09/09/2026
Morning Halloween Peeps...
This gloomy day has me feeling drained and tired for sure. Last few days I haven't felt well but been plucking away behind the scenes.
Just submitted a 10 page application to acquire insurance for this event and fingers and spider webbs crossed it doesn't come in over $2,000 for our Halloween Festival.
This event is more than just building scenes. A ton of behind the scene stuff occurs that I deal with myself in between running our family businesses. We have to prepare for emergencies, parking, volunteers for bounce house, tents, etc. So as I mentioned yesterday if I miss sponsors/details please let me know so I can correct them...
We received a few emails yesterday when we would be open to the public to come through. The answer is simple. We aren't a business. We are small group of friends that build this and work around our jobs and family time. So the short answer is we are only obligated to the Oct 17th commitment. This is the day we put on for the community that's backed with sponsors to make it affordable. We had high hopes that taking off a year that we could muscle up more volunteers to help us out but unfortunately we are seeing the opposite. :( The fate of local community events is in the hands of the community itself actually. Hoping in the new few weeks we are going to see more helping hands get everything done so we aren't working til the last day...
Today I would like to thank some more wonderful sponsors. Thank you for investing in our community.
North Country Youth Hockey
North Country Honor Flight
Steel
Champlain National Bank
Energy Brothers
Plattsburgh Housing Outlet
Total Nightmare Travis
Thera-Pets, Inc.