Trunk or Treat

2024 Trunk or Treat

Our 16th Annual Trunk or Treat was a great success! We had 36 trunk participants and over 1,000 guests attended the event held on Halloween 2024.

We would like to thank ACT NOW, Gerrish Twp. Police and Gerrish Twp. Fire/EMS for hosting the event. A special thanks goes out to the Gerrish Twp. CERT volunteers for keeping traffic flowing and the pedestrians safe.

Thank you to the Roscommon County Prosecutor’s Office for judging the trunks, Roscommon High School National Honor Society members for volunteering during and after the event for clean up. We would like to recognize The Toy Box Storage and St. Elizabeth’s Church for allowing us to use their lots for overflow parking.

Dankert’s Farm Market and Bart’s Fruit Market graciously donated the hay bales, corn stalks and pumpkins, the South Higgins Lake State Park provided a light up road sign and Lil’ Willies provided the porta-potties.

A huge thank you to all of the Trunk or Treat committee members and volunteers for making this community event happen.

Our biggest thank you goes out to the trunk participants who attended and handed out candy. We gave out 15 Random Participation Prizes and the winners of the judged categories were:

Best Decorated – Michelle Cauley who won an Amazon Fire HD Tablet.

Scariest – Jesse & Victoria Watters who won a Ring Battery Doorbell Pro.

Most Creative – Tom & Lisa Worobec who won a 42-inch Smart Fire TV.

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Plans are underway for the 16th Annual Trunk or Treat hosted by Gerrish Township Police/Fire/EMS and ACT-NOW. The event will be held on Halloween, October 31, 2024 from 6:30 – 8:00 pm on the grass field behind the Gerrish Township Municipal Building at 2997 E. Higgins Lake Drive

There will be warming stations (burn barrels), warm cider and donuts and of course in-person trunk or treating for the kids!

If you would like to enter a trunk and participate, please fill out a Vehicle Registration Form (see below) and turn it in as soon as possible to the Gerrish Twp. Police Department or the Gerrish Twp. Main Office.

There will be prizes awarded for Best Decorated Trunk, Scariest Trunk and Most Creative Trunk. There will also be several Random Participation drawings so any trunk participant can win a prize!

For further information, contact Julie at (989) 821-5207 Ext. 291 or email at jhill@gerrishpolice.org.

2023 Trunk or Treat

Our 15th Annual Trunk or Treat was held on a chilly Halloween night and was a big success! We had 36 trunks participate and over 855 people attended. We would like to thank all of the trunkers, our partners ACT NOW and the Gerrish Twp. Fire/EMS Department, Gerrish CERT volunteers, Gerrish Township, Roscommon High School NHS students, Ralph Rowland, Lynn LeFevere, Terri & Pat Mrosz and the 2023 Trunk or Treat committee. We would also like to thank and recognize these businesses/organizations for their donations:

Dankert’s Farm Market (Corn Stalks and Pumpkins)

South Higgins Lake State Park (Hay Bales and Firewood)

Lil’ Willie’s (Porta Potties)

Roscommon Village DPW (Road Barricades)

Toy Box Storage (Overflow Parking)

St. Elizabeth’s Church (Overflow Parking)

Roscommon County Prosecutors Office (Trunk Judges)

A special Thank-You to all of the residents and businesses that made cash and candy donations.

Winners of our 2023 Trunk or Treat Judged Categories:

Scariest – Jesse & Victoria Watters (Prize was a Blackstone Tabletop Griddle)

Most Creative – Tom & Lisa Worobec (Prize was a RTIC 20-Quart Cooler)

Best Decorated – Bill & Cindy Beaudoin (Prize was a 32-Inch Insignia Smart HD/Fire TV)

Check out our photo gallery of this year’s event:

Gerrish Township Police Department, Fire/EMS Department & ACT-NOW will be hosting the 15th Annual Trunk or Treat event on Halloween night. This is a free community event for children and families to safely experience trick or treating in a fun atmosphere. Trunk or Treat will run from 6:30-8:00 pm on 10/31/2023 and vehicle participation registration and set-up starts at 4:30 pm.

The event will take place on the grassy field behind the Gerrish Twp. Municipal Center at 2997 E. Higgins Lake Drive, Roscommon. Warming stations and warm cider and donuts will also be available.

Prizes will be awarded in three judged categories of Best Decorated Trunk, Most Creative Trunk and Scariest Trunk. We will have 10 Random Participation drawings so everyone will have a chance to win a prize!

Candy donations are always welcome and can be dropped off at the Gerrish Township Police Department, Fire Department or Township Hall.

We encourage pre-registration of your vehicle if you plan on participating. Don’t worry if you run short on candy, we will have supplemental candy available that night.

Registration forms are available here on our website, at the Gerrish Twp. Police Department or Gerrish Twp. Main Office. Click on the registration below for a fillable PDF version. Click on the flyer below for more information on Vehicle Participation.

2022 Trunk or Treat

Thank you to all of the participants and volunteers that helped make our “14th” Annual Trunk or Treat a big success! We went back to the traditional face-to-face style event this year and 900-1,000 people attended. We had several new trunk participants and along with our regulars we had a total of 41 trunks entered. The weather was ideal and a fun-filled night was had by all!

Winners of the three judged trunk categories were:

Scariest Trunk – Galen Vernon

Most Creative Trunk – Bill & Cindy Beaudoin

Best Decorated Trunk – Christi Jones

Ten Random Drawing prizes were awarded to the following participants:

Michael Walker, Larry Cherven, Andrew Newkirk, Venessa Hammonds, Carrie McGhee, Erin Kramer, Penny Teichman, W&W Auto Parts, Roscommon Co. Sheriff Department, Jan Wilkerson of Messiah Lutheran Church.

