{"id":4327,"date":"2018-11-05T20:35:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T20:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=4327"},"modified":"2018-11-05T20:35:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T20:35:14","slug":"halloween-pumpkin-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2018\/11\/05\/halloween-pumpkin-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Pumpkin Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\"><p>By: My Ho \u201921, staff writer<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>LVC\u2019s community was eager to celebrate the traditional Trick or Treat celebration of the Pumpkin Walk with local children around Annville.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Pumpkin Walk was a two-hour annual Halloween event started by LVC\u2019s professors in the early 1980s, which\u00a0takes\u00a0place at the Quittie Creek Nature Park. The walk winds its way along the creek with numerous lighting decorations including pumpkins and welcomes children age 2-15 as they participate in activities from tables of LVC\u2019s clubs.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This year, the walk was held on Friday, Oct. 26, with 13 clubs from LVC organizing creative crafts and treats for children. Global Education Club,\u00a0that volunteered in the Walk for many years,\u00a0decided to distribute candies from Asia and helped children make international candy goodies bag so they could try exotic candy flavors from foreign countries.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of fun\u201d Ashlee Leamont, sophomore Vice President of Global Education Club, said. \u201cIt\u2019s a good way for club members to bond while also interacting with the community.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This activity strengthened the relationship between the LVC\u00a0community and local residents as students have the opportunity to contribute more to society through social work.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pumpkin Walk is a great way for LVC students to interact with the community and give back,\u201d Elizabeth Drda, a senior\u00a0member of LVC\u2019s Biology Club, said.\u00a0\u201cThe event enhances our relationship with the locals by\u202fletting them\u202fmeet us and seeing what LVC students do outside of academics.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 2018\u00a0Pumpkin Walk was found to be successful\u00a0as LVC\u2019s students greeted children and families with colorful treats and engaging activities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By: My Ho \u201921, staff writer\u00a0 LVC\u2019s community was eager to celebrate the traditional Trick or Treat celebration of the Pumpkin Walk with local children around Annville.\u00a0 The Pumpkin Walk was a two-hour annual Halloween <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2018\/11\/05\/halloween-pumpkin-walk\/\" title=\"Halloween Pumpkin Walk\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}