Costumes and candy are what it’s all about for Halloween and these events on Thursday didn’t disappoint throughout Los Angeles County.
Children in the pediatrics unit at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles didn’t miss out on this year’s Halloween thanks to a Spooky on the Block parade as costumed doctors, nurses and staff went from room-to-room and handed out trick-or-treat surprises to their young patients.
A city-hosted Halloween carnival on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, draws scores of families and kids in costumes to Silverado Park in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
The medical center on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood is a designated children’s hospital and the staff plans other holiday celebrations throughout the year to help make happy memories for the young patients and their families.
And in Long Beach the Neighborhood Halloween Carnival was held at Silverado Park, a free event where families had plenty of activities to chose from.
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center patient Eliana Gonzalez Bautista, 7 weeks, and her parents Oswaldo Gonzalez and Daniela Bautista wait for a parade of costumed staff to hand out treats on Halloween in the pediatrics unit on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A city-hosted Halloween carnival on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, draws scores of families and kids in costumes to Silverado Park in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
A city-hosted Halloween carnival on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, draws scores of families and kids in costumes to Silverado Park in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Julian San Aug.ine, 2, works on filling his pumpkin with candy at a city-hosted Halloween carnival on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, at Silverado Park in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
A city-hosted Halloween carnival on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, draws scores of families and kids in costumes to Silverado Park in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Carson Alvarez, 9, rides his dinosaur into the sunset at a city-hosted Halloween carnival on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, at Silverado Park in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
A city-hosted Halloween carnival on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, draws scores of families and kids in costumes to Silverado Park in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
A city-hosted Halloween carnival on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, draws scores of families and kids in costumes to Silverado Park in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center patient Alanny Reyes, 2, of Hawthorne, and her father Oscar, receive treats from a parade of costumed staff on Halloween in the pediatrics unit on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center patients Aaron Padilla, 6, of Van Nuys, and Joanna John, 8, of La Puente, wait for a parade of costumed staff to hand out treats on Halloween in the pediatrics unit on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center patient Dalilah Coleman, 5, of Bakersfield, and her mother Ileana Krause wait for a parade of costumed staff to hand out treats on Halloween in the pediatrics unit on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center patient Eliana Gonzalez Bautista, 7 weeks, and her parents Oswaldo Gonzalez and Daniela Bautista wait for a parade of costumed staff to hand out treats on Halloween in the pediatrics unit on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
The fun included creating straw bats and Halloween masks, coloring pages and getting glitter “tattoos” at arts and crafts stations. Carnival games, including a “haunted hoop” game and ring-tossing helped to burn off some of the Halloween excitement energy. But not the fun.
The city of Long Beach’s Neighbor-to-Neighbor Program also included a “glow party” costume contest, cookie decorating and a “cake walk” contest.
Information about the Neighbor-to-Neighbor Program in Long Beach is at tinyurl.com/3pwcwwwv