News, Events, Awards
Another year, another wonderful event! Please take a moment to review our News, Events and Awards information below. Each year, Pumpkins For A Cure (PFAC) gets bigger and bietter. We need your help to do this so please plan on attending our 2011 event. We look forward to welcoming you to PFAC 2011.
For The News Media
Are you a member of the news media? If so, you need to contact our Marketing/PR agency RESZEL iNDUSTRIES iDEAVERTISING for more information regarding interviews, etc. For immediate attention, please complete our e-form found on our Contact web page.
- Read our 2011 News Release
Featured On CBS Radio
Mary Agnes Zellmer was interviewed by CBS Radio in Chicago regarding her son Jim and the genesis of Pumpkins For A Cure.
- Listen to the Interview Featured on WBBM 780 AM.
New This Year: Taste For A Cure and Gardening/Fall Decorating Tips and Gourds of Many Shapes, Sizes and Colors.
Come see, Debbie Notaro, Master Gardener as she showcases fall container decorating/gardening tips and tricks. Debbie will also be discussing how to get your garden ready for the fall season.
Also. Be sure to stop by and visit the Geneva Patch ... Pumpkin Patch. The pumpkin patch will have a variety of unusual cross bred gourds such as; Cinderella’s, a pumpkin that is bright orange and looks like someone sat on it. Fairytale’s a green pumpkin that is actually good to eat. Lunch Lady’s a pumpkin full of warts! Long Island Blue Cheese is a robust round pumpkin in a steel blue color. New to our grower this year is Red Eye, a bright red squatty pumpkin and White Eye a flat white pumpkin that is great for stacking. Truth of the matter is we don’t know exactly what we might get so be sure to stop by and check out this most unqiue pumpkin patch.
Start Here for Quick News, Event, Directions and Merchandise Info
It all starts right here. Please take a moment to view our 2011 campaign, partners, etc., all to benefit The Zellmer Childhood Disease Foundation.
- View our 2011 PFAC Poster
- View our 2011 PFAC Directions
- View our PFAC Photo Gallery
- View the Tasting For A Cure Poster
2011 Pumpkins For A Cure (PFAC) Schedule of Event
Saturday, October 1, 2011
9:00 am
- Pumpkins For A Cure opens for the day. Pumpkins and mums for sale.
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Kids activities, kids raffle, craft table, free give aways for kids.
9:30 to 10:00 am
- Debbie Notaro, Master Gardener will presents Decorating Containers Using Seasonal Mums and Pumpkins. FREE Breakfast provided by Great Harvest Bread Company of Geneva.
10:00 to 10:30 am
- Debbie Notaro, Master Gardener will presents Changing Your Garden to Fall Plants. FREE Breakfast provided by Great Harvest Bread Company of Geneva.
11:00 am to 11:45 am
- Jeanie B and The Jelly Beans family music.
12:00 pm
- Story time featuring award winning Geneva teacher, Diane Clark.
12:00 to 4:00 pm
- Haunted hay ride featuring Donna Latham.
- Horse carriage travels down Third Street making stops throughout downtown Geneva.
12:00 to 4:00 pm
- Professional pumpkin carver Marc Solomon will carve three 75 to 100lb. pumpkins.
1:00 pm
- Jesse White Tumblers perform.
1:00 pm
- Face painting.
2:00 to 4:00 pm
- Taste For A Cure. Seven local restaurants will feature a taste of their best pumpkin recipes. Tickets are $5.00 per person in advance or $10.00 on-site at the event.
4:00 pm
- Black Hat contest judging.
4:00 pm
- Pumpkins For A Cure closes for the day.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
9:00 am
- Pumpkins For A Cure opens for the day. Pumpkins and mums for sale.
4:00 pm
- Pumpkins For A Cure closes for the day.
Awards
- 2010 | Pumpkins For A Cure receives the "Third Party Event" award from JDRF.
- 2006 | Zellmer Family received "Volunteer of the Year" award from the American Diabetes Association.
Pumpkins For A Cure News
- Pumpkins For A Cure To Celebrate Seventh Year
Pumpkins For A Cure (PFAC), a non-profit organization, will host their seventh annual pumpkin drive to benefit The Zellmer Childhood Disease Foundation (ZCDF). Mary and Paul Zellmer’s son, Jim was just six years old when he was diagnosed with Type I diabetes in the fall of 2004. Read More...