Credit: Tom Gilliam
Credit: Tom Gilliam
On Oct. 28 and 29 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. the hill behind Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 500 Belmonte Park North, will be blanketed with a maze of gleaming gourds. The event is free to the public.
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“The Stoddard Avenue Pumpkin Glow is a unique event for the Dayton community and we are excited to host it in again in our neighborhood this year,” John Edinger, president of the Grafton Hill Association, said in a release.
Food trucks including Zombie Dogz, El Meson, The Family Bean Coffee Truck and Urban BBQ will be at the event and the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church will serve apple cider and loukoumades, Greek honey balls usually only available at the Greek Festival.
Credit: Teesha Mcclam
Credit: Teesha Mcclam
Parking will be available around the church, the Dayton Art Institute and in the Grafton Hill neighborhood. Stoddard Avenue will be closed for pedestrians.
Judith Chaffin, known as the “The Pumpkin Lady,” began the Stoddard Avenue Pumpkin Glow in Dayton’s Grafton Hill neighborhood in 1994. She died last December. To help celebrate her legacy the community can gather to gut and carve the pumpkins for display.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
Volunteers are needed for gutting, tracing and carving on Thursday, Oct. 24, Friday, Oct. 25, Saturday Oct. 26 and Sunday Oct. 27. Pumpkin gutting will be held on Thursday and carving will be held the rest of the week.
>> The Stoddard Avenue Pumpkin Glow needs your help
Volunteer can sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4BAAA92BA1FC1-2019
To help feed volunteers a food donation sign up is here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4BAAA92BA1FC1-2019
HOW TO GO
What: Stoddard Avenue Pumpkin Glow
When: Oct. 28 and 29 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Where: The hill behind Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 500 Belmonte Park North
More info: Facebook
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