Texas Children’s employees hosted a spooktacular week of Halloween parties to ensure patients and their families reveled in the holiday spirit.
From fun games and prizes to super hero costumes, last week’s celebrations brought smiles to the faces of patients, some of whom were on campus for outpatient visits and others who had to stay at the hospital during the candy crunching holiday.
To ensure all children got a taste of Halloween, Texas Children’s employees donned their Halloween attire and handed out goodies during the three-hour party on The Auxiliary Bridge organized by the Patient Activity Team.
Many of the festive children’s costumes were generously donated to Texas Children’s and distributed to patients at West Tower, Abercrombie and the Clinical Care Units so they could join in on the fun.
For the second year in a row, the Development Department handed out Halloween cards and puppet fingers during the Bridge event. More than 25,000 Halloween cards were received including submissions from Australia and Norway. The cards were also distributed to patients at our health centers and The Center for Women and Children.
But, the Halloween celebration didn’t stop there.
Window washers dressed as Super Heroes scaled the outside of Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus while waving to children and families who waited excitedly to catch a glimpse of Batman, Superman, Spiderman and Captain America.
Several patients, families and area residents also stopped by West Campus to enjoy the hospital’s annual Fall Festival where employees dressed in elaborate costumes, handed out candy and entertained the patients with comical dances and songs. Both events were organized by West Campus’ Child Life Department.
And, earlier in the week, Houston Texans’ players Charles James II and Brian Peters, Houston Texans cheerleaders and TORO, who dressed as Superman, posed with patients for silly photos in the photo booth, played games, drew pictures and signed autographs at the Child Life Zone
Below are photos of Halloween events at West Campus and The Zone with the Houston Texans.
