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Trinity Church in Newport hosts an annual pumpkin patch fundraiser every October.

Pumpkins are provided by a North Carolina-based organization that works with the Navajo Nation.

Proceeds from the fundraiser benefit the church and several other local nonprofit organizations.

NEWPORT – Every October for the past 16 years, hundreds of pumpkins gather on the lawn outside Trinity Church in anticipation of being picked, their fates as future Jack-O-Lanterns and pumpkin pies on the line. The church's annual fundraiser benefits the parish and a host of other organizations, and this year, they're expected to hit a milestone: $100,000 in total funds raised.

"We've been very blessed," event organizer Debby Lengyel said. "We really have."

The iconic white steeple of the Geo

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