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Annual Pumpkin Patch

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill thanks all who visited our 29th annual Pumpkin Patch during October 2022. 

Your generosity helped more than 25 local, national and international charities that directly support feeding, housing, educating, and caring for those most vulnerable in our community and around the world.

PLEASE JOIN US OCTOBER 2023 FOR IMMANUEL'S 30TH ANNUAL PUMPKIN PATCH!

Watch this space for information as it becomes available.
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Background and History

In what has become a local tradition for the past two decades, Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill offers pumpkins, gourds and seasonal foods for sale in October to help the charitable programs the parish supports.www.immanuel-on-the-hill.org/outreach.html

More than 20 non-profit organizations benefit from the proceeds from the pumpkin sale, including local charities such as ALIVE!, Carpenter's Shelter, Community Lodgings, and Child and Family Network Centers. International charities include Five Talents and the Haiti Micah Project. 

​100% of the net profits from the pumpkin sale are donated to charity.
The church works with Pumpkin Patch Fundraisers in North Carolina, a small company which consigns pumpkins to churches and non-profit organizations throughout the country. The pumpkins are sustainably grown on the Navajo Indian Reservation near Farmington, New Mexico -- supporting jobs on the reservation -- and are shipped throughout the country by semi-trailer trucks to participating churches and organizations. In its first year of sales in 1993, Immanuel received a shipment of about 1/4th of a truckload. In recent years, Immanuel received four semi-trailer truckloads.

​The entire parish community participates in the annual pumpkin sale.  On the first Sunday in October, scores of volunteers unload pumpkins from two 18-wheel semi-trailer trucks. Thereafter, volunteers will staff the patch for 10 hours each day until Halloween. Volunteers also make delicious soups, baked goods, and knitwear for sale.
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“The pumpkin patch is a wonderful ministry for many reasons,” says the Rev. Randy Alexander, Rector of Immanuel. “The entire parish is involved. It’s our welcoming door to the community, and it gives us the resources to do God’s charitable work. It’s truly faith in action.”

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Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill

Episcopal/Anglican


3606 Seminary Road
Alexandria, Virginia 22304
(703) 370-6555
​office@icoh.net

  • Home
  • ABOUT US
    • Accessibility and Assistance
    • Contact Us
    • Clergy & Staff >
      • The Rev. J. Randolph Alexander, Jr.
      • The Rev. Susan Parsons
      • Dr. Jane Tavernier, D.M.A.
    • Vestry, Administration, Annual Report, and Bylaws >
      • 2023 Parish Meeting
      • Previous Vestries
      • Annual Report
    • Parish Directory 2022
    • Virginia Theological Seminary
    • Valley Drive Cooperative Preschool
    • Scouts BSA Troop 131
    • Annual Pumpkin Patch for Charity
    • Memorial Garden
  • WORSHIP
    • Advent and Christmas 2022
    • Lectionary
    • Sermons
    • Worship service bulletins >
      • Service Bulletin Archive
  • GIVE
    • 2023 Every Member Pledge
    • FAQs & Proportional Giving Chart
    • 2023 Online Pledge Card
    • 2023 Downloadable Pledge Card
    • Ways to Give
    • 2021 Testimonials
    • Online Giving >
      • Legacy Online Giving
    • Christmas Flowers
    • Practical Matters & Faithful Giving
    • Tax Questions
    • Planned Giving
    • Trust Funds
    • Amazon Associates
    • Tithe.ly
  • SERVE
    • Outreach
    • Pastoral Care
    • Creation Care Ministry >
      • The Climate Crisis: Here's How YOU Can Help
      • Celebrating Trees
      • Immanuel's Solar Project >
        • Blessing of the Solar Panels
      • Water/Weed Volunteer
    • Senior Adult Ministry and Fellowship
    • Social Justice Ministry
  • LEARN
    • Children, Youth, and Families >
      • PYM & Shrine Mont Camps
    • Adult Education >
      • Breakfast Bible Study Brochure
      • 2023 Lenten Retreat
      • Forum Hour Videos
    • Benedictine Community
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