{"id":21293,"date":"2025-10-31T23:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/21293\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T23:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:52:11","slug":"family-friendly-halloween-events-in-berks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/21293\/","title":{"rendered":"Family friendly Halloween events in Berks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The season of spooky fun came to a close Halloween night with several family-friendly events, offering a safe alternative to traditional trick or treating.<\/p>\n

Masonic Center
\n\"Sarah;Sarah; Beau, Andrew and Lilah Pagotto of Terre Hill, Lancaster County, enjoy a Trunk or Treat event Friday at the Masonic Center in West Reading. (Michelle Lynch \u2013 Reading Eagle)<\/p>\n

Things started early at the Reading Masonic Center, 400 S. Seventh Ave., West Reading, with the organization\u2019s first Trunk or Treat event. Members of the six lodges that meet at the facility and their appendant groups decorated open vehicle trunks and filled them with goodies.<\/p>\n

The idea started with the suggestion of Mason Gary Mullen, said Steve Pagotto, a fellow Mason and an organizer of the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Masons, we try to do as much as we can for the community,\u201d Pagotto said as he handed out hot dogs and hot chocolate to the stream of families stopping by.<\/p>\n

Pagotto\u2019s grandson, Beau, 2, shyly reached into a nearby truck, snagging a small treat before hiding his face against the chest of his father, Andrew.<\/p>\n

The little boy; his sister,\u00a0 Lilah, their father and mother, Sarah, drove from their Terre Hill, Lancaster County home to spend some time with Poppop Steve and Mommom Janet of Spring Township.<\/p>\n

Berks History Center
\n\"TrickTrick or treaters descend the stairs at the Berks History Center\u2019s Trick or Treat event Friday. (Michelle Lynch \u2013 Reading Eagle).<\/p>\n

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At the Berks History Center, 940 Centre Ave., Reading, Muhammad Bowen, 9, and his sister Maiyuri, 8, each took a piece of candy before moving to the next station.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have 15 different areas where the kids can trick or treat,\u201d said Amanda Lynn McCoy, director of the museum and archive dedicated to preserving Berks County\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

McCoy said the areas were selected to give Halloween visitors a taste of the many exhibits.<\/p>\n

The Bowen siblings came to the event with their older sister, Niyla Fuller, 11, and mother, Danielle Fuller of Reading.<\/p>\n

Danielle said she was introduced to the center as a child while on a school field trip.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is so nice to be able to bring my own children here and let them learn about our local history,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\"MuhammadMuhammad Bowen, 9, and his sister Maiyuri, 8, each take a piece of candy at one of 15 stations selected to give Halloween visitors to the Berks History Center a taste of the museum\u2019s exhibits. (Michelle Lynch \u2013 Reading Eagle)
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\n\"AraceliAraceli Alvarado, 11; Kaley Leon, 11; and Daniel Aguilar, 11; take a break after viewing a model of Colonial Reading at the Berks History Center in Reading. (Michelle Lynch \u2013 Reading Eagle)
\nCentre Park<\/p>\n

The Centre Park Historic District held its annual Trick or Treat in the Park event in Reading\u2019s Centre Park. Residents and neighbors of the historic district enjoyed steaming grilled hot dogs and hamburgers as well as soda. Each child was given a bag stuffed with candy and snacks.<\/p>\n

\"AA volunteer hands out goody bags at Centre Park Historic District\u2019s trick or treat event Friday. (Michelle Lynch \u2013 Reading Eagle)<\/p>\n

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