Our Lady of Lourdes takes pumpkin patch to Slidell seniors

On Oct. 14, fourth graders from St. Benedict the Moor School in New Orleans spent the afternoon playing games with students from Chartwell Center, which serves children with autism. The field trip was part of the grade’s 2011-12 service-learning program that will include planting marsh grasses in the spring. (Photos by Beth Donze)

Brandon Nguyen and Haley Natal file into the Northshore Living Center, pumpkins in tow.

Aimee Englande and her painting partner were in a “blue” mood during their collaboration.

Ashton Carter checks on the progress of his buddy’s pumpkin. The eighth graders supplied sheets with various eyes, noses and mouths to help the seniors design their masterpieces.

Peyton Lange paints hair onto the bespectacled pumpkin of a Northshore resident.