LIers can donate Halloween costumes to this cause
Laura Yellen Catlan of Huntington, creator of Treat Kids Right, and Francesco Borgognone of Buttercooky Bakery with donated Halloween costumes. Credit: Laura Yellen Catlan
Another Halloween is in the books, and if you think your child will never wear his or her costume again, consider donating it so a child in need can use it during Halloween 2019.
Treat Kids Right is a grass roots effort to collect gently used costumes started last year by Huntington resident Laura Yellen Catlan. Costumes can be dropped off through Nov. 10 at the Buttercooky Bakery, 495 New York Ave., Huntington. Costumes should be cleaned, and all pieces should be placed in a plastic bag and attached to the costume.
This year, Treat Kids Right donated 92 costumes to the Huntington Tri Community Youth Agency. “We’re very, very grateful,” says Debbie Rimler, agency director. “They really helped make the holiday special for a lot of children who otherwise couldn’t afford costumes.”
For more information, contact Catlan through the Treat Kids Right Facebook page.
Beth Whitehouse writes about families, parenting and great things to do with the kids on Long Island. She’s been a Newsday editor and shared a 1997 Newsday staff Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the crash of TWA Flight 800.
