The Pumpkins are coming tomorrow!

The citizens of Saugus will be ready to welcome “The Pumpkin Patch” for the 23rd year tomorrow (Saturday, Sept. 27) when a tractor trailer – full of hundreds of pumpkins from the Navajo Reservation in Farmington, N.M. – makes its annual visit at Saugus Center. The “Pumpkin Truck” is expected to arrive at First Congregational Church on Hamilton Street at about 9 a.m. Volunteers are needed to help unload the truck.

The Annual Pumpkin Patch will run from September 27 through Halloween, October 31. Pumpkins of all sizes will be displayed on the church lawn and will be available for purchase every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Volunteers are also needed to help staff the various shifts for the selling of pumpkins. If interested, please contact Carl Spencer (781-233-9196). “THE PUMPKIN PATCH” offers a great way to get in the fall spirit.

Saugus is one of several communities participating in a program called Pumpkin Patch USA, which coordinates the destination of the pumpkins from the Navajo Reservation to communities all over the country.

The church and the Navajo Reservation both benefit from the sale of pumpkins. But the agreement the church has with Pumpkin Patch USA won’t allow the sale of any pumpkins after Halloween. Any leftover pumpkins on Nov. 1 will be available for free.