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1of8Jackson Gnerre, age 4, carries a pumpkin he said weighed as much as he does in the pumpkin patch at Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist Church. Children from Jesse Lee Day School were exploring the patch on Friday Morning. October 28, 2022, Ridgefield, Conn.H John Voorhees III/Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less2of8Bennett Early, age 2, looks over pumpkins in the pumpkin patch at Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist Church. Children from Jesse Lee Day School were exploring the patch on Friday Morning. October 28, 2022, Ridgefield, Conn.H John Voorhees III/Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
3of84of8Children from Jesse Lee Day School explored the Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist Church pumpkin patch on Friday Morning. October 28, 2022, Ridgefield, Conn.H John Voorhees III/Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less5of8Children from Jesse Lee Day School pose for a photo while exploring the Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist Church pumpkin patch on Friday Morning. October 28, 2022, Ridgefield, Conn.H John Voorhees III/Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
6of87of8Quinn Iolin, age 2, checks out a pumpkin in the pumpkin patch at Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist Church. Children from Jesse Lee Day School were exploring the patch on Friday Morning. October 28, 2022, Ridgefield, Conn.H John Voorhees III/Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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RIDGEFIELD — More than 100 preschoolers from the Jesse Lee Day School at Jesse Lee Church had fun in the church's pumpkin patch Friday morning.
Jesse Lee pumpkin patch is a mission of Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist Church. Operating annually from mid-September through Halloween Day, the patch sells pumpkins grown on a Navajo reservation in New Mexico. Proceeds from pumpkin sales support the Navajo people who grow the pumpkins, as well as the many missions of the church.
"The pumpkin patch is a churchwide ministry. Almost 160 different people from across the Jesse Lee community — ages 2 to 88 — participated in this outreach effort," said Elizabeth Rabinowitz, one of the lead pumpkin patch coordinators, in a press release from Jesse Lee Church. "Everyone had a part to play. Some helped set up, others unloaded more than 5,000 pumpkins and an overwhelming number served as greeters and helpers to those who came to purchase their pumpkins from our patch.”
