On Saturday, October 14, 2006 the Guadalupe River Park & Gardens hosted the 11th annual Pumpkins in the Park, an environmental harvest festival for young families designed to create awareness of the Guadalupe River and celebrate the fall season.  10,000 to 12,000 people attended Pumpkins in the Park to learn about the Guadalupe River, make scarecrows, decorate pumpkins, taste apples and cider, listen to great music, eat great food and  partake in countless other activities.

 

We Needed Volunteers, and we got them!
We had more volunteers than ever.  Lucy Perez and all of the event planners would like to thank the countless volunteers who made this event possible.

 

Thanks to these
Participating Companies & Organizations

bullet Air Systems
bullet Anti Graffiti/Litter Program - City of San Jose
bullet Bay Area Bears
bullet Bill Wilson Center
bullet Buttons on the Go
bullet City of San Jose - PRNS
bullet Cortese Farms
bullet Family Life Chiropractic
bullet Farmer's Insurance
bullet First 5 of Santa Clara County
bullet Fishing in the City
bullet Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County
bullet Glenna Harris Weavers Guild
bullet Head Start
bullet Home Composting Education Program of SCC
bullet Household Hazardous Waste Program
bullet Library Info Bus
bullet Master Gardeners of SCC
bullet Martinelli's
bullet Mix 106.5 KEZR
bullet Monopoly in the Park
bullet Norcal Waste Systems of San Jose
bullet One Voice - City of San Jose
bullet Parent Voices and 4C Subsidy
bullet Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
bullet Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters
bullet Safe Place
bullet San Jose Conservation Corps
bullet San Jose Credit Union
bullet San Jose Education Foundation
bullet San Jose Holistic Health
bullet San Jose Public Library
bullet Sand Art
bullet Santa Clara County Reading Council
bullet Santa Clara Valley Water District
bullet Silica Valley Glass Pumpkins
bullet Ultimate Health Chiropractic
bullet Usborne Books at Home
bullet www.SiliconValleyParent.com
bullet Vanished Children's Alliance
bullet Walden West Outdoor School
bullet Watershed Watch

 

Food & Beverage
All Star Concessions
Casbah Exotic Foods
GRPG Pizza Booth
Hawaiian Snow Shave Ice
House of Lumpia
Mai Thai
Peggy Sue’s
Pache Espresso Pod
Tony’s Kettle Korn & Crepes

The Entertainment Was Great!
10:15 - 11:00 Janet Sirett
11:00 - 11:25 Grupo Folklorico Valencia de San Jose
11:25 - 11:45 Joi Ying
11:45 - 12:30 Banana Slugs
12:30 - 1:15 Zun Zun
1:15 - 2:00 Banana Slugs
2:00 - 2:45 Zun Zun
2:45 - 3:45 Shana Banana
3:45 - 4:00 Donation Drawing (see below for prizes)

 

All Day
Cosmo Circus Arts
Motion Maker Puppeteers
Shark Engine
Fire Engine
Twistn' Shout Balloon Twisters
Bounce Houses
Air Systems' Messenger II Spaceship
 

 
Air Systems' the Messenger II Spaceship


A toddler chooses a pumpkin...

 

Thanks to all of the donors of the Donation Drawing
 Proceeds benefit the nonprofit Friends of GRP&G

Assorted Children's Books Hicklebee's

Autographed Hockey Puck & Photo

 The Shark's Foundation
2 Complimentary Tickets Children's Musical Theatre
2 Complimentary Tickets San Jose Repertory Theatre
4 Complimentary Tickets (2 sets of these!) San Jose Improv

One Night Stay for 2

 Crowne Plaza
One night stay for two Hotel De Anza
4 Free Admissions Happy Hollow
Dinner for 2 Paolo's
Admission for 2 Bonfante Gardens
$20 Gift Certificate Tomato Thyme
2 Free Car Washes (2 sets of these!) Classic Car Wash
Complimentary Dinner for 2 The Pagoda
$20 Gift Certificate Cafe Primo
4 Complimentary Passes The Tech Museum
$20 Gift Certificate (2 of these!) Lakeshore Learning Center
2 Complimentary Tickets Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley
2 Complimentary Segway Tours  South Bay Segway
Free Book Pack (2 sets of these!) Borders Express
5 Complimentary Tickets Winchester Mystery House
2 Complimentary Movie Passes (12 pairs of these) Camera Cinemas
4 Complimentary Tickets + Parking Pass Disney on Ice (from the San Jose Sharks)
$50 Gift Certificate McCormick & Schmick's

Sponsors

Cortese Brothers

   

   

   

   

   

 

  

   


   

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