From Guests ...
"It is so refreshing to hear of
something positive in the community and of someone organizing an event where children will have fun and feel safe.."
"Full marks for arranging an alternative event to Halloween and the unsafe practise of trick-or-treating. Thanks."
"I attended the Light Party® What a delight it was. An alternative to Halloween. I'm writing to express my
gratitude to [the church]."
"..It was one of the best parties I've attended . . ."
"..This year my grandsons did not dress up as scary monsters. Thank you!"
From Hosts 2007
The whole night was a success. It gets better every year. Doubtless Bay Christian Centre
Our live radio broadcast was great. We had music for the kids and funny news updates and competitions which the kids really got into. Once again the branding on our tee-shirts, aprons stickers signs and all printed material was really effective. - Connections Community Centre and Christian Church NZ,
We had a very successful Light Party on Wednesday with 70-80 children involved all having loads of fun. - Eastside Baptist Church
[A success was] The appreciation and delight of all the parents who registered their children to receive free treat bags full of goodies and activities. - Flaxmere Baptist Church
The team really worked well together, biggest numbers so far, lots of thank you's from parents, added few new games & activities, food yummy and great access. - Hastings Baptist Church
[We had a] good crowd - games worked well. - Hillsborough Baptist Church
A very positive atmosphere with lots of parents saying how great it was. - Karori Baptist Church
The food, the activities and the crowd were awesome. - Maungarei Community Christian Trust, Mt Wellington
It was great to see church people getting in and helping. - New Lynn Bible Chapel
This was the first time that our Church had held an event like this so the greatest success was the huge amount of support given to this event from those backing this initiative; the offers of help that were received; the community who showed their support by attending our Light Party and the words of encouragement given by many. It was an event enjoyed by all. - Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
We had quite a big turn out, which was partly due to the article we had in the local newspaper a few days before the event. There was a wide variety of activities for the children to do, which catered for both boys and girls. There was a very happy and positive atmosphere to the evening. A great success all around! - Papatoetoe Baptist Church
We were expecting about 60-80 people and ended up with 392! The community really needed something like this. People could not get over everything being free as this community is a very wealthy area. People felt it was really a community feel and some even thought the church was quite trendy because of some of the entertainment we provided e.g. Go-cart. - Sumner-Redcliffs Angilcan Church
International
10 year old boys enjoying them selves going home thinking it better than Halloween - Junior café, UK.
So many parents wanted an alternative to Halloween and thought that the format and ethos of our party was great. We all had a super time! - St Peter's Church, UK