A community in the United States found a unique way to get the kids together to trick-or-treat on Halloween without walking for miles.
Instead of going house to house, families and their children walk through a parking lot with more than 70 decorated cars to collect candies in the event dubbed “Trunk or Treat.”
Families set up their Halloween decorations from the back of their cars and trucks at the parking lot of the Curtis Lake Church in Sanford, Maine.
“In our community, Halloween is a big night for a lot of families. They go out and trick or treat and get their candy. However, sometimes it’s dark and people have to travel a lot so about 10 years ago, we said what if we brought all of our Halloween decorations into our parking lot. Our event allows families from all over our community to come and join,” said Ryan Howell, lead pastor of Curtis Lake Church.
This year’s “Trunk or Treat” theme is “Blast from the Past,” where participants were encouraged to create kid-friendly and exciting trunks with different themes through the decades.
“Our church members donate the candies. It’s like raising money, people bring in candy for about a month and a half before the event and we raise about 150,000 pieces of candy,” added Ryan.
Curtis Lake’s Trunk or Treat, which celebrated its 11th year, is free and open to the public.
