Community Corner
Lions Club Hosts Annual Halloween Parade, Trick-or-Treating Event Sunday
The parade will step off at 12:30, and after kids can trick-or-treat at participating downtown merchants from 1 to 4 p.m.
The Downers Grove Lions Club will host its annual children's Halloween Parade and trick-or-treating at downtown businesses Sunday.
Children are invited to meet in costume at 12:30 p.m. at the parking lot west of the Main Street Train Station. The parade will proceed down Main Street to Fishel Park.
After the parade, kids can trick-or-treat at participating downtown merchants from 1 to 4 p.m.
Also this week:
Downtown Halloween Window Painting: Kids in kindergarten through sixth grade are invited to help paint Halloween scenes on windows in the downtown from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26. Bring a paint brush and pick up paints at 933A Curtiss St. Bring a non-perishable food item for F.I.S.H. pantry. More info call (630) 725-0991.Friends of the Library Book Sale: The Downers Grove Friends of the Library will host a book sale from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Downers Grove Public Library, 1050 Curtiss St., Downers Grove. For more information, contact Joni Hansen at (630) 969-5477 or Kevin Deany at (630) 515-0230.
Family Service Shelter's Seventh Annual Run/Walk: Family Shelter Service’s seventh annual run/walk 10K/5K will be held from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, at Downers Grove North High School, 4436 Main St., Downers Grove. This year's theme is “Be a Hero for Hope,” and participants are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite hero or heroine. To register, visit www.familyshelterservice.org.
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