Yes, that's right! On Saturday, October 24th, we held our annual Creepy Crescent at our house! Like last year, foster children from the YMCA of Tustin came out for fun Halloween activities and games.
As usual, our house was decorated to the max with spider webs, pumpkins, and all things Halloween. Event the upstairs of our house was transformed into a spooky Haunted House. According to many of the costume-clad youngsters at our house, the Haunted House was one of their favorite activities of the day! After ending the day with a swing at a piñata, each child went home with a bag stuffed with goodies, including candy and party favors. And to top it off, they each received a regular sized pumpkin to take home!
Being partnered up with the YMCA for Creepy Crescent has been absolutely wonderful! We couldn't have had such a successful event without their help, as well as the help froma few other organizations in the community. All of the organizations brought along games, party favors, and volunteers. We love being able to reach out to the community with this event, and we love knowing we brought fun and excitement to all the foster children who came :)
This is what a few sisters had to say about this year's Creepy Crescent
"My name is Czarina Colada and I am the current Public Relations Vice President for Gamma Phi Beta. I had the opportunity to work closely with the coordinators of the YMCA to put together Creepy Crescent. We started planning the event in late August and it was so rewarding to see it all come together in October. I would have to say that my favorite part of Creepy Crescent was having the opportunity to play with the children and watch them enjoy all of the activities that our sisters created. Many of them kept mentioning how much fun they were having and it was great to know that our sisters were able to make a great difference for these kids!"
"I had a great time with our Creepy Crescent philanthropy. I'm really glad that my friend told me about the YMCA and forming the partnership with them. The kids who came had cute costumes and many were pretty enthusiastic, rowdy and creative. It was quite a long day (sorry to the girls living in the house for waking you up with the false fire alarm)....but i think our guests had a good time! I think for our Spring Carnival we should provide more activities for the teens." ~ President, Christina Rios (4th year) " This year Nicole Vargo and I were paired with a child named Sebastien and we escorted him around the festivities. He was pretty quiet and I figured it was because all the activities were little kid oriented and he just wasn't having it. Finally, he opened up a little and told me he liked to play basketball. Once I heard that, I knew all bets were off and this kid was about to have a great day! I ran upstairs snatched a basketball and commenced the trash talking. We were laughing and having a good time just shooting around when some other children showed up and we put together a little game. Everyone was enjoying themselves, even the spectators! And just a side note, Team Victory (which consisted of Sebastien and I) did indeed reign victorious. :] What I loved most about the event was succeeding in showing some children a good time, but a close second was the reptile show. Those creatures are crazy! There was even one that looked like the giant lizard thing named Joanna in the Disney movie Rescuers Down Under! I was unreasonably excited about making this connection and Sebastien and Jen weren't impressed for some reason...." ~ Nicole Vargo |
Here are some additional photos. All courtesy of the one and only Pia Noguera :) She is our historian!
Here is Lauren Barnes, Jina Lee, and Kaitlin Meisse at the bag-decorating table!
These girls were partnered with a child and they had a blast taking their new little friends to all the different games and activities.
Amanda Chickman, Lisa Recio, and Stephanie Barnes at the caramel apple table.
Yummy toppings for the caramel apples!
