Halloween is a holiday in which kids get to dress up as their favorite character and go trick-or-treating. It used to be that kids would go from house to house knocking on doors asking for treats. In recent times kids don’t trick or treat as much, instead they trunk-or-treat. But what is Trunk-or-Treating anyways?!
Trunk-or-treating involves members of the community getting together at a common place and decorating their car trunks. Kids then go from trunk to trunk asking for treats.
The City of Oakland Park adopted the idea and has been hosting Trunk-or-Treat festivities, known as the Halloween Bash for a few years.
Last night the City of Oakland Park’s 2019 Trunk-or-Treat at Jaco Pastorius, was a “howling” good time! according to City event organizer, Cristina Curry.
There was live music, bounce houses, food and drinks, a costume contest, crafting and caramel apple making and of course lots of trunks for trick-or-treating!
Seventeen different business participated in the event making it a huge success. Some of the trunk or treat participants included Minuteman Press, After Hours Pediatrics Urgent Care, Pro Solar Systems, Everglades Electrical Supply, Sal’s Towing, Art In Oakland Park and Living In Oakland Park too!
Sal’s Towing went all out decorating their “trunk” for the kids. Photo by Tim Lonergan.
Before the event even started, kids were lining up ready to trunk-or-treat. Once the event started at 6:00pm the line of trunk-or-treaters began to move. The line of kids moved along from trunk to trunk for nearly 3 hours! Around 9:00 pm the last trunk-or-treaters began to make their way through the line.
According to Curry, events coordinator for the City the estimated attendance was 4000 people! “The turnout of children was absolutely amazing !” Curry remarked. Having been there I would have to concur, the turnout was amazing.
The City of Oakland Park did a great job hosting the event. I am sure next year will be even better!
Désirée Ávila has called Oakland Park her home for over 31 years. In addition to publishing LivingInOaklandPark.com , Désirée publishes three other blogs and has been featured in print publications, locally and abroad. Désirée was an award winning teacher for 10 years and has a doctoral level education in Educational Technology. She is currently a licensed Florida Realtor® and is committed to a high-level of professionalism and to helping others with their real estate endeavors through education. Désirée is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, French and Italian.
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Désirée Ávila has called Oakland Park her home for over 33 years. In addition to publishing LivingInOaklandPark.com, Désirée has been featured in print publications, locally and abroad. Désirée was an award winning teacher for 10 years and has a doctoral level education in Educational Technology. She is currently a licensed Florida Realtor® and is committed to a high-level of professionalism.
Désirée consistently professionally develops herself and has earned several different professional designations and certifications in real estate including the PSA, e-Pro, AHWD, SRS, ABR, and SFR. She was also awarded the C2EX, Commitment to Excellence award by the National Association for Realtors (NAR). This award is given to Realtors® that distinguish themselves for their commitment to excellence in the real estate industry.
She is esteemed by her real estate colleagues and has consistently received 5 star reviews from her clients. Her philosophy about real estate is that being a Realtor® is a way of teaching and helping people, and in the process a real estate transaction may occur, that is to say her foremost priority is and has always been about helping others.
She is dedicated to her hometown of Oakland Park and works consistently on building and fostering a strong community. She is passionate about photography and loves to read books about history ; the more detail the better! In addition to English, Désirée is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, French and Italian.
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