11th Annual Harvest Festival at Verrill Farm
| Hours: | 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. |
| Ages: | Infants, Toddlers, Kids |
| In/Outdoor: | Outdoor |
| Cost: | Free see below |
| Category: | Fairs & Festivals |
Emerson’s Pediatric Invention Team works closely with clinicians and families to provide for the emotional wellbeing of children encountering the hospital environment.
The team guides children and families through the surgical experience, helps children complete difficult exams and procedures, reduces fear and anxiety in children in need of urgent medical care, supports children visiting family members who are critically ill, helps families talk about a difficult diagnosis and prognosis with children and works for the wellbeing of all children in the community.
The Pediatric Intervention Team’s Coping Kits program helps children and caregivers successfully manage the hospital experience.
Coping Kits contain developmentally-appropriate comfort items and activities for children receiving care at Emerson.
Since their introduction in 2006, over 30,000 Coping Kits have been distributed.
To date, the Harvest Festival has raised more than $120,000 for pediatric care at Emerson.
Activities include:
• Hay rides, pony rides and petting zoo
• Pick-your-own pumpkins
• Crafts and carnival games
• Violet the Clown - entertainment, balloon animals and face painting
• Fire truck tours
• Live Music by Monadnock Bluegrass
• A raffle of items for family entertainment and dining, gift baskets and certificates - all items are generously donated by local businesses.
• Delicious food and beverages a la cart Proceeds from activity, game and raffle tickets, as well as food purchases go to support pediatric care at Emerson Hospital.
Tickets can be purchased at the festival and are five for $10 or 12 for $20.
Community sponsors of this year’s Harvest Festival are:
Verrill Farm, Cambridge Savings Bank, Lexington Eye Associates, Mass Eye and Ear of Concord, Emerson Emergency Physicians, LLC, Emerson Pediatric Hospitalist Group, AFA OB/GYN Associates, Concord OB/GYN, Emerson Anesthesia Associates, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates / Atrius Health, Pediatrics West, Pediatric Dentistry, Learning Express of Acton and Nana McMahon, MD.
Verrill Farm was established as a dairy farm in 1918, just seven years after the founding of Emerson Hospital.
The long-time neighbors have established an annual Harvest Festival for families, with proceeds going to help children at the hospital.
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Free, tickets available for games and rides
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11 Wheeler Road, Concord, MA, 01742 map
Phone: 978.369.4494
Just off Route 2 in Concord
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- All ages welcome! Lots of fun for all!
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