Besides trunk or treating, the families were treated to warm cider, donut holes, burn barrel warming stations, great decorations, Halloween music and of course a few screams and scares!!

Special THANK YOU goes out to the Gerrish CERT Team volunteers Bob Barber, John Ellis, Rick Meeks, Jim Vasko, Jeff Morrell, Larry Williams and Steve Myer for traffic control and safety. Thank you also to Mary Beebe for judging, Toy Box Storage and St. Elizabeth’s Church for the extra parking areas, Bart’s Fruit Market and Dankert’s Farm Market for the donated pumpkins, corn stalks, and hay bales. Thank you also to Markey Twp. FD for lending us some generators for our blow-up decorations and lighting, to the Village of Roscommon for the use of their road barricades and to our cider and donut servers Ralph Rowland, Lynn LeFevere, & Judy and Erin Layton. An extra special thanks goes out to the ACT NOW board members/volunteers, the Gerrish Twp. Fire/EMS personnel and the Gerrish Twp. Police Officers for hosting and working this event.

This is our biggest non-revenue generating community event each year and we thank those individuals and businesses that donated candy to help supplement our trunk participants when they ran low. This truly is a giving and supportive community and we hope that next year we can have a great turnout for trunk participants as we will be celebrating our “15th” Annual Trunk or Treat!

We weren’t able to capture all the trunk photos, but we have included the ones we were able to get along with the winners of the judged categories.

2021 – 13th Annual Trunk or Treat – DRIVE THRU EVENT!!

We had 272 vehicles drive through our 13th Annual Trunk or Treat on Halloween night. They voted on their favorites in three categories: Best Decorated, Scariest and Most Creative. We had 22 trunks that decorated their vehicles and joined in the fun and awarded 10 Random Participation prizes.

THANK YOU to all the residents who donated candy. We handed out over 630 bags of candy to the children.

THANK YOU to all those who participated in setting up and decorating your vehicles…without your support we would not be able to hold a “Trunk” or Treat!

THANK YOU also to all of the volunteers that it took to pull off a large community event like this, your time and efforts are greatly appreciated. We had help from the Gerrish Twp. Police and Fire/EMS Departments, the Gerrish CERT Team, ACT NOW, Roscommon High School NHS students and the Roscommon County Sheriff’s Auxiliary.

2021 PRIZE WINNERS

BEST DECORATED PRIZE…Bill & Cindy Beaudoin won the RTIC 20-quart Cooler.

MOST CREATIVE & SCARIEST…Tina Borchers and family. For the first time in our 13 years of hosting a Trunk or Treat we had a dual winner in two categories! They won the Roku 40-inch Smart TV and a $150 Amazon Gift Card.

RANDOM PARTICIPATION DRAWINGS:

Sharon Beaudoin – $50 Amazon Gift Card
Megan Haertel – $50 Amazon Gift Card
Lianne Chivikas – $50 Amazon Gift Card
Jyll Charbeneau – Ortizan Bluetooth Portable Speaker
Shaun Florida – Nilight Light Bar
Veronica Blodgett – YETI 36-oz. Bottle
Theresa Brooks – YETI 20-oz. Tumbler
Madison Taylor – YETI 36-oz. Bottle
Bill Rude (Roscommon County Sheriff Dept.) – Fire TV Stick
Michelle Gurzynski (Coldwell Banker Schmidt Realtors) – Fire TV Stick

2020 Trunk or Treat will be a DRIVE-THRU Event!

2020 Trunk or Treat Prize Winners

Best Decorated – Cindy Beaudoin (ROKU Smart TV)

Most Creative – Gerrish Twp. Fire Department (RYOBI Cordless Vacuum)

Scariest – Christi Jones (DEWALT Cordless Leaf Blower)

Random Participation Drawings:

Stephanie Marshall, Lianne Chivikas, Eric Muszynski, Noelle Martin, Sharon Beaudoin, Mike Briggs, Jennifer Baragrey, Christi Jones, Seth Patchin, Roscommon County Sheriff Department, Julie Hill, Jim Valentino

2019 TRUNK OR TREAT – Cancelled due to COVID-19

2018 Trunk or Treat

Gerrish Twp. Police and ACT NOW hosted their “10th” Annual Trunk or Treat on Halloween (OCT. 31) from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. at the Gerrish Twp. Municipal Center at 2997 E. Higgins Lake Drive, Roscommon (next to the Gerrish Police Department). 50 trunks participated with 1318 people in costumes visiting (approximately 1500 people attended in total).

Prizes were awarded in the following categories:

Best Decorated Trunk – Pizzacraft PizzaQue Outdoor Pizza Oven – CINDY BEAUDOIN

Most Creative Trunk – Yeti Roadie 20 Cooler – NOELLE MARTIN

Scariest Trunk – Coleman RoadTrip LXE Portable Grill – MIKE BENTLEY

8 Random Participation Drawings:

2 Echo Dots – CORINNE ERTZBISCHOFF & KATHY PARDO

2 Yeti Bottle Ramblers – JODI VALENTINO & LORELAI COOK/BRYAN DAVEY

2 Yeti Rambler Tumblers – TAMMY MUCKENTHALAR & ZONTA OF ROSCOMMON

Fire TV Stick – MARY ANN FIGLEY

Bluetooth Wireless Headset with Case – STEPHANIE MARSHALL

Check out all these great photos of our 2018 Trunk or Treat Event!!