From the event log · 2021

Halloween Trunk or Treat

A drive-thru costume contest with games and candy, run under pandemic protocols at the Elks Lodge.

Date
October 31, 2021
Time
12:00–2:00 PM
Place
Elks Lodge #61, 440 Tiffany Street, Springfield
Format
Drive-thru
Partners
Elks Lodge #61 · Dunn & Phillips · Springfield Police C3 Task Force · Springfield Public Schools

What happened

The best-documented event in the log. We hold the original flyers in both English and Spanish, created between September 22 and October 5, 2021, and a set of photographs taken on the day itself.

It ran drive-thru: families stayed in their cars through the Elks Lodge lot for the costume contest, games and candy. That format is the clearest evidence we have that the organization kept its annual events running through COVID rather than pausing them.

Five partner logos sit along the bottom of the flyer: Elks USA, Dunn & Phillips, Springfield Together, the Springfield Police C3 Task Force and Springfield Public Schools.

The Halloween Trunk or Treat flyer for October 31, 2021, listing a drive-thru costume contest from 12 to 2 PM at the Elks Lodge, 440 Tiffany Street, with the logos of Elks USA, Dunn and Phillips, Springfield Together, the Springfield Police C3 Task Force and Springfield Public Schools.
The English-language flyer. A Spanish version went out alongside it.

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Sources

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  1. Event flyerPublished here in full. No children appear on it.
  2. Photo archive (not published)Fifteen photographs date-stamped October 31, 2021. They stay unpublished because children appear in them and we hold no media releases.