Several safe trick-or-treat events are planned tonight in Kansas City, Kan.
Several other events have already been held in days leading up to Halloween at local churches, neighborhood centers and libraries. There will not be trick-or-treating at The Legends Outlets stores this year. However, the Yard House at The Legends has posted on social media that it will be giving out a certificate for a free kids’ meal to children who go there tonight dressed in a Halloween costume.
Safe Halloween events tonight are at Eisenhower Recreation Center, Bethany, JFK, Armourdale, Argentine, Kensington recreation centers and at Alcott Arts Center.
Lou Braswell, executive director of the Leavenworth Road Association, said the LRA and the Wyandotte County Parks Department are sponsoring a safe Halloween event from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31, at Eisenhower Recreation Center, 2901 N. 72nd St., Kansas City, Kan.
Planned at Eisenhower are treats, games, hot dogs and activities. Several volunteers are participating. Some staff from the West Wyandotte Library will be helping the Eisenhower Recreation Center Halloween party by providing games, Braswell said. Children may trick-or-treat by going from table to table at the recreation center.
Halloween-themed events already were held last week at the Kansas City, Kan., Public Libraries and none is scheduled today.
The hours of the recreation center trick-or-treat events are from 6 to 8 p.m.
A trick-or-treat event also is scheduled from 5:30 to 8 p.m. tonight at Alcott Arts Center, 180 S. 18th St., Kansas City, Kan. Children may trick-or-treat at this event.
Chris Green, executive director of the Alcott Arts Center, said many volunteers are participating in this event.
“We’re very excited,” Green said. “We have a whole bunch of high school students volunteering this year.”
Students are coming from Washington, Schlagle, Wyandotte and Turner high schools to help, she said. She asked that no one older than 18 years old trick-or-treat.
There will be some entertainment at the Alcott event, she said, with face painting by Sheryl Nance Durst from the public library, and Deryl Woods doing poster art. The Alcott is not handicapped-accessible.
The events tonight are free and open to the public.