Celebrate Fall at Jefferson's Fall Festival

Celebrate Fall on  October 19 at Camp Jefferson!
Food Pantry donations urgently needed

         Jefferson Township, NJ.   The Jefferson Township Recreation Department will host its annual Fall Festival at Camp Jefferson located at 81 Weldon Road on Saturday, October 19  from 10 am to 3 pm. This event and all activities are free to the public.
         Confirmed festival activities will include music by DJ Earl Heller of Sound Solutions, A Mad Science demonstration entitled “The Evil Witch of Eggsylvania” at 11 am,  and A Touch of Nature Live Animal Show at 1:30 pm.  Strolling Juggler Bill Ceddia will be on the grounds from 12 noon to 3 pm, and Karen’s Pony Rides and Petting Zoo will be on site from 10 am to 2 pm.
        There will also be  daytime hayrides, a fall coloring activity, pumpkin decorating, pumpkin picking in Camp Jefferson’s special pumpkin patch, information from the Jefferson Township Police Department’s Community Services Unit, informational table from the NJ Forest Fire Service, and a model train display presented by the BD&W Model Train Club.
         In addition, there will be a night-time haunted hayride at a nominal fee throughout the haunted Camp Jefferson grounds.
Refreshments will be available for purchase throughout the day  with proceeds to benefit “Operation Camp Jefferson”, a scholarship fund set up for needy families so their children can have a summer day camp experience next year. Members of the Jefferson Township Middle School Student Council and Red Cross Club will be volunteering at the refreshment table.
         When approaching Camp Jefferson, please follow the directions of the volunteer parking attendants.  Shuttle service will be provided by the Township’s Dial-A-Ride van and the Camp Jefferson Blue Bus to and from off-site locations for overflow parking at the the Board of Education’s Central Offices Building (formerly the Robert Drummond School) at 31 Route 181 and at Ellen T. Briggs Elementary School, 1 Jefferson Drive (off Espanong Road), both in Lake Hopatcong.  
       Everyone attending is asked to please bring a non-perishable food item or a paper product to help restock Jefferson’s food pantries.  
       Call the Recreation Department at 973-663-8404 for information about its Fall Festival events; log on to www.jeffersontownship.net, Departments, Recreation; or e-mail CPUNTURIERI@jeffersontownship.net   
       Following the Fall Festival event, Jefferson Recreation proudly presents the 25th annual Halloween Haunted House with a matinee (the less frightening edition for 5th graders and under) from 4 to 5:30 PM at the Community Lodge at Camp Jefferson with regular evening peformances from 7 to 9 PM.  On Sunday, October 21, a less frightening children’s hour matinee will run from 4:30 to 5:30 PM and regular evening performances from 6 to 8 PM. Contact Terri at tootall@optonline.net for any additional  information. Admission prices are $3 for adults and children alike.  It will be spooktacular!