PUMPKINTOWN — The 36th annual Pumpkin Festival is rapidly approaching on October 11.

This “Nine Patch” Pumpkin Quilt was designed by Susie Flowers and quilted by Ann Stowe.

As usual, a quilt will be given away at 4 p.m. on the day of the festival. This year’s quilt is a “Nine Patch” Pumpkin Quilt designed by Susie Flowers and quilted by Ann Stowe. Tickets for this year’s quilt are $1 each and will be available at various locations in the Pumpkintown area for the next few weeks, and will also be available in the Oolenoy Community Center the day of the festival. You do not have to be present to win.

The Pumpkintown Community Club, which sponsors the festival meets the second Monday of April, May, June, August, September, October, and November and you are invited to join if you are interested in helping prepare for the festival or help with other community projects.

There are also a few spots available for this year’s festival, so if you are a vendor with handmade/homemade goods, contact Flowers, festival chairperson at (864) 898-0261. Flowers is also the person to contact for rental of the Oolenoy Community Center for weddings, reunions, or other events.

For more information on the Pumpkintown Community Club, contact club president Bob Flowers at 898-0261 or 884-2671.