Hamilton College students will host the 12th annual Trust Treat -- a Halloween celebration for more than 200 Utica-area children, on the Hamilton College campus to provide a safe and fun evening of trick-or-treat on Halloween night, Oct. 31. The Utica children, with Hamilton student guides, will trick-or-treat on campus in the residence halls where costumed Hamilton students hand out candy and provide some fun tricks for the children. Some private societies and residence halls also will sponsor haunted houses during the evening.
Trust Treat was established by the Newman Council and the Class of 1992 in memory of Eric Trust, a classmate who died unexpectedly on Halloween Day during his first year at Hamilton in 1988.
"Trust Treat gives the whole Hamilton community a chance to provide a safe and happy environment for children to enjoy Halloween," said sophomore Charles Francis, a member of the Newman Council, which organizes Trust Treat. Funding comes from the Student Assembly, the 1992 Senior Gift, and the Syracuse Diocese of the Catholic Church. The Office of the Dean of Students sponsors dinner for student tour guides before the trick-or-treating.
