Halloween on Vernon

The 20th annual Halloween on Vernon this year was a success. A week before the holiday over 200 children from Hartford were chaperoned along Vernon Street by enthusiastic volunteers.  Groups visited cultural houses, Greek houses, and other organizations.  The event ended at Vernon Social Center, where volunteers from different campus organizations helped children decorate cookies, fish for candy, and toss bean bags, and everyone went home with huge amounts of candy!


Morris Jalloh, 2012 showcasing his face painting skills!



Trinity students who participated had just as much fun as the children!!

Outside Praxis Jessica Nunes, 2013 and Yoda

                                           

October!

The Lions Club participated in the annual agricultural fair in Berlin during the first weekend of October. Despite the rain and cold weather the first day of the fair, volunteers Vicky Chi and Li Lu stayed optimistic and managed to sell quite a few mums. During the three days of the Fair, volunteers managed to sell a total of 125 mums, raising money for their end of the year goal.

Also, Habitat for Humanity voted on their Spring Break destination.  Spring Break coordinators Sophie Starchman and Jessica Nunes presented four options, in North Carolina, West Palm Beach, Florida, Biloxi, Mississippi, and Washington, D.C.
Members voted and the destination for the Alternative Spring Break trip in 2011 is...an ocean side location in Johns Island, South Carolina! The islands are in need of more affordable housing as a result of recent development on the islands and generations of serparation from the mainland. On the same day, Habitat ran a successful spare change drive that allowed them to raise more than eighty dollars through donations from Trinity students. Lastly, on World Habitat Day the Underground was packed in an effort to raise awareness while enjoying good music and food.

And these beautiful autumn days can only mean that Halloween on Vernon is coming! ACES and other student groups are preparing for the event when about 200 children from Hartford trick-or-treat on Vernon Street.