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Pumpkin Fest 2025 – Thank You for Your Support!

Thank you to everyone who joined us on the Town Green for this year’s Pumpkin Fest in support of Camp Sunshine! It was a beautiful day with a fantastic turnout and lots of community spirit.
We’re still accepting donations to help reach our fundraising goal for Camp Sunshine, a nonprofit that provides free, year-round retreats for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Every donation helps make a difference!

Pumpkin Fest raises money for Camp Sunshine, a non-profit that provides free retreats for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.

You can earn community service hours while taking part in this fun and meaningful event. You can volunteer at stations such as kids’ games, food, pumpkin carving, and more while supporting a great cause.

On Saturday October 19, 2024 150+ WHS student volunteers, led by a phenomenal student leadership team, produced the 20th Pumpkin Festival on Weston Town Green. 

The weather was picture perfect and the student volunteers put in a long day managing the kid’s activities, concessions and the silent auction and raffle tables. Through these efforts, they raised $15,000 for Camp Sunshine, a nonprofit organization supporting terminally-ill children and their families. 

Thank you to all those who gave their time and energy to such a worthy cause.  Enjoy some visual highlights from the day.

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This annual October event on the Town Green raises money for Camp Sunshine (https://www.camp sunshine pumpkin festivals.org/weston-pumpkin-festival), a camp in Maine for children suffering from life threatening illnesses.
 
Camp Sunshine, set on Lake Sebago, has the distinction of being the only program in the nation whose mission is to address the impact of a life threatening illness on every member of the immediate family – the ill child, the parents and the siblings. Since its inception, Camp Sunshine has provided a haven for over 30,000 individuals from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds.
 
Organized by Weston High School student volunteers, Pumpkin Festival is an annual fundraiser to support Camp Sunshine’s mission, allowing for many more families to attend the retreat for one week.
Club Advisor Eunice Feller (fellere@weston.org)