One Saturday afternoon, you get an irresistible desire to visit CCS so you drive over to Norcross and pull into a parking spot. From the parking lot you spot a friendly face beckoning from our office doorway. As you move closer, you realize that the friendly face belongs to a skeletal corpse. You are terrified but you can’t stop your feet from carrying you forward. The skeleton opens the door for you and you step into a room full of fog and shadows. You sense danger lurking in the darkness, as you make your way down the hall. With smoke clouding up your vision, your eyes begin to play tricks. At least, you hope it’s only a trick of fog and light that makes the webs covering the walls appear to be crawling with spiders. You make out something metal and sharp gleaming behind the webs. In a panic, you wonder could it be a knife recently used to murder someone? Is the victim laying beneath one of these tombstones lining your path? Then you see a grotesque face rising up from one of the tombstones. Is it the murderer looking for new prey or his victim returning for vengeance? You don’t want to wait around to find out so you charge around the corner, seeking safety in the light radiating from the end of the hall.
You burst into a room. While it’s brighter than the hall, it’s filled with fog so dense that it swallows you up. A shadowy figure moves through the fog, heading straight toward you. The fog is too thick for you to make out who or what is approaching until it’s right in front of you. Then, you realize that it’s a mullet-haired zombie! You want to run, to scream but you’re frozen in place. You begin to quake with fear, when the zombie smiles ghoulishly and says “Welcome to the party!”
We held our annual DD Halloween Party last Saturday and it was totally awesome! Over fifty guests partied with us. We had dancing and karaoke. There was a table covered in sweet and savory goodies. The DD staff awarded prizes for the adult individuals’ costumes in various categories, including “Best Cartoon Character” and “Most Devilish.” Our adult individuals decorated pumpkins and made creepy hands, spiders and ghosts. The whole afternoon was filled with laughter and lightheartedness. Congratulations to our DD Staff, especially Alison and Marnee, for putting together such a fantastic event!
While it was full of frivolity, the Halloween Party and other events like it accomplish an important goal. They allow our individuals to build social skills through interacting with each other and our staff in a fun environment. Upcoming events include the DD Thanksgiving meal, the TFC Holiday party, and the DD Holiday party. If you are interested in ways to become involved in any of our events, you can email Paula Fine at pfine@ccsgeorgia.org.
Check out more photos from the party on our Facebook page!
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