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Trick or Treat!
October 31, 2018
DeSoto County SWAT Youth partnered with the Drug Free DeSoto Coalition and the BOCC to host the annual community wide Trick or Treat event at the Turner Agri-Civic Center on October 31st.
Businesses and nonprofits are invited every year to pass out candy and information to the 1,000+ attendees. This is a fun way to get information out to families as well as support safe, family fun on Halloween.
SWAT youth Layla Burkins and Myha Mendoza set up
and get ready to greet the 1,000+ trick or treaters.
SWAT members volunteered their time recruiting partners throughout the community to host a booth, encouraged friends and family to attend, and helped with setting up the event. Youth also volunteered the night of by passing out information and candy for various businesses that wanted to participate and support the event but did not have staff available to attend.
