"We're gonna put some smiles on kids faces who otherwise wouldn't have had a pumpkin for Halloween," he said.
Greg is a farmer from Ohio. A few weeks ago he was reading about how Hurricane Irene killed a good part of the pumpkin crop on the east coast.
The thought of a child without a pumpkin for Halloween was unacceptable to him.
"It's not like we are curing a disease of the world financial crisis here, but it is a good will gesture," Greg said.
His gesture: to pack this truck full of just over 2000 pumpkins.
He had plenty of help back in Ohio. Volunteers, young and old, formed a line and one by one the pumpkins were loaded.
Hundreds of miles later, another line of volunteers from the Boys and Girls Club of /*Paterson*/ and /*Passaic*/ unloaded the truck.
About 1,000 pumpkins were unloaded in Paterson, and the rest taken to /*Ringwood*/, where an urban farm lost its pumpkin patch during Irene. Greg heard about that too.
Two of his sons made the trip with him. They couldn't be prouder to be a part of their dad's wonderful act of kindness.
"I think it's pretty cool to be able to bring all these pumpkins here and to be able to give then away," 9-year-old Jonah said.
"I couldn't imagine a Thanksgiving or Halloween without a pumpkin. So it feels really good to bring them here," added 11-year-old Manny.
Hundreds of children will pick through the patch of pumpkins, and be that much happier this Halloween.
For Greg, that's mission accomplished!
