By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
MERIL in St. Joseph, which specializes in helping people with disabilities live independently, will hold an annual celebration once again.
Director of MERIL Rob Honan says the annual Halloween Bash will return this year, after being postponed for the past two during the COVID pandemic.
"This is designed for kids of all ages so parents, mothers, grandparents, whoever if you have kids who want to come and trunk or treat, so there's a trunk or treat, trick or treat component, where we have games and candy and that kind of stuff," Honan tells KFEQ Hotline host Barry Birr. "There's also going to resource fair component of it where a lot of different agencies will be represented that we work with."
Each agency will have informational booths at the fair to pass out. The event wil be held on October 20th starting at 3:30pm in the MERIL parking lot at 4420 S 40th street.
Honan says there will also be a costume contest online that will begin the day of the event.
"And go through November the 7th so, for those of you who want to win a prize, we have some prizes ready to go for the Halloween costume contest, that would be another really good resource or way to get your costume out there," Honan says.
If the weather were to force the event to postpone, the makeup date will be October 27th.