‘WEEN DREAM provides free Halloween costumes to
children in need. Our volunteers believe every child should be able to dress up
and participate in Halloween, regardless of his or her family’s ability to buy
a costume.
We
collect donated costumes (both new and gently used) throughout the year. When
we receive a costume, we put certain information about it into our system
(size, gender, description, etc.). In August, we start reviewing ‘WEENSTER
applications. Parents or guardians fill out a form that tells us the child’s
age, size, and desired costume. We try to match ‘WEENSTERs with costumes we
already have. If we don’t have a costume for a child, we add him or her to our
‘WEENSTER Pumpkin Patch so that someone will (hopefully) purchase the
particular costume needed for that child. Whether through general costume
donations or our ‘WEENSTER Pumpkin Patch, we try to get costumes to as many
applicants as we can before Halloween.
We
accept costume applications from all over America and try to help as many kids
get costumes as possible, no matter where they live.
Thanks
to public donations from 26 states, 'WEEN DREAM was able to give free Halloween
costumes to 580 of the 844 children in need who applied for costumes in 2014!
Here are just a few of those children...
For those who are in New Orleans, here’s an
opportunity to support them…
Date: Saturday,
March 28, 2015
Time: 9pm-midnight
(Patron
Party 8pm-9pm at The Mortuary)
Location:
The Mortuary Haunted House
4800
Canal St., New Orleans, LA 70119
Attire:
costume or black tie required
Food/Drink:
catering and open bar included in ticket price
For
those not in New Orleans, we encourage you to visit their site, and find out
how you can support this great charity! Don’t the kids go without costumes
this Halloween!
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