Adlai E. Stevenson High School’s Key Club hosted its community trunk-or-treat event Friday, accommodating kids dressed as their favorite super heroes, witches and other characters, in the school parking lot in Lincolnshire.
The second annual event saw hundreds of area children trick-or-treating from creatively decorated vehicles. Also, there were games, music and activities at the free late afternoon event.
Jodie Mosk, Key Club sponsor, said the service club, has approximately 150 members and that 25 vehicles were decorated.
“These kids are unbelievable kids,” Mosk said about Key Club members. “They just really want to do volunteer service.”
Naomi George, 17, a senior, is committee head director of the Key Club.
“For this event for kids, to be able to come and learn about what it means to be in Key Club at Stevenson is really important,” George said. “I like that we are creating an inclusive and safe environment for kids to learn about what it means to be a [school mascot] Patriot.”
Sajan Patel, 17, also a senior, is the club’s co-president and said multiple school organizations came together to collaborate on vehicle decorating.
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“I think it’s really cost effective and a great opportunity for all of us to come together and create this for younger kids,” Patel said.
Some costumes were homemade, and popular superheroes such as Superman to Supergirl were on display.
The Junior Board had a vehicle at the event that involved a human tunnel. When trick or treaters approached the Junior Board vehicle, they were treated to a literal show of hands plus wiggling fingers.
Armay Ostwal, 12, a seventh-grader, exited the tunnel of spirit fingers, sporting a No. 15 quarterback Patrick Mahomes Kansas City Chiefs football jersey.
“It just lights your face to see all these youngsters doing this for little kids,” Bora said.
Karie Angell Luc is a freelancer.