Pumpkin Smash for STEAM Cash to be held Sunday, October 24, 2pm to 6pm at Half Liter BBQ & Beer Hall, 5301 Winthrop Avenue.

This festive Fall fundraiser is all about the PUMPKIN and raising funds for much-needed STEAM initiatives (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math) at Midtown IPS Schools! Unlike our previous event Pints for Half Pints, this will have NO ENTRY FEE - we'll raise funds in the following ways:

Dine to Donate! Half Liter will donate a portion of sales from their delicious food and beverages to Broad Ripple Kiwanis!

Silent Auction! Bid online or at the event for premium prizes. Keep an eye out for the auction website to go live in the week before the event. Auction iItems will include:

• A week at a beachfront condo in Redington Beach, FL
• A bottle of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon
• A week at a home in Maine
• and more!!!

Cool Pumpkin-Related Activities for a fee $:

• Pumpkin Toss from a Lift! How good is your aim? Take a ride on the construction lift and toss a pumpkin onto our bulls-eye target below!
• Pumpkin Smashing with a Hammer! Channel your inner Gallagher and take a satisfying wack at a pumpkin. Show that pumpkin who's boss!

This is a FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT! There will be a kid's area with free activities like painting pumpkins! Dress in your most creative outfit for the COSTUME PARADE!

"Think about when you were a kid going to school, going on field trips. That was pretty influential. Imagine never going on a field trip." - SUZANNAH HOBLEY, PUMPKIN SMASH CHAIR

This event will allow the club to provide neighborhoods schools with everything from robotics and Lego clubs, graphing calculators to art supplies and drum-line equipment. "We try to do projects that will influence the most amount of kids," says Suzannah Hobley, Pumpkin Smash chair. "We also provide transportation for field trips. There's no money in the school budget for that. Think about when you were a kid going to school, going on field trips. That was pretty influential. Imagine never going on a field trip. It blows my mind."