Year’s last Farmers Market kicks off big October for Uptown

October brings a big final month of major outdoor events in Uptown Westerville for 2022, beginning this weekend.

2022’s last Saturday Farmers Market
The last Saturday Farmers Market of the year will take place from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 8, in the parking lots behind Westerville City Hall, 21 S. State St.

Pink with a Purpose
A special guest at this Farmers Market will be Pink with a Purpose.

A collaboration of Sunny 95, The James, and Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, Pink with a Purpose is a monthlong campaign to encourage women to sign up for a mammogram at Ohio State University’s The James Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Those who stop by the Pink with a Purpose booth at the Oct. 8 Farmers Market and schedule a mammogram at The James, will receive a $10 Cameron Mitchell Restaurants gift card, good at any of the group’s more than 20 restaurants in Central Ohio.

“We’ve been trying to get this event for the last two years,” said Kris Thompson, events director for Uptown Westerville Inc. “A lot of women, and people in general, have been skipping regular checkups the last two years due to Covid,” he said.

Pink with a Purpose will be a great way to re-emphasize resuming routine health examinations, he said, and “I feel very honored they wanted to work with us on this.”

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, staged internationally each year by major breast cancer charities to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cure.
Sunny 95 (94.7 FM radio), The James, and Cameron Mitchell Restaurants are using Pink with a Purpose to encourage women to sign up for their James Mammogram, and bring attention to the importance of early detection with a series of Pink Ribbon Stops throughout Central Ohio.

Women can schedule their James Mammogram and fill out a tag in remembrance or honor of a loved whose life has been touched by breast cancer. Stop by the Pink with a Purpose tent at Uptown’s Saturday Farmers Market Oct. 8, or find the other “Pink Ribbon Stops” at Sunny95.com.

Special Tier 3 sandwiches
In a separate breast cancer awareness event at the Oct. 8 Farmers Market, vendor Tier 3 Heritage Products will be grilling up pork sandwiches for visitors. The sandwiches will be free for Farmers Market visitors while supplies last, with a donation to The James requested. Tier 3 Owner Nelson Shuff will donate the proceeds to The James Breast Cancer Awareness Fund.