Halloween costume exchange boosted by big donation

Melissa Strle
Times Reporter

 

The Strathmore Skating Club generously donated 15 bags of costumes and accessories for the annual library Halloween Costume Exchange and this helped draw a very large crowd to the library for the exchange on Sept. 30.
Carmen Erison, assistant director of library services, said the costume exchange was “wild” and “we could not have even predicted the amount of people that would come to this exchange. It was absolutely fantastic.
“I think that by getting that large donation, it did change the exchange. It literally filled our entire meeting room.”
Attendees were able to exchange costumes or purchase costumes and accessories with canned donations or a suggested $2 per item. However, the library accepted any and all donations that people wanted to give.
The library collected roughly $200 in donations and saw people exchange about 150 tickets for previously donated costumes.
“Our goal first and foremost when we created this event was to help people less fortunate,” said Erison. “I find with this economy right now, people are trying to save those pennies as much as possible.”
The library will be donating a full bag of clothing to the Strathmore Parent Link program for playtime. The library also bagged up a lot of clothing that will be used towards the United Church thrift sale this month, and kept a good selection of costumes for the event next year.