News and Events

Another year, another wonderful event!  Please take a moment to review our News and Events information below.  Each year, Pumpkins For A Cure gets bigger and bigger and this year we hope to exceed our 2008 donation to JDRF.  We need your help to do this so please plan on attending our 2009 event.  We look forward to welcoming you to PFAC 2009.  For more information, please see the information below.

 

For The News Media

Are you a member of the news media?  If so, you need to contact our Marketing/PR agency RESZEL for more information regarding interviews, etc.  For immediate attention, please complete our e-form found on our Contact web page.

 

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.

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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.

  • 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

 

2009 Pumpkins For A Cure (PFAC) Schedule of Event

Friday, October 2, 2009

11:00am

  • Pumpkins For A Cure Opens

 

6:00pm

  • Ghost Walk sponsored by the Geneva History Center, leaving from the lawn of Miscella Real Estate, $5 per child and member $10 per adult

 

7:00pm

  • Pumpkins For A Cure Closes

 

8:00pm

  • Ghost Walk sponsored by the Geneva History Center, leaving from the lawn of Miscella Real Estate, $5 per child and member $10 per adult

 

Saturday, October 3, 2009

9:00am Pumpkins For A Cure Opens

  • Guess the weight of the pumpkins and win a Bike, sponsored by Hogan Construction & Design And Mill Race Cyclery

 

10:00am

  • Story Time by Eve the Halloween Fairy, first 30 children receive Halloween book
  • Balloon game opens
  • Apple game in front of Miscella Real Estate opens

 

11:00am

  • Story Time by Eve the Halloween Fairy, first 30 children receive Halloween book
  • Face painting & eye glitter in front of It’s A Girl Thing opens
  • Pumpkin craft and photos in front of Image Awards opens
  • FREE lunch; hot dogs, chips, soda and ice cream scoops until 1:00 pm provided by Viking Office Supply and Mel's Diner

 

12:00pm

  • Ghost Walk sponsored by the Geneva History Center, leaving from the lawn Miscella Real Estate, $5 per child and member $10 per adult

 

1:00pm Dave DiNaso’s

  • Traveling World of Reptiles, first 30 children will receive a free snake

 

2:00pm

  • Ghost Walk sponsored by the Geneva History Center, leaving from the lawn of Miscella Real Estate, $5 per child and member $10 per adult

 

2:00pm

  • Story Time by Eve the Halloween Fairy, first 30 children receive Halloween book

 

4:00pm

  • Ghost Walk sponsored by the Geneva History Center, leaving from the lawn of Miscella Real Estate, $5 per child and member $10 per adult

 

4:00pm

  • Pumpkins For A Cure Closes

 

Pumpkins For A Cure News

  • Pumpkins For A Cure To Celebrate Fifth 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...