This year it rained cats and dogs on Hallowe'en, so our host, RiverCross, moved Trunk 'r Treat inside. This brought an influx of neighbours: there were more than 250 children with their adults in attendance. We know this because we brought 250 books and ran out before the end.
We had multiple copies of several Pete the Cat and Lego City books that were very popular (the Pete the Cat books inspired us to dress-up as Pete and his lost button).
Once again were able to provide wonderful books to some wonderful families with children of all ages, including babies. We set up as a self-serve station, and the children deliberated long and hard before choosing their book.
The writing journals proved to be popular again with some of older teens; though copies of the first book in the Bluebloods series also went fast.
We want to thank our host, the RiverCross Mission. Thanks as well to the Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick for supporting us with a PGI grant.
