Hurry, Hurry! There are now only 25 days until the 13th Annual Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival! Here is our press release talking about all the great stuff going on at the festival:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact Person: Dave Jordan
Phone: 603-630-4800
Website: VTPumpkinChuckin.blogspot.com
Charity name: Clarina Howard Nichols Center, Morrisville, VT
13th Annual Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival
Held at the Mayo event field, Weeks Hill Road in Stowe, VT
Proceeds of September 25th event to benefit Clarina Howard Nichols Center
Stowe, Vermont, Aug. 1, 2022: This year marks 13 years of the Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin Festival (VTPC) which was awarded USA Today’s best fall festival in the nation. This festival celebrates the sport of “chuckin” pumpkins, for distance, using a do-it-yourself constructed trebuchet, which is a gravity powered catapult. Festival founder Dave Jordan describes the event as a cross between a Soap box Derby (amateur building/engineering) and a shot put contest (throwing for distance). The event is a great opportunity for kids of all ages to build something with their hands and engage in some family friendly competition. The current record, set last year is 780 feet!
The VTPC Festival is a one-day event that benefits the Clarina Howard Nichols Center. Founded in 1981, the Center works to end domestic and sexual violence in Lamoille County.
Mark your calendar for Sunday, September 25th , 2022. The Festival runs from 11am to 4pm and features three rounds of competitive pumpkin chuckin at 12:30pm, 1:30pm and 2:30pm, with awards shortly after the last round. No dogs, outside food or beverage are allowed at the event. Admission to the Festival is $10 and parking is free. Free to 5 years and younger. New this year will be a variety of food trucks!
Along with the pumpkin chuckin' contest there will be music, a chili cook-off, a giant robot demo and kids’ activities; all creating an enjoyable fall day. Music for this year’s festival will be provided by two bands: House Dunn and John Smyth. No preregistration is required for the trebuchet contest or chili cook-off. There is plenty of time to build a fine trebuchet, or prepare your best chili for the chili cook-off. It costs $10 to enter the festival if you are a spectator or trebuchet competitor, but you get in free if you make 2 gallons of chili and compete in the chili cookoff. Chili must be on-site by 11:30am.
INFO: Specifications, rules, and entry information can be found on the festival’s website at vtpumpkinchuckin.blogspot.com or contact the festival organizer Dave Jordan, at Djordan@gmavt.net