Pumpkins launched over skies of Mundelein
The Mundelein Park and Recreation District is going green as part of an effort to be more environmentally friendly, but on Sunday for their 7th annual Pumpkin Drop the main attraction at Keith Mione Community Park was red.
A crowd of kids and their parents watched in glee as the "Big Red" catapult, designed and built by Mundelein High School students, launched Halloween pumpkins across the park. Prizes were awarded based on distance.
As part of the park district's green initiative, the event also featured educational components teaching visitors about the benefits of composting and recycling.
Other highlights included pumpkin rolling down the sled hill and the fill-the-cans-with-pumpkins race.
Shelby Nensel of Mundelein, left, and her son, Quinn, 2, and David Brenner of Round Lake with his son, Andrew, 3, watch a flying pumpkin during the 7th annual Pumpkin Drop at the Keith Mione Community Park in Mundelein. The event Sunday was sponsored by the Mundelein Park District with the help of the Mundelein High School physics department.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Mundelein High School physics department teachers and students construct a trebuchet and an air cannon Sunday to launch pumpkins during the 7th annual Pumpkin Drop at the Keith Mione Community Park in Mundelein. The event was sponsored by the Mundelein Park District with the help of the Mundelein High School physics department.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
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