Pumpkins For Pigs

09/07/2026

🎃 September is the perfect time to plan your pumpkin collection! YOU CAN DO IT! 💪

You don’t need a huge team, a big budget, or a complicated plan. A pumpkin collection can be as simple as choosing a date, finding a drop-off location, rounding up a few volunteers, figuring out transportation—and getting the word out. PFP can help you along the way.

Whether you’re an HOA, business, school, scout group, community organization, farm, church, or just a group of neighbors, you can help turn unwanted pumpkins into food for animals instead of waste in the landfill.

We’ve put together a simple 7-step guide to show you exactly what it takes:
📅 Pick a date/time
📍 Pick a place
🐷 Pick a Donation Site
🚚 Plan transportation
👋 Get your people
📣 Promote it
🎃 Collect → Photograph → Deliver
That’s it. You can do this—and we’re here to help. ❤️

👉 Check out the slides for the simple step-by-step, then reach out to PFP to get started.
Download the guide from our website.

09/03/2026

🎃 Farm, compost site, sanctuary & rescue partners — registration is OPEN! 🐷

Pumpkin season is right around the corner, and now is the time to make sure your organization is ready to receive donations through the Pumpkins for Pigs network.

📅 Register by September 30 to make the most of the season and give donors plenty of time to find you when pumpkin donations begin arriving.

As a registered PFP partner, your organization can be featured in our Donation Site Directory and connected with people looking for a place to put their pumpkins and other eligible food to good use.

👉 Register today: pumpkinsforpigs.org/register-me/

Let’s keep good food out of the waste stream and put it to work feeding animals, enriching soil, and supporting our communities. 🎃🐷🌱

07/28/2026

We’re excited to announce that our website is back up!

👏 A massive thank you to our tiny volunteer team who spent long nights, wee hours of the morning, and weekends working to find a solution, which ultimately included transitioning us to a new vendor and getting the site back up. 👏

Check out the NEW SEARCH functionality, which lets you search for any detail so you can find a location faster.

Partner registration is also open!

03/05/2026

A pumpkin saved is food rescued. 🎃

This Throwback Thursday is a reminder: small knowledge can prevent big waste.

Every guide we create helps families save food, stretch budgets, and keep good food out of landfills.

With our March 24 fundraiser approaching, we’re inviting you to turn impact into action.

If you believe in practical solutions that help people and the planet, join us March 24 and help us reach our $1,200 fundraising goal

https://www.givechoose.org/nonprofits/PumpkinsForPigsFoundation

03/03/2026

Long before collections begin, there’s a lot happening behind the scenes.

✅ We coordinate with farms and hosts, plan outreach, line up volunteers, and spend weeks showing up at markets and community events so neighbors know a collection is coming to them.

✅ When the day arrives, volunteers power every event — with 3–6 hours of setup, collecting, sorting, and delivery.

Every photo here represents real people choosing to show up for their community in Loudoun County.

This work only happens because people care enough to make it happen 💚

If this kind of local work matters to you, there are two ways to support it this year:
• Donate early starting March 10
• Or join us and give during our March 24 event

Small community efforts only work when people show up — and every bit helps keep this going.

02/15/2026

📌Mark your calenders for TUESDAY, MARCH 24📌

Give Choose is just 6 weeks away! It is THE most important fundraiser we do all year.

We’re raising $1,200 to keep Pumpkins For Pigs active right here in Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties.

When people know where to donate, they do.
When they see us out in the community, donations follow.
And when donations happen, animals are fed and good food stays out of landfills.

If we don’t fund the essentials, we lose that local presence.
And when we disappear from view, the impact fades fast.

If a handful of people give $25 or $50, we get there.

And if we get there, this work continues locally — where it matters most.

If you’ve ever:
• Donated pumpkins
• Learned a food waste tip
• Told someone about us
• Or just believe good food shouldn’t go to waste

We hope you’ll consider being part of this year’s push.

Learn more at https://www.givechoose.org/nonprofits/PumpkinsForPigsFoundation

12/07/2025

Regardless of which one you choose, remember your local goats will love to eat it when you are done with it!

While municipalities do their best to offer pick up and turn them into mulch for use on public properties (👏 for reuse), there are usually still too many that end up in the landfill.

As you pick up, decorate, and enjoy your live tree, consider the best alternative to the landfill. Trees are precious resources.

1. Remove decorations and metal from the tree, wreaths, and garland
2. Put it on a tarp or blanket
3. Drop off at your local goat farm for feed
pumpkinsforpig.org/donation-sites

Yes, it's a bit more work than taking it to the curb, AND it matters.

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12/06/2025

It’s on! Join us at the 2nd annual Winterfest at Hal & Berni Hanson Regional Park

Something for everyone!

22831 Hanson Park Dr, Aldie, VA 20105