LIMA, OH (WLIO) - The two largest trunk or treat events in the Lima area combined for the first time this year.
Businesses, nonprofits, and other groups covered both the parking lot and grounds of Safety City, handing out all sorts of candy, swag, and information about their organizations.
5,000 people came out for the Lima Police Department and Noon Optimist Club's joint Trunk and Treat on Saturday. Businesses, nonprofits, and other groups covered both the parking lot and grounds of Safety City, handing out all sorts of candy, swag, and information about their organizations. The Lima Police Department had been hosting their Trunk or Treat at Lima Senior, but this year something had to change when both events were accidentally scheduled for the same day.
"The chief and the Optimists talked, and they decided they were going to combine this and make it one big one. I think this is going to be the big one in Lima. It's amazing, all the people that have come out. We have filled the parking lot with a ton of different businesses; the inside is filled with tons of businesses. So, I don't know that there's any candy left in Lima," explained Eric Mericle, the D.A.R.E. and Safety City officer for the LPD.
"I think this is going to be the big one in Lima. It's amazing, all the people that have come out."
"It's fantastic. We were always trying to find more participants to pass out candy, and the police department had theirs well-established, and so did we. We have between 75 and 80 participants this year, which is fantastic," added Bob Laman, the chairman of the event for the Lima Noon Optimist Club.
Another new partner this year was the Lima/Allen County RTA, who offered free trolley rides to save trick-or-treaters a quarter-mile walk from their parking spots to Safety City.
