This Tuesday, a group of friends and I did something unique and rewarding that tied in with the Halloween spirit. We dressed up in costumes and drove to St. Rita's and Lima Memorial hospitals in order to reverse trick-or-treat. Our group consisisted of a fencer, vacationer, lumberjack, bunny, nerdy weatherman, hippie, bubblegum, and a sleepwalker. The looks we received were priceless. At least I had called ahead to warn the hospitals we were arriving-I didn't feel it would be right to burst in all masked and weird looking.
We took candy and coloring books to the pediatric wards. There weren't many kids in the wards though, which is a good thing for sure. So we trampsed down to the cancer and rehab wards. It was a good thing we did, because they loved it! Most of the patients were older and they enjoyed looking at our costumes as we 'trick-or-treated'. Although most of them couldn't eat the candy we had, they were more than happy to work on some Halloween word searches or crosswords. The nurses loved us too because they got glow-in-the dark stickers and our leftover candy.
The best part involved all of us standing at the entrance of the elevator, waiting for it to open when a man walked out and jumped, completely bewildered. Also, since I'm from this area, I saw at least four people I knew working/visiting someone in the hospital. They should be used to me wearing weird outfits. Whatever, it was a great time. The patients and nurses were ecstatic to see us come and hopefully we brightened their evening just a little bit.
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