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Pumpkins Returning Next Week To Plant City Church

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By DAVE NICHOLSON | The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 2, 2008

PLANT CITY It wouldn't seem like fall - or Halloween - in downtown Plant City without bright orange pumpkins spread out on the lawn of First United Methodist Church.

The rite of autumn starts Oct. 9 when the pumpkin patch returns to the church at 303 N. Evers St.
The shipment of more than 1,300 pumpkins is expected to arrive at 4:30 p.m. Church members, Boy Scouts, children and members of the community will join in unloading the pumpkins.

The pumpkin patch is the church youth group's largest fundraiser of the year.

The sale runs from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily until Oct. 31. Prices for the smallest pumpkins start at 25 cents and the biggest ones are about $15 to $18. Indian and strawberry corn, decorative corn stalks, gourds and squash will also be for sale at the church, across from City Hall.

All proceeds go to mission trips and youth programs for teenagers of the First United Methodist.

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