Halloween Trick or Treat night in Salem is Tuesday night. Trick or Treat hours are set from six to eight p.m. for those 12 and under.
Several activities are planned as part of the celebration.
The first is the Fall Family Fun Costume Contest at the Salem Community Theatre which is sponsored by the City of Salem Recreation Department and the Marion County YMCA. Judging will begin at 5:30. Those who plan on entering the contest are asked to be at the theatre by 5:20 p.m.
The contest will be over in time for the 6 to 8 p.m. trick-or-treat hours.
The Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce will be set up with treats on Sweney Corner. The Salem Fire Protection District will have its traditional giveaway on the fire station parking lot and will be helping with the crossing of Route 37 near the fire station. Other downtown merchants will also be out on Main and Broadway.
There are several other activities during Trick or Treat hours.
- The Salem Presbyterian Church at 201 East McMackin in Salem will have hotdogs, hot chocolate, apple juice, a movie and popcorn, and bobbing for donuts between six and eight p.m.
- The Grace Church of the Nazarene at 1900 North Broadway in Salem will have Trunk or Treat in the church parking lot from six to eight p.m.
- New Life Church in the Orchard Shopping Center will have a trunk or treat from six to eight on Tuesday night.
- Redemption Church will hold Trunk or Treat at the Mission Salem building in the 400 block of West Main Street from six to eight.
- Helia of Salem (Doctor’s Nursing Home) on Hawthorn Road will have Trunk or Treat from six to eight.
- Bettendorf Stanford in the rear parking lot along Mills Cart Road will have Trunk or Treat from six to eight.
- Bronzed Bunz Tanning Salon at 420 North Broadway in Salem will have candy for the kids.
The annual Trunk or Treat Celebration will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Centralia Community Youth Center. They will be providing treats, prizes, a bounce house, music, and lots of fun! This event is free and open to the public. Bring your best costume! Donations for candy are accepted if unopened.
In Kinmundy, the Kinmundy Christian Church at 225 South Monroe will have Trunk or Treat from six to eight. It is separate from the community Trick or Treating that was held on Saturday.
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