Marine City Chamber of Commerce

9/16/2016 (Permalink)

BE PART OF MAKING HISTORY AND BREAKING A GUINESS WORLD RECORD! IT WILL BE FUN FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY!

These events will be held on Saturday, October 15th and Sunday, October 16th.

KITS FOR PUMPKIN CARVING & POPCORN STRINGS CAN BE PURCHASED or RESERVED ON LINE www.pumpkinspopcornpolitics or by calling 810-765-4501

The current Guinness World Books record is 1,060 simultaneously carved pumpkins. Our goal is to break this record by 140 pumpkins.1,200 pumpkins will be set up in Nautical Mile Park (Rotary Park) on Saturday. The Online registration along with kits will be sold online beginning September 1st. Check-in and pumpkin carving area assignments will begin Saturday from 9:00 am -12:00 noon. Carving will begin at 12:30 sharp. The kit will include a pumpkin, carving kit, tea light, plastic bag, certificate and a Guinness World Record attempt sticker. Saturday night the pumpkins will be lit and illuminate the sidewalks, river's edge and displayed on hay bales in Nautical Mile Park.Carved pumpkins will remain in the park until 2:00 Sunday. Pumpkin owners may pick up their pumpkins after 2:00. The 10 best carved pumpkins will receive a prize - tbd. Pumpkins carving kits can be purchased online www.pumpkinspopcornpolitics.com.

The second Guinness World Record attempt is the longest strand of popcorn, which is 1 mile. To make it even more exciting we will be connecting the USA to CANADA with the string.

Popcorn kits can be reserved by visiting www.pumpkinspopcornpolitics.com. The Popcorn Kit includes all you need for you or your group to create a 100' popcorn string to be used in the Guinness World Record attempt (popcorn, string, needles, floater). There is not cost for the popcorn kit and they can be picked up at the Mariner. The completed 100' strings need to be completed by October first. On October 16th all 57 strings will be connected in Nautical Mile Park in Marine City beginning at 2:00 pm. THIS IS ALSO A GREAT WAY TO ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS OR CAUSE.

Creating voter awareness and increase voter turn out. Registration for voting will be present at these events, which includes City involvement. Students will be involved in this endeavor and earn community service credit hours. Events will be planned around the “get out to vote” endeavor