Church provides indoor games and trunks full of candy

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MARY-ELLEN SAUNDERS
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Some of the children who plan to attend the Trunk or Treat include (L-R) Timmy Crawford, 7, Brooke Crawford, 9, Ava Driscoll, 4, Micah Wilson, 7, and Jay Driscoll, 7.

Valley children will be trick-or-treating out of the trunks of cars this Halloween.
The Kings Valley Wesleyan Church is hosting its annual Trunk or Treat on Oct. 31 to provide a safe alternative to going door-to-door for candy.
Linda Lamos, children’s ministry director at Kings Valley Wesleyan Church, said the event is held between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. and is open to children up to Grade 5.
“It’s a chance for the church to do something for the community,” Lamos said of the event which is held inside and finishes off outside. “We wanted to provide something safe and warm, especially with the way the weather has been. They can wear their costume under their coat instead of over it.”
Lamos said there will be carnival games set up throughout the building, including ring toss, bean bag throw, hockey shoot, toilet paper toss, bowling and tattoos. She said there will be prizes and children are encouraged to play the games as much as they want throughout the night.
She said treats, cotton candy and popcorn will be handed out and one of the McDonald’s mascots will make a special appearance.
Children will be separated into two groups depending on their age and parents are invited to hang out and talk with their friends while their kids have fun.
At the end of the night, Lamos said, the kids go outside to the parking lot where there will be more than 60 cars parked with a trunk full of candy. Children go trunk-to-trunk collecting candy.
“They will leave with a lot of candy and you know where the candy’s coming from,” she said. “It’s a safe alternative, it’s indoors and all the candy is donated or supplied by us.”
Lamos said this is the eighth year the church has hosted the event which draws 200 to 300 children each year. She said it is not just for members of the church, but is open to the entire community.
The church is located at 332 Hampton Rd., in Quispamsis. Admission is $5 per child and free for parents and babies.
The Town of Quispamsis is also hosting Halloween-themed events. On Oct. 23 the annual Dark in the Park takes place, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Quispamsis Arts & Culture Park. It will begin with David Goss telling spooky stories and then move on to a free showing of Aliens in the Attic, a movie about a family vacation during which the children must fend off an attack of alien invaders who want to destroy the world. Free popcorn is included.
On Halloween day the town is hosting an event called Geo-caching for treats. Children and their families are supplied a GPS system and hunt for Halloween treasures. It is being hosted at 2:30 p.m. at the Quispamsis Arts & Culture Park.
Children are encouraged to dress up in their costumes for both events.
The Town of Rothesay is hosting a spooky walk through the Renforth woods with David Goss on Oct. 24. The storyteller will use props including ghosts, witches, skeletons, black cats, bats and cemetery markers to set the scene. For children under eight, accompanied by a parent, the walk will begin at 6 p.m. from the Bill McGuire Centre. For those over eight, the walk will being at the Bill McGuire Centre at 7:15. The night will end with a witches fire and a white grub roast.