Harvest Festival
Attention all Capers, the Harvest Festival is BACK for 2025! Get ready to join in on all the fun, as we have an exciting lineup of events planned for everyone’s enjoyment. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to mingle, munch, and make extraordinary memories with friends and family. Follow the Harvest Fest Facebook page for more updates.
Harvest Festival Coordinators: Aglae Shaw (chair), Beth Asbury-Woolery, Amber Gorski, Marguerite Lenahan, and Katie Swayze. Email us at harvestfest@capepcpa.org.
Did you know? The letters that spell out “Harvest Festival” on the front of our t-shirts are from an actual picture of a large felt banner that once hung out on the baseball fence near the Pond Cove entrance years ago. This banner was hand cut and sewn by the mother of Pond Cove teacher, Julie Merriam.
Merriam, once a Pond Cove parent herself, ran the Harvest Festival for a few years. She explains, “My mom, who lived with us for the last five years of her life, wasn’t well but really wanted to support the event. She made that huge banner and was so proud to see it out there getting the kids excited for such a great community event. The following fall, at just 59 years old, she passed away. [In 2023], some angel parents unearthed the banner from PCPA storage. They were touched by its story, took a photo and had it turned into the shirt you see here.”
We need volunteers!
The Harvest Festival cannot happen without our amazing volunteers! Link to sign-up is here (coming soon)! If October 18th doesn’t work for you and your family, or you have some extra capacity leading up to the event, please consider helping with some pre-event work! Examples include baking for Cake or No Cake, collecting costumes, etc.
Contact harvestfest@capepcpa.org for more information.
We’re currently looking for sponsors and community partners for the 2025 Harvest Festival. Email harvestfest@capepcpa.org if you’d like to work with us or help fund our goal of $5,000!
A special thank you to this year’s incredible sponsors, donors, and community partners:
JACK-O-LANTERN SPONSORS
PUMPKIN SPONSORS
GOURD SPONSORS
IN-KIND DONORS
(Gift cards, pumpkins, and more!)
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
*Returning Sponsor/Donor/Partner from 2024