Wake Forest’s Project Pumpkin welcomes local schoolchildren to annual fall festival
Hundreds of kids will trick-or-treat around Wake Forest University’s Hearn Plaza from 3-6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, for the annual Project Pumpkin fall festival, a University student-led event to bring together students, faculty, staff and Winston-Salem communities.
Media are invited to attend. Please contact media@wfu.edu to confirm plans to visit. Check-in will be at the registration table in front of Wait Chapel.
Each year since Project Pumpkin’s inception in 1989, hundreds of Wake Forest students—many in costume—have welcomed children for an afternoon of games, trick-or-treating, music and entertainment. The event is free and open to the community, with activities targeted to kindergarteners through 5th-graders.
Participating community members must check in at the Office of Civic and Community Engagement tent beside Wait Chapel and provide a completed Project Pumpkin permission slip.
Around 400 children from local schools and after-school programs attend Project Pumpkin each year. Leading up to the fall festival, Wake Forest students also visit local schoolchildren to read books and make crafts.
Supporting Freedom School
Through the annual community event and several other fundraisers, Project Pumpkin helps raise money to support the Wake Forest University Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School, a free summer enrichment program for Winston-Salem children. The six-week program is hosted by the Department of Education on the Reynolda campus.
This year’s Project Pumpkin leaders aim to raise $15,000 for the Freedom School. Project Pumpkin is accepting donations to help reach that goal.
Project Pumpkin began in 1989, when Libby Bell, a student in her first year at Wake Forest, started a Halloween festival on campus for local children. Since then, thousands of children in Forsyth County have participated in the event.
Categories: Community Impact, Pro Humanitate
Media Contact
Alicia Roberts
media@wfu.edu
336.758.5237
Recent News
Charlotte, Raleigh both want a major league baseball franchise, but who’s ready for the big leagues?
Charlotte, Raleigh both want a major league baseball franchise, but who’s ready for the big leagues?