Week in Review: Halloween Contests, Detectives and Blood Donors

If you're just logging on to Patch for the first time in a few days, here's what's been happening in Oakland Township.

Send us photos of your costumed cutie!

This week, Patch launched a contest asking parents to post photos of their . The winner gets $1,031 for charity as well as a chance to meet Heidi Klum. For all of our latest Halloween-related stories, click here. For trick-or-treat hours in Oakland Township, Rochester and Rochester Hills, .

Boardwalks coming to Cranberry Lake Park

Volunteers will be working to near the north entrance of Cranberry Lake Park on Oct. 29. The project, led by Eagle Scout Steffen Mammen, is . Please call the Oakland Township Parks and Recreation Department at 248-651-4440 if you wish to volunteer.

Polls, polls everywhere

Patch recently began posting polls every day. You can vote on your , which cider mill you think , whether you still , if you when the weather turned cool, whether kids should still have to and how you feel about the .

There's a new detective in town

Detective Jon Peters recently . He replaces Detective David Bach, who transferred to the Auto Theft Unit in Pontiac.

In : a township ambulance hit a deer, and someone stole lawn equipment out of an Oakland Township Parks & Recreation Department trailer.

Donors step up to give blood

Just days after the American Red Cross issued an , St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Rochester hosted a blood drive. At the drive on Friday, several donors .

To make an appointment to donate, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). Donors can also click here to find nearby blood drives.

Do it yourself!

If you have an announcement or event you wish to post on Patch but don't know how, we now have video tutorials! To learn how to post an event, . To learn how to post an announcement, .