Party tips for Halloween ONCE considered mainly a holiday for children, Halloween is now celebrated with enthusiasm by adults. In fact, Halloween is now the third-largest Canadian party accasion, right after Christmas and New Year's Eve Halloween is no longer just tor kids,” says) Chratine Bodt, marketing communica- tions manager for Carlton Cards. “With mounting, pres- sures and demands on man adults lives, Halloween tume parties are increasingly 2 way for people te escape every: day stress — both at home and fact, an estimated one- third of all adults typically dress up or buy accessories for Halloween, and since the occa- sion falls on a Saturday this Spare ¢ ONCE again, thou- sands of children in B.C. will be taking UNICEF boxes on their rounds while trick-or treating on Halloween night. This year, the Halloween fundraising goal for the United Nations Children’s Fund comes in at half'a million dollars in B.C, alone. The goal is higher than ever before. “A litle spare change goes a long way,” said Fran McEvoy, UNICEF BC's Youth Volunteer Chair. “Thirty-five cents can buy enough vitamin A to protect a child from blindness for six years. STUCK iN A RUT? Discover the excite- ment, happiness and power that comes only through faith in CHRIST Find out more every Sunday at 10:45am at DELBROOK BAPTIST CHURCH 515 West Wiridsor Rd, North Vancouver, or call 985-4011 Mon - Fri 9am - Ipin Pastor Jamey McDonald ig your company or service club targeting the Christmas year, even more ce are expected. Here are some rips for plan- ming oan “eene sistible” tant) Stake out your aaind walkways with yard decora tions, dangle cloth ghosts and hinged: skeletons from trees and fence posts. You could even pasition a speaker or small sterco, playing a tape of spooky sounds, in an outside bush. door decorations tor added drama. Position blue or grten tloodlights appropriately to create a ghostly glow. Inside the home, stretch cot- ton webbing through stair rail- ings and across corners of rooms; dangle spider and bat decorations trom the ceiling or in unexpected places, such as the bathroom. Fill the bach tub half way with water, then add ange for “At the same cme, UNI s Halloween cam- Paign is a great opportunity to teach Canadian kids about the challenges that other children face in the developing world.” When children go trick-or- treating, they participate in 3 uniquely Canadian grassroots event. They join nwo million chil- dren in communities across Canada. Since the annual Halloween campaign began in 1955, over $66 million has been raised to help assure chil- dren’s rights in over 150 developing countries to health care, education, nutrition and access to safe drinking water. In an effort to reach pre- school children and kids who do not receive boxes at school, UNICEF and Rogers V have joined hands in an effort to distribute orange boxes red food colounng tor a really grucsome surpns B Decorate erally with orange and black streamers, garlands and balloor:. @ For a child’s themed party, string up a pumpkin-shaped pinata. Serve pumpkin-shaped cookies or cake. Bobbing for must! Award prizes » anest and most @ Candles always create an ceric effect. For an adult party, use orange and black votives and votive holders as party fvou: imply arrange near tings and give to guests as a souvenir of the evening. @ Seat guests around a can- dielit table. Provide the intro- duction to a ghost story, then let cach add to it. Present a Halloween T-shirt, button, or toy monster to the guest with the most vivid imagination. UNICEF all Rogers Video throughout B.C. Pre-schoolers can partici pate in this Halloween fund- raising campaign by picking up their UNICEF orange boxes at their community Rogers Video store. “We are pleased to be the first organization to distribute UNICEF boxes to pre-school- ers,” said Grace Battiston, Rogers public relations man- ager. “The partnership is a per- fect fir. UNICEF was hoping to include pre-schoolers, and they happen to be some of our best customers.” outlets the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF works in over 150 developing countries to meet the basic needs of children, protect them from abuse, and help them reach their full potential. 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