The Vinton Parks & Recreation Department will be hosting its annual Jack-O-Lantern Jump on Sunday, November 2nd at the Vinton Recreation Center/Community Swimming Pool. The event will begin at 2 PM and serves as a great way to get rid of those mushy, decaying pumpkins by dropping them to a target below from the top of the waterslide tower. Everyone names their pumpkin before the launch and it is quite a sight when they hit and splatter. All pumpkins must be carved and gutted before we let them launch.

 

This event is co-sponsored by our local Pizza Hut who gives participants a personal pan pizza just for giving Jack the leap of faith.  The forty foot drop can be a little scary but once the pumpkin is launched, they really don’t feel a thing.  There are targets on the ground and the closest child and adult thrown pumpkin to the bull’s eye wins a large pizza from Pizza Hut.