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Halloween knows no age limit
By By Jill Meier
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EmailNovember 03. 2009 1:31PM
“Halloween is my favorite holiday,” I heard someone say the other day.
“Mine,” I joked, “is my birthday!”
Actually, I have to admit, Halloween is one of my favorite holidays too. Along with Easter and Christmas, it’s one of those days that allow us to be a kid again. We can dress up in something silly or scary, and get away with it without co-workers talking about you at the water cooler. And if you’re a kid, Halloween’s a double bonus, as the holiday literally gives kids the OK to go door-to-door asking for tricks and treats.
Growing up, the kids in our neighborhood went trick-or-treating as a pack. There were eight or nine of us – safety in numbers, you know – and I swear we knocked on every front door with a light on in a three-mile radius of our stomping grounds. We’d set out at the very first sign of darkness and didn’t give in until our goodie bags were well stocked and our time was up. We weren’t quitters – not on Halloween, anyway.
The real fun of the night though, was getting home to dump out the bag of sugary goodness all across the living room floor. There, my brother and I would sort through oodles of candy bars and suckers and Tootsie Rolls, candy corn and licorice.
Oftentimes mixed in with the treats was a nickel or a dime or a pencil. Some folks, it seems, just didn’t like giving out cavity-creating candy. But that was OK – back in those days, a nickel or a dime could actually buy something at the local “five and dime” store, and who couldn’t use a new pencil.
After sorting through the goodies – and trading a few with my brother – mom would let us pick a few treats to eat that night. The hard part was picking just “a few.”
I imagine this same scenario has gone down in many a household for as long as kids have been trick-or-treating and folks have been dishing out candy at their front doors.
It’s a tradition I hope never ceases – it’s one of those holidays no matter what age you are, you can still be a kid.
Dig Pink event a success
Kathy Hunt, head coach of the Lynx varsity volleyball team, announced the final tally collected from the team’s “Dig Pink” event last month.
A total of $2,426 was raised from the sale of over 500 pink “Volley for the Cure” t-shirts and donations. “Our goal was to sell 200 shirts,” Hunt said, “so the total was way beyond of what we were expecting. Our Dig Pink event went very well and I was humbled by how it went and how many shirts we sold.”
Proceeds from Brandon Valley’s Dig Pink event will be directed to the Side-Out Foundation, an organization founded in 2004 that works to support the fight against breast cancer.
This week's needs at the Brandon Food Pantry
This week's needs at the Brandon Area Food Pantry are: Kleenex, laundry detergent, sugar, Compleat Bakes (not Hamburger Helper), and toiletries.
The Brandon Area Food Pantry is located at 312 Main Ave. To donate to the food pantry or for more information, call 582-7001.
“Mine,” I joked, “is my birthday!”
Actually, I have to admit, Halloween is one of my favorite holidays too. Along with Easter and Christmas, it’s one of those days that allow us to be a kid again. We can dress up in something silly or scary, and get away with it without co-workers talking about you at the water cooler. And if you’re a kid, Halloween’s a double bonus, as the holiday literally gives kids the OK to go door-to-door asking for tricks and treats.
Growing up, the kids in our neighborhood went trick-or-treating as a pack. There were eight or nine of us – safety in numbers, you know – and I swear we knocked on every front door with a light on in a three-mile radius of our stomping grounds. We’d set out at the very first sign of darkness and didn’t give in until our goodie bags were well stocked and our time was up. We weren’t quitters – not on Halloween, anyway.
The real fun of the night though, was getting home to dump out the bag of sugary goodness all across the living room floor. There, my brother and I would sort through oodles of candy bars and suckers and Tootsie Rolls, candy corn and licorice.
Oftentimes mixed in with the treats was a nickel or a dime or a pencil. Some folks, it seems, just didn’t like giving out cavity-creating candy. But that was OK – back in those days, a nickel or a dime could actually buy something at the local “five and dime” store, and who couldn’t use a new pencil.
After sorting through the goodies – and trading a few with my brother – mom would let us pick a few treats to eat that night. The hard part was picking just “a few.”
I imagine this same scenario has gone down in many a household for as long as kids have been trick-or-treating and folks have been dishing out candy at their front doors.
It’s a tradition I hope never ceases – it’s one of those holidays no matter what age you are, you can still be a kid.
Dig Pink event a success
Kathy Hunt, head coach of the Lynx varsity volleyball team, announced the final tally collected from the team’s “Dig Pink” event last month.
A total of $2,426 was raised from the sale of over 500 pink “Volley for the Cure” t-shirts and donations. “Our goal was to sell 200 shirts,” Hunt said, “so the total was way beyond of what we were expecting. Our Dig Pink event went very well and I was humbled by how it went and how many shirts we sold.”
Proceeds from Brandon Valley’s Dig Pink event will be directed to the Side-Out Foundation, an organization founded in 2004 that works to support the fight against breast cancer.
This week's needs at the Brandon Food Pantry
This week's needs at the Brandon Area Food Pantry are: Kleenex, laundry detergent, sugar, Compleat Bakes (not Hamburger Helper), and toiletries.
The Brandon Area Food Pantry is located at 312 Main Ave. To donate to the food pantry or for more information, call 582-7001.
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