Quaker Lake Pumpkin Festival / October 19

Community, Families, Fellowship, News, Youth

3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. / Admission: $3 per car. The Pumpkin Festival offers many fun activities for all ages including hayrides, pumpkin painting, tower swing, inflatables, canoeing, pumpkin smashing, face painting and live music! Fill up on all your festival favorites including hot dogs, pizza, funnel cakes, popcorn, cotton candy, fried Oreos, and more! Quaker Lake is asking for the following items for their Cake Walk event: Brownies, cookies (1 dozen per bag), and…

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Friendship Community Partnership Underground Railroad Tour / October 19

Community, Fellowship, News, Social Concerns

Friendship Community Partnership is sponsoring an Underground Railroad Tour in the Guilford College Woods. Meet in the New Garden Friends Meeting parking lot at 9:30 a.m. The tour is .6 mile on unpaved wooded trail and takes 1 – 1.5 hours. For more information, and to reserve a spot, contact Kate Hood Seel or 336-455-2591. Participating churches; Collins Grove United Methodist, New Garden Friends Meeting, Persimmon Grove AME, Raleigh’s Crossroads United Methodist, and St. Barnabas…