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Kids at South Slope Elementary and the B.C. School for the Deaf (BCSD) took home pumpkins from their very own temporary patch Tuesday, thanks to a pair of enthusiastic parent organizers.
Chris and Daniella Revitt, whose three daughters attend South Slope, organized a full-on fall festival on the school’s all-weather playing field, complete with scarecrows, hay bales, hot chocolate, popcorn, music, bubble machines and 350 pumpkins dotted across the field.
The Halloween celebration was made possible with about $1,000 in grants from South Burnaby Neighbourhood House and a few South Burnaby Vancity branches that pitched in.
One reason for bringing the patch to the school was accessibility, according to Chris Revitt
“There’s a lot of kids with disabilities and in wheelchairs,” he said, “and we’ve taken our own kids to pumpkin patches, and you know it’s just a mud fest. So they would never access that.”
South Slope and BCSD principal Janice Nakatsu said parent involvement is always a boon to schools.
“It’s very nice having parents on board to organize the majority of the event,” she said. “When there’s buy-in from parents, it’s just a bigger and better event. It was a lot of fun.”
