Families smashed pumpkins while raising money for the Utah Food Bank

By The Salt Lake Tribune

| Nov. 3, 2018, 6:09 p.m.

| Updated: 9:15 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kimberly Powell drops a pumpkin at Glover Nursery in West Jordan on Saturday Nov. 3, 2018. Watching are James Sparks, left, and Owen Powell. The nursery held its annual pumpkin smash and food drive, dropping pumpkins from a cherry picker and collecting donations for the needy.

For the fourth year in a row, Glover Nursery in West Jordan conducted a food drive Saturday by smashing pumpkins. That included dropping pumpkins from a cherry picker, and having pumpkin bowling using buckets as pins.

Participants brought cans of food to participate, or made cash donations, with proceeds going to the Utah Food Bank. The nursery matched many of the donations. “People have a lot of fun, and it’s for a good cause,” said Crystal Lindsay, organizer of the event for the nursery.

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