WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — As Halloween creeps up on us and most kids prepare to go trick-or-treating Tuesday, other events around the state have been helping kids celebrate the holiday.
What You Need To Know
- Project Pumpkin, a student-led fundraiser, has raised more than $5,000
- Isabelle Zeidner has been involved with the initiative for three years
- The money raised goes toward the Wake Forest University Freedom School
Wake Forest University held its annual Project Pumpkin event and raised more than $5,000. The event is one of the university’s student-led fundraisers for its Freedom School.
“Our main goal is to raise money for the Freedom School, which is promoting child literacy in Winston Salem,” Isaebelle Zeidner said. “Something really cool is that our goal is $2,500 and we're over $5,000 right now. That's very exciting, and it just allows us to connect with, not only people on campus, but people in other communities as well.”
Zeidner, a senior at the university, chaperons a group of students at the event. Zeidner, a psychology major, hopes to be a social worker after graduation.
She says her favorite part about the event is getting to connect with kids in the community.
“It's just such a great organization, and I love working with kids, so it kind of just allows me to do what I love while also helping the community,” Zeidner said.
Project Pumpkin hosted 500 students from schools in Winston-Salem. They came out to the campus and got to learn about the ocean and received candy, of course.
The event’s main purpose is to educate the students, but it also provides a safe space for them to trick-or-treat.