M&M And The City of Newark Celebrated Their Annual Halloween On M&M’s Halloween Street Today
Photo Credits: Last Years Happy Halloween Experience With Kelly Rowland & Silento
City of Newark, NJ Press Release ~ For the City of Newark youth, Halloween is an annual invitation for kids to go door-to-door on a sweet and spooky adventure. In some communities Halloween is not just a moment of celebration but a missed opportunity to have a scary good time, so M&M’s believes in every youth in the Newark, NJ community deserves to have an opportunity to safely celebrate Halloween the way it is intended to be celebrated ~ Safely In A Candy-Filled World! This year Kelly Rowland and singing sensation, Silento did not join in with the social activism, but the celebration of Newark, New Jersey’s 350th anniversary was capped off with M&M’s 75th anniversary using their trademark of colorful personalities asa transformation partnership of lucky neighborhood family-friendly Halloween wonderland.
The event was held today, October 27th at the John F. Kennedy Recreation Center located at 211 West Kinney Street, and children ages 12 and under, accompanied by their parents were welcome to select a free costume and accessorize it with a fun prop and face painting. And if that was not enough, M&M’s partnered with The United Way of Essex County this year again to make the M&M’s Street experience a success by donating $10,000 to the United Way of Essex County to support community-based programs continued throughout the year. Talking about engagement. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka stated, “We are excited and pleased to work with M&M’s again this year to bring Newark families and youth a fun Halloween celebration.” “Our goal is to create a safe and colorful experience for our young people and we look forward to giving them a Halloween to remember.”
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