The Great Pumpkin Challenge fundraiser and pumpkin display will collect carved pumpkins and donations this weekend at Trinity Church, 36 Main Street.greatpumpkinchallenge.org., or by contacting Carrie Combs at ccombs@trinitynewtownct.org

Newtown residents are being challenged to carve a pumpkin and drop it off with a suggested $5 donation. Pumpkins will be displayed in front of the church on scaffolding. Money raised will be donated to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.

The Great Pumpkin Challenge was created by Newtown High School graduate Mackenzie Page in 2011 when she was an eighth grade student at Newtown Middle School. Mackenzie was inspired to support a family friend. The fundraising effort began when Mackenzie challenged residents to carve a pumpkin and drop it off to display at her family's Main Street home with a suggested donation of $5. Originally money was raised for Mackenzie's family friend, the late Zoe McMorran, and the American Cancer Society. Starting in 2012, funds raised have benefited the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Ashford, a summer camp and center serving children and families coping with cancer and other serious illnesses.

Drop off times will be Friday, 3 to 6 pm; Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm; and Sunday, 10 am to 4 pm.

More information can be found on the Great Pumpkin Challenge website,