Wednesday's Child and Caufield's help foster children pick out Halloween costumes
Caufield's, with the help of Wednesday's Child, hosted a group of foster children to ensure they had costumes and all the needed accessories for a great Halloween night.
Finding the perfect Halloween costume takes time, patience, and sometimes a little creativity.
Christopher, also known as "King Christopher," came to Caufield's determined to find the perfect costume.
"I love historical figures, and I love history, and I saw this and I thought let me give it a shot," Christopher said.
Tracy Caufield Johnson expressed her enthusiasm for helping children bring their costume ideas to life.
"We love helping people put stuff together to help whatever they want to be come to life," she said.
Christopher was among several foster children who shopped the aisles at Caufield's, supported by an anonymous donor and Wednesday's Child, to find a Halloween costume.
"We've been partnering with Wednesday's Child for a few years now, and it's just a fantastic thing to see the kids' faces and be able to give them free reign of the store and pick out whatever they want," Johnson said.
Each child selected a costume and all the accessories needed to truly make their vision come to life. Crystal Wilder from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shared her joy in seeing the children happy.
"I love coming here with a smile on their face, and not tears in their eyes and them being in control of making decisions, even if it's so simply to pick a costume," Wilder said.
The costumes ranged from regal to cute to scary, with each child taking their time to find the costume that was just right.
Wilder emphasized the community effort involved in the event.
"To come here and say hey, this is all about you, and through the generosity of Caufield's and Wednesday's Child, our staff that are here, the foster parents that are here, so it really is that community effort," she said.
This community effort led to smiling faces and excitement to trick-or-treat in their hand-selected costumes. As for Christopher, he walked out of Caufield's ready to rule over Halloween night.
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