Halloween Party and Pumpkin Patch 2024
A huge Thank You to Event Chair Brittany Smith for organizing and conducting a joyous Halloween Party for an estimated 150-200 young costumed characters, with another estimated 200-400 of their adults, at Selby Park last Sunday afternoon! Brittany’s volunteers staffed three different kinds of crafts at the craft table (Halloween door hangers, pop-up spiders and Halloween character and fall critter magnets) and also three games which had long lines of contestants (Spooky Ring Toss, Jack-O’-Lantern Disk, and 2 large bouncy dice, complete with math queries for the older kids), and 5 candy stations.
The CHCA greatly thanks our volunteers, many of whom are identified in the photos below. And we also thank our CHCA VP/Events Alan Miroslaw for preparing and publicizing the SignUpGenius, our President Leslie Caruso for recruiting additional volunteers, Ron Sears for setting up and testing a more automated and more generally available version of his 4th of July family-favorite Baby Button service, and with deep gratitude for her very generous sponsorship for our event, we thank Cynthia MacKenzie. Cynthia not only provided trick or treat bags, but also donated the 150 pumpkins for the Pumpkin Patch, which she and her volunteers set out in a kid-friendly configuration about a half hour before the event. And of course, none of the pumpkins were left when our witching hours were over!
The weather was perfect, a sunny and 70-degrees fall afternoon, where the young folks ran from the crafts, to the games, thru the pumpkin patch and to the candy stations, then back and forth, and to and fro …
(And here are the photos – please click the “Continue reading” link below to see these pics which have the descriptions given below – photographer credit: CHCA Webmaster)
_01 Ron with his enhanced family-favorite Baby Button service and dragon
_02 Setup almost complete, 2:45 PM, from left: Alan, Leslie, Cynthia, Mary Ann, Michelle, Ron, and Event Chair Brittany
_03 The Jack-O’-Lantern Disk game is ready
_04 The Pumpkin Patch, candy stations around the perimeter of the patch
_05 The T-rex is demanding candy from Mary Ann
_06 Spooky Ring Toss
_07 Jay is posing a math question based on the result of the dice roll
_08 Robin helps a contestant with the Jack-O’-Lantern Disk game
_09 At the crafts table, from top left: Lauren, Chelsea, Elizabeth help young crafters
_10 Bales of straw at the entrance to the Pumpkin Patch
_11 Lots of fun at the patch – kids, dogs, wagons, adults, oh my!
