'Halloween Hoopla' in Ansonia to feature health, safety info

Family-friendly event slated Oct. 30 at Warsaw Park

The 14th Annual Children’s Health and Safety Fair from 3-8 p.m. Oct. 30 at Warsaw Park in Ansonia will have a Halloween theme this year, with fun, games, and treats like these ghostly lollipops. / Contributed photo

ANSONIA - The 14th Annual Children’s Health and Safety Fair will be “treating” families to Halloween fun this year.

Set for Oct. 30 from 3-8 p.m. at Warsaw Park on Pulaski Highway, families are encouraged to come in their Halloween costumes to a “Halloween Hoopla.” It will feature free healthy treats, games, a show by Freakout Magician Chris Lengyel, along with a variety of health, wellness, and safety programs. 
The event will be held rain or shine.

“The Halloween Hoopla will be a safe, family-friendly environment where children can do their trick-or-treating and the whole family can learn about important information that will keep them safe and healthy on Halloween and year-round,” said Daun Barrett, RN, Director of Griffin Hospital's Community Outreach and Valley Parish Nursing Program.

Interactive health, wellness and safety displays at the event will include poison prevention, good hand washing, how to call 911, and there will be a bike helmet clinic, the Child Identification Program, fire engines and rescue vehicles, a safety house to teach about safety features in homes, and much more. 
Free bike helmets will be available for the first 500 children.

The Halloween Hoopla is sponsored by the Valley Parish Nurses of Griffin Hospital, The Valley Community Foundation, Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley, and Griffin Faculty Physicians.

For more information about the fair, call 203.732.1337 or 732-7584.

The Griffin Hospital Valley Parish Nurse program was established in 1990 and is now one of the oldest in the country, with nearly 40 participating churches, more than 125 parish nurses, and 350 additional volunteers who support the nurses and who serve on the health cabinets of the individual churches.

Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley works to prevent unintentional childhood injury, the number one cause of death for children in the United States. 
Its members include local police, fire, EMS, schools, LNV Boys & Girls Clubs, TEAM Headstart, Derby Elks, and VSAAC. Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley is a member of Safe Kids Worldwide, a global network of organizations dedicated to preventing unintentional injury. 
Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley was founded in 2004 and is led by the Griffin Hospital Valley Parish Nurses. 
For more information, visit safekids.org.

Griffin Faculty Physicians Primary Care is a multi-specialty medical group affiliated with Griffin Hospital, offering exceptional, personalized care to residents in the Lower Naugatuck Valley and the surrounding communities at our conveniently located offices in Derby, Oxford, Southbury, Seymour and Shelton.


This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.