To the editor:

I want to thank all the volunteers who joined us at St. John’s on Saturday, Oct. 3 as we went about unloading thousands of pumpkins and gourds. There were all levels of Boy and Girl Scouts, members of the National Honor Society, Future Business Leaders of America, student-athletes, and many others. 

Thousands of pumpkins were unloaded and arranged on the front lawn of St. John’s in under two hours thanks to all their hard work. We could not do this without you all and we at St. John’s are so incredibly thankful for each and every one of you. We are thankful not just for your help emptying a tractor trailer truck of pumpkins and gourds, but also that by doing so you have joined us in helping to support the community of Navajoland. The organization that provides our pumpkins is operated out of Navajoland which has one of the highest unemployment rates in the United States. By partnering with them we are able to do a small part in bringing hundreds of seasonal jobs and around twenty year round jobs to a community that desperately needs those jobs. 

To everyone who helped to unload the truck I cannot thank you enough. And to everyone who plans to stop by the pumpkin patch at St. John’s we look forward to welcoming you and want to thank you as well for helping support not only St. John’s but also this organization. 

With a grateful heart,

The Rev. Patrick J. Greene

Barrington 

Rev. Patrick J. Greene is the St. John’s Episcopal Church rector.