Haunted House Collects 777 Items for Food Pantry

The Bowie front yard turned into a haunted house for Halloween brought in nearly 800 food donations for the Bowie Food Pantry, organizers told Bowie Patch.

Tim Jumbelick built the haunted house in his yard at 5016 Patuxent Riding Lane with the help of Mark Torsani and Gary Fisher, who operated the haunted house at the Bowie Baysox for years.

Jumbelick’s spooky spot was open two Fridays and Saturdays, the last two weekends in October. Admission cost was canned food, which was given to the local food pantry.

Jumbelick updated Patch that “196 victims enjoyed the show on Halloween night putting us in the 500 people range for the fur nights we were open, not too shabby. We also collected 777 items of food to be donated to the needy, that’s not too shabby either in my opinion. All in all I am thrilled and I can’t wait for next year.”

Residents from around Prince George’s County came to the haunted house, for which he was grateful.

“It’s a great feeling having people give me food for the privilege of scaring the crap out of them and then passing it on to families that need a boost,” Tim says. “So far we have been all thumbs up from our neighbors with nothing but positive feedback.”

»Photos courtesy of Tim and Jenny Jumbelick