JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 JaxParks will host its annual Treats at the Plaza Halloween event this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Riverfront Plaza, located at 2 W. Independent Dr. in downtown Jacksonville.<\/p>\n
The large-scale, trunk-or-treat style community gathering will feature free street parking for attendees, JaxParks said.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n The event features more than 40 candy and treat tents hosted by local businesses and non-profit organizations. Scheduled entertainment includes costume contests, an \u201cEvil Laugh\u201d competition, and a performance by the Jacksonville Symphony.<\/p>\n Attendees can access several free activities, including mini pumpkin painting, face painting, story time, candy apples, and photo opportunities. Food truck options will also be on-site throughout the afternoon.<\/p>\n Costume contests will take place in sequential order across multiple age divisions, including ages 0 to 2, 3 to 4, 5 to 6, 7 to 9, 10 to 12, and best group.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n JaxParks is seeking individual and group volunteers for two shift times: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Groups registering to assist must indicate the number of participants attending.<\/p>\n Volunteer duties include candy distribution, check-in booth operation, pumpkin painting station assistance, costume contest coordination and event setup and breakdown. Youth volunteers are permitted to assist but are required to have at least one adult on-site with them throughout the event.<\/p>\n Treats at the Plaza runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday at Riverfront Plaza. Volunteer applications are being accepted online prior to the event. Click here to apply to be a volunteer<\/a>.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 JaxParks will host its annual Treats at the Plaza Halloween event this Saturday from 11…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[344,347,28,348,503,116,351,118,117,14879,349,16629,350,172400,346,345],"class_list":["post-442004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news-jax","tag-cbs47","tag-florida","tag-fox30","tag-halloween","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jaxparks","tag-northeast-florida","tag-riverfront-plaza","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-treats-at-the-plaza","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}