{"id":726,"date":"2010-09-20T11:28:04","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T15:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.explorewestport.com\/?p=726"},"modified":"2010-09-20T11:28:04","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T15:28:04","slug":"random-act-of-pumpkins-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/random-act-of-pumpkins-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Act of Pumpkins 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/files\/2010\/09\/Random-Act-Pumpkins.jpg\" alt=\"Random Act of Pumpkins Westport\" title=\"Random Act of Pumpkins Westport\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-727\" style=\"margin:0 0 10px 10px\" \/>2,000 Jack O\u2019 Lanterns Will Light Up Westport and the Little Rideau Lake!<\/p>\n<p>This event started as a random, simple idea last year. Carve 1000 pumpkins and light them up at Westport\u2019s village harbor overlooking the Rideau Lake. This year, event organizers John and Cynthia Pringle say they will double the number of jack o\u2019 lanterns on display to 2000.<\/p>\n<p>The seasonal gourds will be carved <strong>Saturday Oct 30th<\/strong> and transported to Westport\u2019s harbour where they will illuminate the shores of the Upper Rideau Lake at dusk. When they run out of room on \u2018waterfront\u2019, the pumpkins will line Westport\u2019s main street, say the Westport entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all about spreading good vibes, plus it\u2019s a great way to raise money for the Children&#8217;s Wish Foundation,\u201d says John Pringle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPumpkin Central\u201d is in front of the Cottage Coffee store in downtown Westport. Starting at 8:00 am, volunteers will carve the 2,000 jack o\u2019 lanterns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re really going to need some help carving this many pumpkins,\u201d says Cynthia Pringle, adding that \u201cdonations can be made by sponsoring a pumpkin and dedicating it to someone special. The great thing is that we&#8217;ll do all the work. Just sponsor a pumpkin and then come and enjoy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John and Cynthia say that this year\u2019s event is being dedicated to RAP volunteer Julie Sanders who lost her battle with cancer earlier this year. \u201cJulie was so excited to take part in last year&#8217;s event even though her health was diminishing. Her optimism shone brightly,\u201d noted John.<\/p>\n<p>For information contact Random Act of Pumpkins event organizers John and Cynthia Pringle  &#8211; Life is Good Genuine Neighborhood Shoppes @ 613-273-8292<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2,000 Jack O\u2019 Lanterns Will Light Up Westport and the Little Rideau Lake! This event started as a random, simple idea last year. Carve 1000 pumpkins and light them up at Westport\u2019s village harbor overlooking the Rideau Lake. This year, event organizers John and Cynthia Pringle say they will double the number of jack o\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[198,328,342,581,673,1193],"class_list":["post-726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-westport-ontario-events","tag-autumn","tag-charity","tag-childrens-wish-foundation","tag-fall-activities","tag-fundraiser","tag-pumpkins"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}