best wishes in Highwood’s quest to break the record.

Pumpkins are $5 each, and all

proceeds will go to District 112 PTO’s. To order pumpkins, please visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nclPtl0TpGAs9a5pUct96xy1jPkeOY01HKzI5VmfnhE/viewform. For more information on the

PTO Pumpkin Patch, please contact Ripple Public Relations at 847.432.6000, or

email PTOpumpkins@gmail.com.