Come to the Hallogreen®.

Go Eek-O to win.

Play eco-crafty.

Get a “green” education.

Shop from real local Eco Vendors.

Win an overflowing Giveaway bag/basket,

and a lot more…

The Hallogreen® is opening this Saturday, October 30th from 8am to 12noon at the Daytona Beach Downtown Farmers Market (located near 105 E Magnolia Ave, 32114).

The Hallogreen® is a fun, healthy, and eco-friendly alternative to traditional Halloween festivities. It is a Green Halloween® event, part of a national nonprofit, grassroots community initiative to create healthier and more Earth-friendly holidays, starting with Halloween (greenhalloween.org). The Hallogreen® is organized by volunteers of Florida EcoNet and Green Halloween®, as a fundraiser for The Fair Share Urban Agriculture Project (wedigfairshare.org).

Play in our Kids’ Zone.

Shop for Eco-products from local vendors.

Treat-or-Treasure for healthy treats.

Make Arts & Crafts.

Enjoy a few Green Workshops.

Dance and play to some fabulous live music.

Enter our Kids or Dog Eek-O Costume contests,

& much more.

Kids of “all” ages can come play in our Kids Zone where we will offer

a Paint a Pumpkin activity (sponsored by the Art Consortium of Volusia County), storytelling and make and paint your own bird-house craft (courtesy WHOLE, a Charlotte Mason technique Dame School instructor),

Face Painting (by Artistry by Jordan),

Sack Races (organized by Boy Scout Troop 270),

Meet RaeRae, the big rend panda of the EnviroPals® PBS TV show,

bounce in the jumpy house, and more.

More kid-friendly eco-crafts and activities will be in place at other vendors booths throughout the event.

Entertainment schedule includes:

8am Keeon Taylor (Steel Drummer)

9am Kids Yoga (Kim Latford) & Melody Long Anglin (harpist & sound script therapist)

10am Eco-Fashion Show (Teens Go Green), and at

10:30am Daytona Beach Belly Dance performance

Eek-O Costume Contests:

Hallogreen® will offer two costume contests, one for dogs and the other for children ages 0 to 17.

Winning categories

The Eek-O Kid—or Dog (This is the all around most green costume)

Most Spook-tacular

Most-bio-boo-gradable (hint, try to make your costume out of compostable materials).

11am Eek-O Dog Costume contest.

11:30am Kids’ Eek-O-Costume contest.

The Giveaway (raffle):

To close our event with a fabulous finish, there will be 17 drawings for Giveaway prizes, worth up to 250+, starting at 12noon. Winners must be present to win. Prizes include organic skincare, plants, healthy (and delicious) food and treats, dog treats, food, and ultimately sustainable products.

Admission:

Admission is free, but there will be opportunities to donate to our local nonprofit beneficiary, Fair Share, throughout the event.

For more information on the Hallogreen® and more Green Halloween® of Daytona Beach events please call Ciana at 386-676-0011, emaildbgreenhalloween@gmail.com, and visit http://greenhalloween.org/daytona

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Larabar and Cascadian Farm for sending us a multitude of yummy snacks.

We’ve got Cascadian Farm cereal sample packs AND granola bars, and the most appetizing assortment of Larabar minis.

I have to admit, I did sample one (Just one!).  I mean how else am I going to tell you how delcious it is, right.  And it was right there calling my name, and the tiny angels on my shoulder gave me a plethora of reasons as to why I should try, just one.

This one in particular is one of the flavors I never knew Larabar makes–Peanut Butter & Jelly. Hey kids like that.  I have kids.  If I liked it, I could buy more for my kids, right….of course, right.

As I popped the little cookie morsel in my mouth, memories of childhood days making no-bake cookies with my sisters filled my thoughts.  The Peanut Butter and Jelly Larabar is an absolutely delicious, tantalizing mixture of their Cherry and Peanut Butter raw food bars.  Sooooo yummy!

This experience totally convinced me to make plans to visit our local grocery store and buy as many of the other new flavors as I can (I mean, come one, I couldn’t honestly tell you how delicious all the treats are if I didn’t do my research. ).

