As Halloween nears, students buzz with excitement for one of the largest party weekends of the year. In attempts to combat potential safety concerns within the community, MSU’s Greek life will host their annual Safe Halloween event to provide an evening of fun for the children and families of East Lansing.
“Halloween around a college campus is not really the safest for little kids to go out trick-or-treating, especially for kids that live right in East Lansing,” Safe Halloween leadership team director Eliza Gay said. “This was created as a way to give back to the community and also give kids a safer option.”
The event will consist of a wide variety of Halloween-themed activities beyond trick-or-treating, including games, live music, bounce houses and costume contests.
“We’re here to promote a safe way for them to trick-or-treat, dress-up and have a good time with their family and friends,” panhellenic vice president of community relations Brielle Patel said. “We’re going to have tables of fraternity and sorority life members passing out candy and doing fun Halloween activities. … We’ll have bouncy houses for the kids and some of the stakeholders in the community, like the police department and the fire department, will be there. This year we’re actually going to have a full-on fire truck be part of the event.”
Proceeds from the event will go towards Greek life philanthropy partner Camp Kesem.
