Scary, cute and festive, pumpkins painted to suit a variety of moods, tastes and whims–not to mention pocketbooks, will go on sale at Circle of Friends’ annual painted pumpkin sale, set this year for 9 a.m. Saturday at The Village of Colleyville.

Hand-decorated pumpkins will be sold at this charitable event at 16 Village Lane, suite 120. The sale is sponsored each year by Circle of Friends (www.cofmidcities.org). a local organization dedicated to oncology and hematology patients at Cook Children’s Medical Center. Club members spend weeks preceding the sale decorating pumpkins with Halloween themes, Thanksgiving motifs and school mascots to raise funds for the group’s projects.

Acting as co-chairs of the fundraising event are Lorraine Cheney and DeAnna Bryant. Pumpkins will be sold from $3 to as much as $100, and the sale only lasts until the pumpkins are sold out, usually before noon. Pumpkin sales have averaged $15,000 over the past six years, according to Cathie Mollenhoff, who is serving as one of two co-presidents along with Barbara Boerner.

Established in 1984, the non-profit organization Circle of Friends sponsors projects throughout the year to support medical center patients. A major focus is Camp Sanguinity, a one-day camp held near Meridian, TX for 4- and 5-year-old patients. Throughout the year, Circle of Friends hosts other projects to benefit the hematology-oncology patients and their families.