I think today I will start with Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip and Carrot Cake.  And maybe tomorrow Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Chocolate Chip Brownie, and then some Tropical Fruit Tart, and….:-P

Psst! Remember to join Green Halloween of Daytona Beach on FACEBOOK!

Want an alternative to consuming sugar-infested treats?

Want to put a positive spin on Halloween?

Try Treat-or-Treasure for Fair Share.

Go green this Halloween, and show the community you care by Treat-or-Treasuring for Fair Share.

To SIGN-UP contact Laura at (386) 761-9264.

Join our community effort to increase food security, by collecting change for the Fair Share Urban Agriculture Project.

“Fair Share” is an Urban Garden Project of Salt of the Earth, Inc., a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization. The mission of Fair Share is to organize an active community that promotes social, economic and environmental justice, moving people beyond charity towards self-reliance; addressing root causes of poverty and hunger to achieve community food security for urban neighborhoods through sustainable urban agriculture.

Organizations, groups, and individuals WELCOME to participate in this wonderful project.

TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

To SIGN-UP contact Laura at (386) 761-9264.

OTHER WAYS to do your “Fair Share.”

Donate directly to Fair Share at http://wedigfairshare.org/

Volunteer to help promote Treat-or-Treasure

Organize a Treat-or-Treasure Fundraising PARTY. (Call Laura at 761-9264 for more information.)

It’s easy, it’s breezy, and it’s fun to be greeny.

Dear Eco Vendors,

It’s not too late, but time is a ticking away, and applications for the Hallogreen® are due by this coming Friday, the 15th of October.

The Hallogreen® is a fun, healthy, and eco-friendly alternative to traditional Halloween festivities.

It is part of a “national nonprofit, grassroots community initiative to create healthier and more Earth-friendly holidays, starting with Halloween” (greenhalloween.org). The Hallogreen® is organized by volunteers of Florida EcoNet and Green Halloween®, as a fundraiser for The Fair Share Urban Agriculture Project (wedigfairshare.org).

Our gratitude goes out to all of you who have been been an active part of creating a healthier future for our planet and children. The green movement is actively growing here in the Daytona area (as well as World Wide) and it is so inspiring to be part of such a tremendous initiative.

We would also like to send out a warm welcome to some of our newest approved vendors:

Harmonious Life and Health Institute specializes in wellness therapies for the mind and body and is the home of “The Sound Prescription” (Sound Script Therapy with RTOT). Melody Anglin is an accomplished and well respected harpist who will also be gracing us with one of her brilliant performances from 9 to 10am at the Hallogreen.

Creating Beauty (Martha Davis Designs) Native American themed handcrafted jewelry made from sustainable turquoise, magnacite, howlite, and more. She also sells stones, crystals and Goddess breastplates.

Star n Crossbones where customers can watch amazed by the dexterity of Crystal Calhoun as she knits her creations before their eyes. Star n Crossbones will be selling up-cycled creations, as well as handwoven handbags, totes, scarves, soap stacks, handspun yarn from natural fibers, and whatever else the artist chooses to create.

Shroomer’s Pizza from Holly Hill, known for their slightly sweet and positively delicious organic wholewheat crusted pizza, gluten free pizza, and their fresh from the garden (we’re talking like just picked before it’s sliced and put on your pizza–fresh!) specials.

Aquarian Bath, and Delicate Adornment–two companies by Cory Trusty of Holly Hill. Cory is an accomplished herbalist who hand makes all-natural soaps, tooth powder, perfume, lip balm, shampoo bars, salves, neck wraps, and beautiful natural stone jewelry.

Ever Clean Energy, a premier online superstore for clean green living specializing in clean energy solutions and environmentally friendly products. Outfitting homes and businesses with the latest in solar and wind power technology.

And

Craftbugg’s Cottage from Ormond Beach, a crafter’s consignment and classroom outlet. (Craftbugg’s is a great place to offer your eco-crafty classes, and feature your up-cycled masterpieces.)

Wishing the Sugar Sprite passes you by, and the Green Witch visits you soon.