‘Treasure Chest’ Pumpkin Racer is SMASH HIT at 2022 Pumpkin Race
The 6th Annual Naperville Pumpkin Race, hosted by Turning Pointe Autism Foundation, returned at noon Sat., Oct. 29, along the Riverwalk near Moser Tower.
This event is great fun for participants and spectators. The always-entertaining elimination races, complete with lively banter by Official Referee Howard Weiss, take several hours. A costume contest, vendors with giveaways, pumpkin decorating contest, big bubbles, live entertainment and other creative surprises add to the enjoyment of this Halloween-theme event that includes several smash hits.
During the recent Pumpkin Race, Treasures, a downtown Naperville toy shop, hosted a promotional table display and entered a pumpkin racer to run in the special heat designed for business entries.
What’s more, the pumpkin racer was carved and painted to resemble a treasure chest by Treasures’ owner Mike Kristula. Designed to open and close, the entry was filled with golden coins.
Every year, some of the creative designs entered in the Pumpkin Race have been imposters. With wheels in place, watermelons, gourds and squash have been painted and disguised to resemble pumpkin racers. If the official referees team up in a huddle to determine that a racer is other than a pumpkin, a huge mallet makes mush of it.
Saturday, however, for the first time in the six years of the fun and awareness raising event for Turning Pointe Autism Foundation, one authentic Pumpkin Racer was designed to spread good cheer all around when it was smashed as part of the finale.
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Naperville, IL 60540
contactus@turningpointeaf.org
630.570.7948
Turning Pointe Autism Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Turning Pointe Autism Foundation Foglia Family Adult Services is a Certified Autism Center by the IBCCES and the Adult Day Pilot is accredited by CARF.
Our organization does not discriminate in employment or the provision of educational services on the basis on race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, disability, citizenship status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
Naperville, IL 60540
contactus@turningpointeaf.org
630.570.7948
Turning Pointe Autism Foundation Foglia Family Adult Services is a Certified Autism Center by the IBCCES and the Adult Day Pilot is accredited by CARF.
Our organization does not discriminate in employment or the provision of educational services on the basis on race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, disability, citizenship status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
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