The Great Montgomery County Pumpkin Contest Presented by Upper Merion Parks & Recreation

Your Jackolantern Contest is presented by Upper Merion Township Parks & Recreation. The Upper Merion Community Center will host its Grand Opening Event on Saturday, October 15 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. This celebration will include live demos in the group exercise room, spinning room, cooking studio, art studio and in the Fitness Center. Visitors can take tours of the facility, join in mini pickup games on the Volleyball and Pickleball courts, enter a basketball Hoop Shoot, visit the Green Screen Photo Machine for a fun photo! Kids will enjoy a variety of contests and games. Free food samples from various local restaurants can be enjoyed on the patio and raffles and prizes will be announced throughout the day. The demonstrations offered throughout the day will showcase both the new facility spaces and the great group exercise programs and innovative program offerings in cooking, art, music, pickle ball, martial arts that will be offered at the Community Center. Visitors to the grand opening can talk with instructors and Community Center Staff. This great event is open to the public.

Do you carve one mean jack-o-lantern? Or perhaps you paint a pumpkin into a beautiful work of art? Enter your pumpkin into the Great Montgomery County Pumpkin Contest! The winner will take home a gift certificate to a King of Prussia Restaurant.

Here’s how to enter to win:

1. Carve an awesome jack-o-lantern or paint a festive pumpkin.

2. Email a photo of the pumpkin to info@happeningsmedia.com or upload here by October 31st with the subject “Pumpkin Contest”. Include the name of your jack-o-lantern as well your name, phone number, hometown, & email address. Note: Entries must be located in Montgomery County.

3. Montgomery Happening will post the photos as they come in and readers will have the chance to vote for their favorites (one vote per email address will allowed).

4. The pumpkin with the most votes by 10pm on November 1st will win the prize package.