My Halloween Day Story Filled with Happiness

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My Halloween Day Story Filled with Happiness

I was that kid—the one who couldn’t wait for Halloween Day just to load up on candy.
Lots of it.

“Did you know that at one time trick-or-treating was canceled? During World War II, children weren’t allowed to go trick-or-treating because of a sugar shortage.”
Linda Bozzo

A sugar shortage?! I can’t even imagine. Especially with my love for chocolate bars!


Halloween Was Freedom and Fun

Every year, kids across the United States look forward to October 31st—when you can dress up as anyone you want.
For me, growing up in New York, Halloween meant freedom.
Merchants, neighbors, and even building tenants would greet us with sweets and smiles.

My sisters and I would roam the streets yelling “Trick or treat!” and stuffing our bags full of goodies late into the evening. When the night was over, we’d climb to the rooftop, pour out our loot, sort it, and trade for our favorite treats.

Hershey’s. Snickers. Candy Corn.
We’d do it all over again the next year, hitting the most generous neighborhoods in Queens.


Passing It On—Bringing Joy to Teens in Crisis

Fast forward to today—I now work with teenagers at ViewPoint Health, an Adolescent Crisis Stabilization Unit in Atlanta, Georgia. These are teens experiencing psychiatric crises, and this Halloween, we’re doing everything we can to bring a little happiness to their lives.

This year, our annual Fall Festival is happening on October 30th—the last Friday of the month.

A team effort between our activity department, medical personnel, nurses, and teachers has created a packed event filled with:

  • 🎭 Costume contests

  • 💬 Motivational talks

  • 🧼 Hygiene and self-esteem workshops

  • 🍬 Goodie bags filled with Halloween candy

  • 🎁 A special prize for the best costume!

This isn’t just about fun—it’s about healing through happiness, one moment, one smile, and one piece of candy at a time.


What’s Your Halloween Story?

Whether you’re reminiscing about pillowcases full of candy or your first homemade costume, Halloween is more than just a spooky night—it’s a memory maker.

We’d love to hear your Halloween stories.
Share them in the comments and let’s keep the spirit of joy alive, especially for the young people who need it most.

34 Comments

  1. I like that this is something for teens who are battling depression. It must be incredibly difficult to fight depression as an adult, let alone as a teen. Our Halloweens were always filled with lots of trick or treating, costumes, and some parties too! It’s always a fun time of year for our family!

  2. I think every kid should experience Halloween even just once. I think it’s great that you’re part of such a nice event. Keep it up.

  3. I love Halloween and can’t wait to take my grandchildren out trick or treating. I think it is great that you are working with teens.

  4. This sounds like a fun event for the teens that you work with. My students always loved whenever we did anything special like that because it was a chance to look forward to something and add some variety into their day.

  5. What a great way to not only help teens with their period of depression, but to also allow them to enjoy the festivities of Halloween.

    • Tatanisha Pitts-Worthey, Every day the team and I make sure the teens with depression has the best experience while they are at our facilities. Our priority is to “To promote overall health and improve quality of life by ensuring the delivery of effective behavioral and physical health care that meets the needs of communities we serve”. Thank you for your continue support.

  6. That’s kind to create the post to share. I think being a teen is challenging at any time, even more so when there’s depression involved.

  7. Well known that even before they promulgated about this, that’s why some of them feeling depressed about it, But now Halloween is the one who waiting them for happiness! My son would loved this especially when they did a lot effort of their costumes!

  8. Great! I know it is a great place for helping the kids. Everybody should check it out! I am also looking forward to that holy night.

  9. I was only allowed to go to a few houses at Halloween. It’s cool that you sat on a rooftop and sorted out the candy. would’ve loved that! We collected our candy in pillowcases, and when we came home, we would stick our heads in the pillowcases, sometimes with a flashlight, and suck in the aroma of all the candy before our mom would go through it all. I can still smell the aroma of inside that pillowcase. When my kids trick or treated I would have to grab a whiff of inside their pillowcases every year. great memories! It’s awesome you have this festival for those teens.

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