3rd Annual 2024 Trunk or Treat

Organized by the RSC
Ignites the Housing Communities
On 7 sites in 3 counties

This Halloween and the past 2, trick-or-treaters, instead of trekking through several neighborhoods, will opt for a more stationary form of candy collecting: trunk-or-treating on each of their site

Trunk-or-treating is an alternative to trick-or-treating, in which parents, guardians' agencies and business gather their vehicles in one spot, typically a parking lot-often in our case at the office parking lot, open their trunks and put out tables to give out candy and other information and resources as children and parents walk from car to car. -van to van-truck to truck

Some candy-givers decorate their trunks with scenes and themes, such as pumpkin patches, spiderwebs and fall décor. This presents the event as safer alternatives to door-to-door trick-or-treating. Trunk-or-treating has also been referred to as "Halloween tailgating."

Though often dubbed as the safer option to trick-or-treating, child psychologist David Miller of the University of Albany says there is little evidence pointing to trick-or-treating being dangerous.

Worries such as people giving out poisoned candy and razor blades in apples started in the 1960s and have been debunked.

"I think one of the things about [trick-or-treating] that we don't sufficiently appreciate is a sense of trust we put in our neighbors when kids go out trick-or-treating," he said. "And in most cases, that trust is well-placed."

Trunk-or-treating does provide a good option for those who live in rural areas where there are longer distances between homes. In this case I bought the event to them as we all know that transportation is a barrier for most of our resident

"I don't think that either trick-or-treat or trunk-or-treat - that one is inherently better than the other. It all comes down to personal preference. It's an enjoyable activity, and it should be fun and safe for people, this year we served more than 425 kids from ages 2 to 16.

This year the weather was awesome, and the outside event was so inviting to all who came out to participate.

On each site we had 5-6 vendors or more that gave out information and resources to the kids and parents. I also got each site to sign their kids up for the toys for tots (children 10 and under). I gave out 10 tips to trick or treat- we gave out fire awareness and breast cancer information for those that wanted it.

All of the candy, chips, and drinks were donated by the community who continue to give back to us. Most sites have active RAC officers -and all of them donated items and filled the bags with goodies. We had some residents on sites that donated items as well.

We have been hosting Trunk or Treat for 3 years now and each time it is so fulfilling to know we are playing a small part in getting kids excited about their communities and fellowship with other residents on their sites. I'm grateful to my community partners for the support and opportunity to make a difference in the community and in the lives of our residents."

This event would not have been a success without the key partnership, I thank and appreciate each one of you

Thanks to so many folks

• RAC officers on each site
• Family and Friends
• Co-workers
• Business
• Agencies
• Partners
• Just to name a few
• Peanut Factory in Garysburg
• Red Wagon
• Cada
• WIA- Weldon in Action
• David Cheeks Traveling Service
• Family Dollar
• John 3:16 center in Littleton
• County Sherrif offices
• Fire stations in each County
• Smart start
• County Emergencies Management
• Ameri Health
• Access East
• Healthy Blue
• Rural Health Care
• Smart Start