The Hometown Harvest will be take place on Thursday, October 31st, from 4 PM to 8 PM on the vacant lot adjacent to City Hall located on Madison Avenue. Event will include a play area for kids from 4PM – 8PM, candy distribution from 4 PM – 6 PM. For a small fee, kids can also enjoy a pony ride, petting zoo, and kiddie train rides. Registration for the kids costume contest will begin at 4 PM and end promptly at 5:30 PM. The costume contest will begin at 6 PM with winners being announced at 7 PM. Participation for the costume contest will be free of charge. The age limit for those participating in trick-or-treating and costume contest is 12 years of age and under.
“At this time we are seeking any clubs and organizations, churches, healthcare agencies, child advocacy agencies, businesses, industries, etc., that would like to have the opportunity to come out and help support the annual event”, says Pattie Merritt, Main Street Coordinator. “We especially encourage distribution of candy; but other suggestions would be balloons, kid’s games, trinkets that are child related, and handouts or specific information related to your business or organization”. Deadline for reserving a space for this event is Monday, October 21, 2013, 5pm.
“We are excited about the upcoming annual Hometown Harvest”, says Georgia Henderson, Public Information Officer. “Once again this year we plan to provide our citizens and community of the Douglas, Coffee County area, a safe and controlled form of trick-or-treating during daylight hours. As always, we look forward to working with a variety of partners from within our community that always help make the Hometown Harvest a successful event”.
For more information on the event please call 384-5161.
