Community Comes Together for Trunk or Treat Event

ATLANTIC CITY — More than 700 members of the Atlantic City community, along with local nonprofits, organizations and volunteers displaying their spookiest decorated trunks filled with sweet treats and giveaways for the children, gathered at Atlantic Cape’s Charles D. Worthington Atlantic City campus for an afternoon pre-Halloween holiday Trunk or Treat event on October 10th.

It was a day for bringing people together, not just to hand out candy, but to provide the neighborhood with fellowship that only friendship and kindness can bring while also offering hope and assistance to those in-need. There were free pumpkins for decorating; a petting zoo with young goats and rabbits; face painters; free popcorn, hot and cold beverages, apples, snacks and games; free resource information for families and live music by DJ Jack Fahey.

“We are so happy to see so many people from throughout our neighborhoods come out and enjoy themselves today. It’s important that we help foster a sense of community and through events such as these we are able to bring our residents together with local groups looking to make a positive difference,” said Atlantic City campus Director Lizbeth Castro.

As youngsters, dressed as their favorite cartoon and video game characters, superheroes, witches, ghosts and goblins, paraded from trunk to trunk in search of handfuls of tasty chocolates and other sugary delights, their parents enjoyed this gathering for their kids and their community.

Shikeia Green, a 2019 alumna of Atlantic Cape, employee at AtlantiCare and lifelong Atlantic City resident, brought her son, King, to the event to enjoy the camaraderie that only a community event such as this can give.

“This is an important event to come out to because I am a community advocate and I enjoy all of the events that Atlantic Cape does for the community. My job at AtlantiCare also partners with Atlantic Cape through the Midtown CDC with events here,” said Green. “It’s great to see many familiar faces and local officers who recognized my son and as soon as they saw him they said ‘hey, King, what’s up?’ It’s nice because we need more things for the community and for the kids because we don’t have a lot of things for our children and for families.”

This year’s Trunk or Treat was hosted by Atlantic Cape, Midtown CDC, AtlantiCare, Angels in Motion and the Family Empowerment Association.

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