PumpkinFest

🎃🍂 PUMPKINFEST IS BACK! 🍂🎃

Join Ottawa South Eco-Action Network (OSEAN) and the Brookfield Community Food Cupboard (BCFC) for our annual PumpkinFest at Ernie Calcutt Park!

For the past three years, BCFC has been collecting pumpkin donations and helping organize this wonderful community tradition. It’s a great opportunity for residents of Riverside Park and Hunt Club to give their Halloween pumpkins a second life while enjoying a fun-filled afternoon with family, friends and neighbours!

🌱 Bring your pumpkins for recycling! Help divert pumpkins from landfills and put them to good use feeding livestock and creating compost.

🚒 Meet your local firefighters! The firefighters are joining us with their ladder truck! Weather permitting, watch the exciting pumpkin drop from the truck between 2–3 PM. If the weather doesn’t cooperate, families will have an opportunity to tour the fire truck instead!

🎉 There’s something for everyone:

• 🎃 Hundreds of carved and decorated pumpkins along Pumpkin Alley
• 🚒 Fire truck tours and firefighter meet & greets
• 📸 Halloween costume photos with a photographer onsite (people and pets!)
• 🎨 Face painting, kids’ games and family activities
• 🧩 Mazes and scavenger hunts
• ☕ Free hot chocolate and tasty treats
• 🌱 Meet local organizations and learn about environmental initiatives

❤️ Support your community! BCFC will also be accepting non-perishable food and monetary donations throughout the event. Most-needed items include soups, rice, pasta and sauce, canned meat or tuna, and dried beans and lentils.

📅 Sunday, November 8 ⏰ 12 PM – 4 PM 📍 Ernie Calcutt Park, 759 Mooney’s Bay Place

Bring the family, bring your pumpkins, and come celebrate the season while supporting environmental sustainability and local food security!

It’s a great way to give your pumpkins a second life and bring our community together. We hope to see you there! 🎃🍁