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In a press release, Senior Friendship Centers DeSoto County said the Halloween-themed fundraiser’s goal is to provide essential support for those in need within DeSoto County.

SFC said 66 percent of households in the county struggle to afford basic needs, to which 27,000 of them are seniors.

Proceeds of the vent will go to SFC’s nutrition program in DeSoto to help alleviate hunger.

The featured vendors at the event are:

  • Fenders Auto Repairs, Perez Trucking & Sod Inc.
  • Performance Automotive, Suncoast Credit Union
  • Darrel Suggs Enterprises Inc.
  • Eugene H Turner & Son Inc. 
  • Turner Realty
  • Incorporated
  • Slims’s Deep South BBQ LLC
  • DeSoto Auto Mall
  • Kathy Bivins
  • Dera’s Balloons
  • Do it Best
  • South Beach Prosthetics
  • Smokin BBQ
  • DeSoto Library
  • Peace River Citrus
  • Habitat For Humanity DeSoto
  • Team McSwain
  • Ford DeSoto Auto Mall
  • Amvets Post 60,
  • Boy Scout Troop 60
  • Florida Civil Commitment
  • Candy Lady Barbara, Family Air Inc.
  • Cub Scout Pack 626, Drea’s Balloons
  • SPARCC (I would spell this out)

“Trunk or Treat” will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 31, at the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s parking lot at 1703 East Oak Street in Arcadia. It’ll run from 6 to 9 p.m.