There are few things that children look forward to more than a day dedicated to candy, costumes, and spooky stories. This year, to ensure safety, our creative 
staff and Keystone teens transformed our customary Spook Alley event into a haunted house on wheels, which traveled to each of our afterschool sites on October 30th.
Leading up to the event, our Keystone Club teens decorated a Grenville Baker bus in various Halloween motifs and stuffed individual trick-or-treat goody bags for the children in our afterschool program. Children boarded the Haunted Bus one at a time to collect their treats. The trick, of course, was that a friendly-spirited “scare” awaited our candy gatherers as masked teens jumped out from behind the seats. Children exited the bus, treats in hand, to be greeted by Michelle Gallucci, our Bayville Site director, who was dressed up as a T-Rex.
To round out the afternoon, we organized games and activities, including pumpkin design contests, cookie decorating, and a costume competition. Prizes went to Best Costume, Most Original, Funniest, and Scariest. G.Willikers of Locust Valley generously donated $10 gift cards to all of the winners!
Other supporters of this wonderful event included the Changemakers Interfaith Group, a group of students from Syosset High School, that donated Halloween goody bags to the kids at LV Reformed Church and Lou Brienza of Dunkin’ in Bethpage, who donated doughnuts and Munchkins for the kids to enjoy.
The day was frightfully fun!