Halloween fun at Dell Children's with ‘Reverse Trick-or-Treating’

This Halloween might look a little different, but that doesn't mean pediatric patients at Dell Children's Medical Center can't have fun. On Friday, Child Life Specialists, nurses and associates at Dell Children's dressed in costumes and surprised children and their families with a “reverse trick-or-treat” by delivering Halloween packages individually to patients’ rooms. Each package contained costumes, activity books, crayons and treat bags.

The fun would not have been possible without the generosity of Spirit of Children. Spirit of Children donated the one-of-a-kind care packages to Dell Children's. Spirit of Children, is a program which focuses on making hospitals less scary for kids and their families. Since its creation in 2006, Spirit of Children has raised more than $65 million for the Child Life department at hospitals across the United States and Canada.