Nourish International looks to squash world hunger by smashing pumpkins.
Pumpkin Bash and Pumpkin Smash will raise money for a summer sustainability project, said Audrey Altwies, the project director.
“We figured it would be the best way for people in that particular community to keep the project running,” she said. “It will provide the community members with food and a business venture in agriculture.”
During the day, Nourish International will sell pumpkins, and participants can buy them and scribble something on the pumpkin that irks them.
They then get to smash the pumpkin.
Felicia Alexander, director of the UNM Nourish chapter, said artists such as Music is the Enemy, The Ill Motion, Until Chaos and Zach Soza will play free of charge in the evening.
“The music is kind of on the heavier side, which I know is not in everyone’s taste, but we really felt it kept with the theme of Pumpkin Bash,” she said.
Alexander said she wants the Nourish chapter to become a campus namesake.
“We want to raise money for our project and recruit members,” she said. “We also want people to know that global poverty is a huge issue.”
*Pumpkin Bash and Pumpkin Smash
Today
Smash: 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
In front of the SUB
$4 per Pumpkin
Bash: 7-10 p.m.
SUB Ballroom A
Free (Donations Accepted)
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