{"id":678,"date":"2011-10-28T19:00:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T23:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/smalltownamerica\/?p=678"},"modified":"2011-10-25T02:02:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T06:02:48","slug":"the-pediatric-pumpkin-patch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/smalltownamerica\/2011\/10\/the-pediatric-pumpkin-patch.html","title":{"rendered":"The Pediatric Pumpkin Patch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To the far right of the jail garden lies their pumpkin patch.\u00a0 They call it The Pediatric Pumpkin Patch because of what they do with it.\u00a0 This is the largest plot of land , except maybe the sweet corn, that is used for only one crop.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/smalltownamerica\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_0397.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-691\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/259\/2011\/10\/IMG_0397-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The big orange pumpkins fill the field with color as they await their harvest.\u00a0 Most of them will be used for jack-o-lanterns for Halloween.\u00a0 Maybe a few will become yummy pumpkin pies.<\/p>\n<p>When the pumpkins are harvested they are\u00a0donated to organizations that do research on childhood diseases.\u00a0 The organization sells them\u00a0as a fund raising event.\u00a0 They are especially committed to a group studying a childhood cancer cluster in Clyde, Ohio.\u00a0 Sheriff Overmyer lives in Clyde and knows\u00a0some of the affected\u00a0families personally.\u00a0 Several children have already died from the cancers, but our hope is that a cure will be found before we lose any more children to this disease.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Kyle Overmyer has certainly made an impact on Sandusky County with his ingenious idea of having a garden.\u00a0 It is a blessing to so many people in the area, as well as benefiting the jail.\u00a0 We need more individuals in public office to take initiative and be creative about solving problems.<\/p>\n<p>Good job Sheriff Overmyer and may God bless you as you continue to watch over the Sandusky County jail and its wonderful garden.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the far right of the jail garden lies their pumpkin patch.\u00a0 They call it The Pediatric Pumpkin Patch because of what they do with it.\u00a0 This is the largest plot of land , except maybe the sweet corn, that is used for only one crop.\u00a0 The big orange pumpkins fill the field with color&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":420,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,27],"tags":[42,17,31],"class_list":["post-678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration","category-news-or-feature","tag-choices","tag-courage","tag-local-activities"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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