FREE family event features games, good times and pumpkins for the kids.
A family enjoys hunting the perfect pumpkin at Indaba Band Shell’s Pumpkin Palooza.
St. Ann Center Bucyrus Campus and the Indaba Band Shell will once again provide free pumpkins for kids and fall fun for the whole family at the fourth annual Pumpkin Palooza. The FREE event takes place Saturday, Oct. 19, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the band shell, located to the rear of the campus at 2450 W. North Ave.
A limited number of pumpkins are available, so plan now to come early and let the kids hunt their perfect pumpkin, then decorate it just in time for Halloween.
Matching pumpkins, matching smiles and a little team work!
Feeling good about a good-looking pumpkin.
Each child can choose one pumpkin from the hillside “pumpkin patch” and embellish their selection with paint, stickers and other items at the bandshell. Other activities include a kid-friendly Halloween photo opportunity, treat bags for the children, games and apple cider. Tours of the Bucyrus Campus childcare wings will also be available for those who are interested.
Children are especially encouraged to come in costume.
Hay (and cornstalks), it’s The Hulk!
“We are so pleased to help children safely enjoy the excitement of Halloween right here in their neighborhood,” said Gloria Miller, special events director at St. Ann Center. “Pumpkin Palooza is rapidly becoming a tradition in the neighborhood, because families get to enjoy the fun of the season and make lasting memories.
“And the kids are so proud to head home with their own one-of-a kind jack-o-lantern to decorate their house!”
A view of Pumpkin Palooza from the Indaba Band Shell.
St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care is again able to present this event for families with the help of generous sponsors: Pete’s Fruit Market, Milwaukee County Office of Equity, Gershia Coggs & G. Spencer Coggs, Black Excellence Awards, Grandma Book’s World, AARP, Attorney Bettie Rodgers, World Mission Ministries, Gloria Miller, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Epsilon Kappa Omega Chapter.
For more information on Pumpkin Palooza, contact Gloria Miller at (414) 210-2428 or gmiller@stanncenter.org.
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St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care is a nonprofit with a world-renowned day care program that serves children, frail elders and adults with disabilities, all in the same home-like setting. The Bucyrus Campus, opened in 2015, replicates the original St. Ann Center intergenerational campus, on Milwaukee’s South Side since 1999. Both campuses offer supplemental health and wellness services. This year marks St. Ann Center’s 25th year in providing pioneering intergenerational care.