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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! 🎃🍁

Fall Festival

The annual Fall Festival is right around the corner, and we’re thrilled to invite you to join us for a day filled with laughter, music, dance, and community spirit. Come to the Hunt Club Riverside Park Community Centre where the Fall Festival promises a memorable experience for individuals and families alike.

*** Bring a water bottle for drink refills, a hat/cap, and sunscreen! We have the most fun when hydrated and protected from the sun! ***

Stage Area Schedule

11:10 – 11:15 – Blessing and sharing of wisdom with Native Elder
11:15 – 11:35 – Opening Comments by Dignitaries
11:35 – 12:20 – 50 Proof Band
12:25 – 13:10 – Zumba Demo
13:20 – 14:20 – African Drumming
14:30 – 15:30 – 50 Proof Band
15:40 – 16:00 – Closing Remarks

Activities

Face Painting
Crafts and Colouring
Photo Booth
Games
- Giant Jenga (4ft)
- Giant Tic-Tac-Toe
- Giant Connect 4
- Corn Hole Toss
- Potato Sack Races
- Kan Jam (Flying disc sport)
- Ladder Ball
- Parachute

Food

Corn Roast
BBQ
Popcorn
Snow Cones
Drinks

Information Booths

HCCA, Hunt Club Community Association
City Councillor Riley Brockington
Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) John Fraser
Member of Parliament (MP) David McGuinty
SEOCHC, South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre
Brookfield Community Food Cupboard
Ottawa Fire with Fire Truck
Ottawa Police Services (OPS)
Scouts Canada
OSEAN, Ottawa-South Eco Action Network
Bird Friendly Ottawa, Safe Wings & OFNC
OC Transpo
Safer Roads Ottawa

We are looking for Volunteers

Join us in making the Fall Festival a remarkable success by volunteering your time and energy – together, we can create an unforgettable experience for our community!

Food Drive

Our local Brookfield Community Food Cupboard will be accepting non-perishable food items along with cash and online donations. Non-perishable items only please. Preferred donated items are those which can be combined to create a full meal:

Pasta & Sauce
Cereal, Breakfast items
Soups, Crackers
Canned Tuna/Meat
Vegetables/Fruit
School Snacks
Side dishes
Staples: Rice, Beans
Peanut butter, Jam
Cooking oil, Dried fruit.

Gift cards to purchase most needed items also appreciated. Please note that we currently do NOT have the capacity for repackaging items so dried goods in smaller packages are preferred. We are also not currently collecting hygiene items.

Pumpkin Alley Fun Day

Fall Festival 2024

The Fall Festival is proudly sponsored by Desjardins, The City of Ottawa, Councillor Riley Brockington, Vison Rental, MP David McGuinty, MPP John Fraser, Blair Turner, SEOCHC, The Green Party, The Hunt Club Community Association and the Riverview Park Community Association.

Schedule for the Fall Festival

11:00 to 11:15 – Opening by Dignitaries
11:15 to 11:30 – Native Elder Blessing
11:30 to 12:15 – 50 Proof Band
12:15 to 13:00 – Zumba Demo
13:15 to 14:30 Community Centre Panels (Indoors)
13:15 to 14:15 – African Drumming
14:30 to 15:30 – 50 Proof Band
14:30 to 15:30 – Basketball Demo and Game (OPS)
15:30 to 16:00 – 50 Proof Band

13:30 to 15:30 Community Centre Panels (indoors)

Our Local Brookfield Community Food Cupboard will be accepting non-perishable food items along with cash and online donations at the Fall Festival. Please look for the banner to find their tent. https://www.brookfieldcfc.ca/

Fall Festival 2023

*** Bring a water bottle for drink refills, a hat/cap, and sunscreen! We have the most fun when hydrated and protected from the sun! ***

Stage Area Schedule

11:00 – 11:05 Piping in of Dignitaries
11:05 – 11:15 Blessing by Native Elder
11:15 – 11:30 Welcome by Dignitaries
11:30 – 12:00 RCAF Pipe and Drums perform
12:15 – 12:45 Zumba demonstration in front of stage
13:00 – 13:45 Nepean Panharmonic Steel Band perform off to side of stage
13: 45 – 14:15 Tae Kwondo demonstration in grassy area away from main stage
14:00 – 15:00 Basketball Tournament on basketball courts
13: 45 – 14:15 Lyon Street Celtic Band on Main Stage
14:30 – 15:15 Hot Spud Dixie Land Band on Main Stage
15:30 – 16: 15 African Drumming Demo on Main Stage
16:15 – 16:30 Closing remarks

Activities

Face Painting

Photo Booth

Games

OPS Hoopsters (basketball court)
Giant Jenga (4ft)
Giant Tic-Tac-Toe
Giant Connect 4
Corn Hole Toss
Potato Sack Races
Kan Jam (Flying disc sport)
Ladder Ball
Parachute

Food

Corn Roast
BBQ
Popcorn
Snow Cones
Drinks

Information Booths

RCAF Recruiting
Ottawa Police Services
HCCA, Hunt Club Community Association
RPCA, Riverside Park Community Association
City Councillor Riley Brockington
SEOCHC, South-East Ottawa Community Health
Ottawa Fire with fire truck in parking lot
Safer Roads Ottawa
Better South Keys Centre
Ecology Ottawa
Scouts Canada
CAFES, Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability
OSEAN, Ottawa-South Eco Action Network
GentleWays for OurPlanet

We are looking for Volunteers

Join us in making the Fall Festival a remarkable success by volunteering your time and energy – together, we can create an unforgettable experience for our community!

Hunt Club Cares Garage Sale

Join us on Saturday, June 3 from 8:00am to 2:00pm, rain or shine, as we come together to raise money for the Ottawa Interval House, a shelter for women escaping domestic abuse.