Monday, October 22, 2012

Shelton farm slates UNICEF festival for kids

27th annual event to be held this weekend

SHELTON - Families dressed in costume are invited to Jones Family Farms’ annual UNICEF Family Festival from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at their Pumpkinseed Hill farm, 120 Beardsley Road.

Games and crafts for kids will help raise money for UNICEF.

Activities (Proceeds directly to UNICEF) include:
Temporary Tattoos
Bean Bag Toss
Fortune Telling
Gourd Creature Making
Button Making

This year marks the 27th anniversary of the Jones' family selling pumpkins at their Pumpkinseed Hill farm at 120 Beardsley Road. Over the years, they have been able to donate more than $100,000 to UNICEF thanks to this yearly festival.

Guests to the pumpkin fields will join farmers in celebrating one of our favorite pumpkin themes: The World of OZ! You may even see some of your favorite characters working in the pumpkin patch that weekend!

Entertainment will take place on the Munchkin-land stage and includes a musical performance from Shelton’s Center Stage Theater Teen Cabaret at 2 p.m. Saturday. Also, pig and chicken feeding demonstrations and story-times will be held throughout both days.

As usual, guests will be able to choose from more than 50 varieties of pumpkins, squash and gourds grown on the Jones farm.

The hayrides will be running and weather permitting the corn maze will be open too.

The ever-popular All-You-Can-Carry special is also in place. Guests will pay only $33 for all the pumpkins they can carry across the finish line. This year, the Jones Farmers have included white pumpkins, specialty pumpkins and even their eye-catching GIANT pumpkins in the deal. It’s always fun to stand by the line and cheer on the strong men and women at the pumpkin patch.

Jones Family Farms is open daily through Halloween, 10 a.m.- 5:30 p.m.; 4 p.m. close on Halloween.


Jones Winery is open 11 a.m. -5 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. 
Directions and information about Jones Family Farms may be found on JonesFamilyFarms.com or by calling Farmer Jones’ crop report number 203-929-8425. 

This information is taken from a release from Keith Padin, Marketing and Hospitality Manager, Jones Family Farms.

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