Sunday, October 31st 4-6pm
Think outside the candy box! Free of charge
Want to celebrate Halloween in a healthy, eco-conscious environment?
Join us at the Westport Historical Society for a festive celebration. We will offer healthy snacks, bio-creative, eco-conscious décor and many fun Halloween activities including a bounce house and break dancing for the kids. Being healthy doesn’t mean giving up fun. Open to adults and children of all ages. Please drop in and check it out!
“Alternative Halloween Celebration for the EEK-O Conscious Comes to Westport”
The Westport Historical Society announced today that they will host Westport’s first public Green Halloweenâ on Sunday, October 31st. The event will offer parents and children of all ages an alternative venue to celebrate Halloween in a candy-free, eco-conscious environment.
“We want to help parents think outside the candy box,” remarked co-host, local mom Jennifer Boyd Mullineaux. “Parents need a safe place to bring their kids where they can celebrate the fun of Halloween in a healthy and responsible environment.”
Jennifer and Erika Miller, pioneers of Westport’s Food Revolution, continue their efforts of exposing local children to healthy foods and environments by co-hosting Green Halloween® in Westport. Jennifer has been offering Green Halloween in her private home over the last two years but had a bigger vision this year. The Westport Historical Society seemed like the perfect venue to help draw more people from the community to participate.
The evening will include festive décor, healthy snacks and fun activities for everyone. Kids will be entertained by a local, professional breakdancer while adults enjoy an educational component on Fair Trade Chocolate. Staples students have volunteered to help out during the event and with creating an eco-graveyard.
“The Westport Historical Society is thrilled to help with this movement,” added Susan Gold, Executive Director of the Westport Historical Society. “We invite the opportunity to attract new families to our venue and expose them to the great resources we offer to our community. It’s great to be part of this wonderful movement while attracting the young families we might otherwise miss reaching.”
Green Halloween is a grass-roots movement, which has already been widely adopted in throughout the West Coast over the past few years. Because Halloween is responsible for excessive waste and consumption, moms were driven to provide alternative ways to celebrate which would not harm our children and minimize harmful effects on the environment. The movement’s eco-conscious efforts include energy conservation by minimizing lights, costume swaps to keep the landfills clear and recycled decorations for starters. For the health conscious parents, the movement allows children to celebrate in a candy-free environment.
Jennifer stated, “Halloween is the top selling candy holiday in our nation. This is harmful to our children and contributes to our already alarming growing rate of child obesity and Type 2 Diabetes each year. If trick-or-treating, rather than collecting mounds of candy at doors, we’d love to see children go back to collecting with Unicef cans for less fortunate children. The joy of helping others is a much more rewarding experience.”
“I look forward to exposing my children to a celebration that is about more than the food,” commented Erika Miller. “Halloween has become so candy focused that we easily forget to be creative with our celebrations. “ She added, “Just because there is not candy does not mean there won’t be fun.”
In preparation for Green Halloween®, a costume swap was organized on Thursday October 7th at Westport’s Whole Foods Market, a loyal Green Halloween® sponsor. Parents brought gently used children’s and adult costumes and accessories of all sizes.
“This is the launching pad to get people eco-minded while preparing for Halloween. By trading costumes, we cut down on consumption and keep excessive waste out of the landfills,” commented Jennifer.
“We hope parents are open to trying new, responsible ways to celebrate,” Erika added. “We encourage those who are still going trick-or-treating to stop by the Historical Society before or after to see what Green Halloween® is about. We hope parents will enjoy the opportunity to celebrate Halloween while being mindful of their children’s health and environment.
The event is free of charge but donations to the Westport Historical Society are appreciated. If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please contact erikahornmiller@yahoo.com
For more information on Green Halloween® non-profit please visit www.greenhalloween.org
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