Halloween is a time of year for all our members to come together and dress up and have fun together. A time to relax and play games, creating laughter and positive memories.
Our celebration at Hillhead Community Centre as always was in partnership with With You
Jonathan our member and volunteer has provided valuable membership feedback on the day and shared his experience.
I went to the GRACE Halloween party in the Hillhead Community centre on Thursday 31st October. This was a fun event where some people dressed up. We had lunch, Played games, and chatted. We joined the Thursday dominoes group run by ‘With You’ again this year for our Halloween party. William dressed up as a priest Did you enjoy dressing up as a priest? William “It was a good laugh, people found it funny” The first game we played was Higher or Lower. This game involves turning over cards. And guessing whether the next card is going to be higher or lower than the previous. This is played with giant playing cards. Darrell was the main presenter. What did you dress up as? “The big skull trooper, the inflatable skull costume.” I was the reigning champion at Higher or Lower, after winning it during recovery week. But this time I lost very quickly. We played dunking for apples, where we held a fork in our mouths, and dropped it into a bowl full of apples. If it stuck to the apple then we got to keep it. I got an apple in the first try, but most people took multiple turns to get theirs. Yvette dunking for apples. Did you enjoy dunking for apples? “It took me back to my childhood games. Its always good to have fun.” For lunch we had sandwiches made up from the Small Talk Cafe. There was plenty of sweets and crisps to go around. Ricky did you enjoy yourself? Ricky “yes it was a good laugh. We played the Donut on String Challenge. This game involved trying to eat a donut while it was hung by a string. I was initially worried that the donuts would have jam inside, and it would make a huge mess. Fortunately they didn’t have jam inside… but still made a mess. I didn’t play this game because I wasn’t hungry for donuts, but others did. Near the end of the day there was dancing.
Jonathan
Our Auchinairn Community Centre groups also celebrated Halloween, playing table tennis in costume and shared lunch and refreshments. Dancing and music was enjoyed on the day creating lots of fun and laughter.
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