Dozens of local companies and organizations will hold trunk-or-treat events in Fort Wayne this week. 

Among those currently scheduled are:

Thursday, Oct. 24

  • 4:30 p.m. — The Village, 6701 S. Anthony Blvd.
  • 5 p.m. — Allen County Family Resource Center, 950 E. Fairfax Ave.
  • 5 p.m. — Possibilities Northeast, 2825 Hillegas Road (sensory inclusive).
  • 6 p.m. —Byron Health Center, 1661 Beacon St.

Friday, Oct. 25

  • 5 p.m. — Parkview Family YMCA, 10001 Dawsons Creek Blvd.
  • 5 p.m. — Village at Pine Valley Assisted Living, 9802 Coldwater Road.
  • 5:30 p.m. — Ruoff Mortgage, 1110 E. Dupont Road.
  • 6 p.m. — Ivy Tech Community College, 3800 N. Anthony Blvd.

Saturday, Oct. 26

  • 11 a.m. — Cornerstone Daycare, 1400 W. Washington Center Road.
  • Noon — Werks Power Sports, 5430 Distribution Drive.
  • 12:30 p.m. — SportONE/Parkview Icehouse, 3869 Ice Way.
  • 3 p.m. — Masters Heating & Cooling, 3512 Cavalier Drive.
  • 5 p.m. — Basche’s Martial Arts, 6041 N. Clinton St.
  • 5:30 p.m. — Evans Toyota, 515 Coliseum Blvd. W.

Sunday, Oct. 27

  • 4 p.m. — Precision Cuts, 7504 S. Anthony Blvd.

Monday, Oct. 28

  • 5 p.m. — Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 Coliseum Blvd. W.

Tuesday, Oct. 29

  • 4 p.m. — Glenbrook Dodge, 100 Coliseum Blvd. W.
  • 4:30 p.m. — The DeHayes Group, 11130 Coldwater Road.
  • 5 p.m. — Summit City Nursing and Rehabilitation, 2940 N. Clinton St.
  • 5 p.m. — Avenues Recovery Center, 2626 Fairfield Ave.
  • 6 p.m. — Silver Birch Assisted Living Community, 3731 W. Cook Road.

Wednesday, Oct. 30

  • 5 p.m. — Canterbury Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2827 Northgate Blvd.
  • 5 p.m. — Deadeye Dicks Axe Throwing & Bullseye Bar, 4526 Parnell Ave.
  • 5:30 p.m. — Coventry Meadows Assisted Living, 7843 W. Jefferson Blvd.
  • 6 p.m. — Uptown Realty Group Brokerage, 4646 W. Jefferson Blvd.

Thursday, Oct. 31

  • 3 p.m. — Kapocius Family Insurance, 5830 E. State Blvd. (featuring Lightning McQueen).
  • 5 p.m. — Fort Wayne Toyota, 5900 Illinois Road.
  • 5:30 p.m. — Covington Memorial Funeral Home & Cemetery, 8408 Covington Road.

Embassy Theatre gets into Halloween spirit

Greg and Dana Newkirk of Travel Channel’s Kindred Spirits and Amazon Prime’s Hellier are two of the world’s only full-time paranormal investigators. 

On Saturday, Oct. 26, at Embassy Theatre, they will give a presentation on the history, folklore, and true-life accounts of encounters with objects that seem to possess a life of their own during Haunted Objects Live!

Learn the untold truth about famous cursed objects like the Crying Boy Painting, discover why the Dybbuk Box is scarier than the demon it’s rumored to imprison, and tag along as Greg and Dana reveal how they broke the curse of the Catskills Crone. 

Tickets are available at fwembassytheatre.org or by stopping by the Embassy box office.

Library reaches goal for Parton literacy project

The Allen County Public Library recently announced they had reached their $100,000 fundraising goal for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

The program is “dedicated to fostering early childhood literacy by providing free, age-appropriate books to children from birth to age 5.” 

With the funding, the library has checked off one the goals it set in its 2024-28 Strategic Plan.

“With these funds, the library will be able to launch the Imagination Library program in the coming months, ensuring that children will begin receiving books in their homes even sooner than we’d hoped,” said Susan P. Baier, the library’s executive director.

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