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A 'Spooktacular' Time during 2023 MCAS Yuma Trunk-or-Treat

Families at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma got together last Friday to celebrate Halloween in advance during the 9th annual Trunk or Treat event.
PHOTO COURTESY MCAS YUMA PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
Families at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma got together last Friday to celebrate Halloween in advance during the 9th annual Trunk or Treat event.

The kids of military families at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, got a head start on Halloween last Friday gathering together on the parade grounds to show off their costumes, get to know new friends and to eat lots and lot of candy.

KAWC News attended the 9th annual Trunk-or-Treat event and spoke to Ana Zolorzano , Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) Deputy Marketing Director, about the "spooktacular" gathering.

She estimated about 2,000 to 3,000 people with family members serving on base attended the event.

The festivities included free candy from creatively decorated trunks and booths, fun carnival games, a bounce house, and monster mash dances.

Gunnery Sergeant Mitch Southward, MCCS Operations Chief, said he looks forward to the event each year, adding it is an opportunity to bring his kids together with the other families on base, and to foster a sense of community.

Mitch's daughter, Madilyn, spent the event hanging out with her friends. She said the gathering was a great way to connect with other people.

Chris McDaniel can be reached at 928-317-6077 or christopher.mcdaniel@kawc.org

Chris McDaniel is a Yuma native and fourth generation graduate of Yuma High School. He began his print journalism career at the Yuma Sun as a reporter in 2009. He later worked in the Pacific Northwest as an editor for Peninsula Daily News, as arts editor for The Port Townsend and Jefferson County Leader, and as publisher for a small weekly newspaper in the badlands of Montana. He is a graduate of Peninsula College, where he earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in Management degree. He has served as host for KAWC's Morning Edition and All Things Considered and spends much of his time gathering reports from the field in Yuma and La Paz Counties.
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