Sponsored by Bank Five, the seventh annual Heritage Harvest Festival organized by the Friends of Heritage State Park took place on October 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2010. The Saturday event kicked off with a Halloween costume parade and judging contest open to all children  Other events included arts and crafts, pony rides, pumpkin decorating, cookie decorating, face painting and the popular Home Depot Kids Workshop, in which youngsters can get a first-hand experience at building with kits for a variety of projects. Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Friends of Heritage State Park, the event also included a variety of musical performances over the three days. Click here to read the Herald News article about the event. Click here for photos of last year's event and here for pictures of the 2005 Harvest Festival.  For information about the Friends of Heritage State Park, contact Paul Simister at 508-353-0416.
 

(Top row, left) Three-year-old Madison Drake enjoys the cats in an animal display. (Top row, center) Angela Bouchard and Haley Ramirez, both five, get help building a bird house from Home Depot employee Jeff Silvia. (Top row, right) Cathy Carvalho helps her five-year-old son Luca with the shoes for his costume of Max in the Wild Things. (Middle row, left) Five-year-old Angela Bouchard decorates her pumpkin with assistance from her mother Cathy Bouchard and Cathy's granddaughter Haley Ramirez, also five. (Middle row, right) Seven-year-old Riley Darmello of Fall River picks a pumpkin to decorate. (Bottom row, left) Heritage State Park volunteer Anita Boivin runs a craft table. (Bottom row, center) Four-and-a-half-year-old Seamus Murphy gets help from assistants Ashley and Jessica as he gets on Sunny, a horse from Stoney Creek Farm in Swansea. (Bottom row, right) Seven-year-old Leo Botelho gets help with a craft project from volunteer Jacqueline Chace as his grandmother Sue Miller looks on.