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The fifth annual Pumpkin Carving Event was held on St. Paul's Green and benefited St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the Old Post Road Area Association.
Families got pick out their pumpkins, which were scooped clean and made ready for carving by volunteers. They then created their own designs or chose from a series of templates and traced them onto their pumpkins. Volunteers then took the designs and carved jack-o-lanterns with jigsaws and other tools, and sprayed them with Clorox to prevent them from rotting and WD-40 to keep squirrels away.
"The idea was to have the excitement of carving a pumpkin without the mess, and to provide a fun family event for the community," said Elissa Thompson, who organized the event.
The event has grown every year since her mother, Julianne Stirling, first came up with the idea, Thompson said. Geiger's Home and Garden in Westport provided 150 pumpkins at a discount for the event.
All the funds raised benefited the St. Paul's youth group and choir activities, as well as the OPRAA's efforts to maintain the historic district of the Old Post Road area.
St. Paul's Church Rector Judith Rhodes said the event showed the great volunteer spirit of the St. Paul's youth group and members of the Fairfield community.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for us to reach out into the wider community, and to welcome people in town and help them enjoy their holiday," Rhodes said.
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