100 area kids attend Safe Trick or Treat
Amelia Ley
Issue date: 10/29/09 Section: Campus Life
Katie Engelland was at the Alpha Sigma Alpha booth painting a variety of images on children's faces last Monday from 5-7 p.m.
"We have done snakes, ninjas, hearts, flowers, spiders and stuff like that," Engelland, junior in accounting, said.
More than 100 children, parents and PSU students attended Safe Trick or Treat in the Crimson and Gold Ballroom.
The Student Activities Council Campus Stew Committee held the annual event with help from the Residence Hall Assembly.
The SAC Campus Stew Committee plans low-budget events for PSU students and the Pittsburg community. Events the committee is responsible for include Safe Trick or Treat, Oval events and novelties.
Committee chair Adam Brown, sophomore in elementary education, said the committee sent out a letter to student organizations asking if they would like to set up a booth.
"We had many respond, probably 15-20, and they have fishing, face painting, a candy toss," he said. "There are just a variety of games because they could make up whatever they wanted to and do whatever they wanted."
One of the student organizations at the event was Alpha Gamma Delta.
Alex Paterson, sophomore in physical education, was at the organization's booth handing out candy.
"It is a lot of fun for the kids to come and hang out with the college students, and go through the dorms and get candy," she said.
SAC had a spider grab booth where children put their hands inside bowls of spaghetti and peeled grapes, which resembled brains and eyeballs. They dug around and tried to find a plastic spider. The color of the spider they found signified which prize they received.
RHA also had a booth at the event, which offered bobbing for oranges.
"Children pick up the orange and whatever number they choose, that is the corresponding candy that they get," Kayla Bush, freshman in music education, said.
Bush said she enjoyed the event.
"I feel that it is a safe environment for kids to come and experience college life in general, and I did the resident hall tour and they asked me a lot of questions about all of that," she said.
However, Bush did have one suggestion to make the event run more smoothly.
"It could be a little more organized," she said. "Sometimes it seems a little chaotic, but that might be because of the amount of kids."
Amanda Rose, senior in graphic design, was also helping to run the RHA orange bob.
"The costumes are really cute and my favorite was the little Power Ranger," she said.
Pittsburg resident Kelly Jones was at the event with her girls. She said they come every year.
"It is a lot better than taking your child door-to-door and having to drive all over the place," she said. "This way they can all be together and just have a good time."
However, Jones did mention one limitation of the event.
"There is always a problem with the time limits and the time constraint," she said. "Having it so early and on a Monday is so difficult. I would make it a little bit later."
"We have done snakes, ninjas, hearts, flowers, spiders and stuff like that," Engelland, junior in accounting, said.
More than 100 children, parents and PSU students attended Safe Trick or Treat in the Crimson and Gold Ballroom.
The Student Activities Council Campus Stew Committee held the annual event with help from the Residence Hall Assembly.
The SAC Campus Stew Committee plans low-budget events for PSU students and the Pittsburg community. Events the committee is responsible for include Safe Trick or Treat, Oval events and novelties.
Committee chair Adam Brown, sophomore in elementary education, said the committee sent out a letter to student organizations asking if they would like to set up a booth.
"We had many respond, probably 15-20, and they have fishing, face painting, a candy toss," he said. "There are just a variety of games because they could make up whatever they wanted to and do whatever they wanted."
One of the student organizations at the event was Alpha Gamma Delta.
Alex Paterson, sophomore in physical education, was at the organization's booth handing out candy.
"It is a lot of fun for the kids to come and hang out with the college students, and go through the dorms and get candy," she said.
SAC had a spider grab booth where children put their hands inside bowls of spaghetti and peeled grapes, which resembled brains and eyeballs. They dug around and tried to find a plastic spider. The color of the spider they found signified which prize they received.
RHA also had a booth at the event, which offered bobbing for oranges.
"Children pick up the orange and whatever number they choose, that is the corresponding candy that they get," Kayla Bush, freshman in music education, said.
Bush said she enjoyed the event.
"I feel that it is a safe environment for kids to come and experience college life in general, and I did the resident hall tour and they asked me a lot of questions about all of that," she said.
However, Bush did have one suggestion to make the event run more smoothly.
"It could be a little more organized," she said. "Sometimes it seems a little chaotic, but that might be because of the amount of kids."
Amanda Rose, senior in graphic design, was also helping to run the RHA orange bob.
"The costumes are really cute and my favorite was the little Power Ranger," she said.
Pittsburg resident Kelly Jones was at the event with her girls. She said they come every year.
"It is a lot better than taking your child door-to-door and having to drive all over the place," she said. "This way they can all be together and just have a good time."
However, Jones did mention one limitation of the event.
"There is always a problem with the time limits and the time constraint," she said. "Having it so early and on a Monday is so difficult. I would make it a little bit later."
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