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 bigger and this year we hope to exceed our 2009 donation to JDRF. We need your help to do this so please plan on attending our 2010 event. We look forward to welcoming you to PFAC 2010.
For The News Media
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- Read our 2010 News Release
Featured On CBS Radio
Mary Agnes Zellmer was interviewed by CBS Radio in Chicago regarding her son Jim, Juvenile Diabetes, (JDRF) and the genesis of Pumpkins For A Cure.
- Listen to the Interview Featured on WBBM 780 AM.
Start Here for Quick News, Event, Directions and Merchandise Info
It all starts right here. Please take a moment to view our 2009 campaign, partners, etc., all to benefit JDRF.
- View our 2010 PFAC Poster
- View our 2010 PFAC Directions
- View our PFAC Photo Gallery
- Find out how to donate to PFAC throughout the month of October with PumpCANs For A Cure in conjunction with various Downtown Merchants in Geneva, Illinois and their Black Hat Day festivities
2010 Pumpkins For A Cure (PFAC) Schedule of Event
Saturday, October 2, 2010
9:00 am
- Pumpkins For A Cure opens for the day.
11:00 pm
- Story time. Each child will receive a free gift. Bike raffle opens. Purchase tickets to win a new bike from Mill Race Cyclery. Balloon raffle opens.
12:00 pm
- Face painting for kids of all ages. Craft table opens. FREE lunch (hot dogs, chips, soda) until 1:00 pm. Lunch provided by the Shaw Family (Chris and Ron Shaw and Anne and Ron Shaw Lunch is in honor of Anne and Ron's daughter Emma. She is 13 years old and lives with Type I diabetes) and Weldon Johnson.
2:00 pm
- Story time begins. Each child will receive a free gift.
3:00 pm
- Face painting closes. Craft table closes. Balloon raffle closes.
4:00pm
- Pumpkins For A Cure closes for the day.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
9:00 am
- Pumpkins For A Cure opens for the day.
11:00 am
- Bike raffle opens. Purchase tickets to win a new bike from Mill Race Cyclery. Balloon raffle opens.
12:00 pm
- Face painting for kids of all ages. Craft table opens. BAKE SALE opens.
1:00pm
- Story time begins. Each child will receive a free gift.
4:00 pm
- Face painting closes. Craft table closes. Balloon raffle closes. 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 Sixth Year
Pumpkins For A Cure (PFAC), a non-profit organization, will host their fifth annual pumpkin drive to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). 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...