STHS Children’s To Provide Local Children & Families An Eerie-Sistibly Safe Halloween Experience At Its Upcoming Children’s Fall Festival

STHS Children’s invites the Rio Grande Valley community to celebrate All Hallows’ Eve early at the facility’s popular Children’s Fall Festival, a free trick-or-treating event featuring carnival rides, games, food and more

One of the most spooktacular holidays of the year among children, Halloween is a creepingly creative and fab-boo-lously fun holiday that encourages imagination, self-expression and social interaction through activities like trick-or-treating and dressing up as beloved characters.

To give Rio Grande Valley children and their families an extra chance to celebrate Halloween, South Texas Health System Children’s will host its popular Children’s Fall Festival on Friday, October 24, exactly one week before All Hallows’ Eve.

Since 2007, STHS Children’s has hosted the can’t-miss event of the spooky season to celebrate the magic and mystery of Halloween in a festive-yet-safe environment while promoting the importance of community connectedness.

Over the years, the Children’s Fall Festival has grown in popularity and size with the addition of carnival rides and interactive games, an illuminated spooky forest, a food court area and 50 eerie-sistibly decorated booth spaces providing tricks and treats for attendees.

“Featuring the participation of STHS facilities and departments, government and community organizations and local businesses, all interacting with kids of all ages in their creatively decorated booth spaces, this year’s Children’s Fall Festival has become the go-to event of the Halloween Season. Providing a creative and educational outlet for children and their families, the event serves as a marvelous example of how we can come together as a community to celebrate the beloved holiday and foster social connection while bringing smiles to children’s faces in a safe environment,” says Tom Castañeda, System Director of Marketing & Public Relations, South Texas Health System. “More than 6,000 people attended last year’s Children’s Fall festival, making it one of the biggest Halloween events in the region. Based on the excitement surrounding this year’s event, we’re expecting another successful celebration!”

Taking place in the main parking lot of STHS Children’s, this year’s Children’s Fall Festival will be held on Friday, October 24, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Everyone in the community is invited to attend the pre-Halloween event, which is free to the public. The first 500 children who arrive and register at the festival’s main entrance will receive a free box of popcorn and a collector’s STHS Children’s t-shirt.

For complete details, visit the STHS Children’s Facebook Events page. To participate in this year’s event or volunteer to help, contact the STHS Marketing Department at 956-388-2020 or STHSMarketing@uhsinc.com.

About South Texas Health System
South Texas Health System is a multi-facility healthcare system serving patients throughout the Rio Grande Valley. The system includes four acute care facility campuses with specialties in pediatrics, heart and vascular services, maternity and women’s health and trauma services. Inpatient and outpatient treatment for behavioral health needs and addictive disorders is also provided through the system’s South Texas Health System Behavioral facility. South Texas Health System is affiliated with the South Texas Clinical Partners ACO, Prominence Health Plan, and Cornerstone Regional Hospital. The system operates an advanced Level I Trauma Center at South Texas Health System McAllen, the first freestanding children’s facility and pediatric ER at South Texas Health System Children’s, the region’s only freestanding heart hospital and specialized cardiac ER at South Texas Health System Heart, and seven freestanding emergency rooms located in and around Weslaco, Mission, Edinburg, McAllen, Pharr and Alamo. For more information about the system and its comprehensive services, please visit www.southtexashealthsystem.com.