Some resident halls and Greek organizations will be inviting children from the Charleston community to come celebrate Halloween on Wednesday.

Lawson Hall, Andrews Hall and Greek Court are opening up to children for different Halloween activities starting at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Greek Court will be having “Ghost and Goblins—Greek Court Trick or Treat” from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. where different Greek chapter members will give out candy to children.

Lauren Brzezinski, the Greek Court panhellenic council president, said children can walk around to the different Greek houses and collect candy with their parents.

“A lot of the fraternity men get into it, and last year, they dressed up in chicken costumes or really silly stuff and sometimes they’ll play haunted-house type music—the creepy, eerie ghost sounds,” Brzezinski said. “It’s really funny to see how much they get into it.”

Brzezinski said handing out candy reminds her of celebrating Halloween at home.

“It’s hard not being home for trick-or-treating because I miss all my little neighbor kids,” Brzezinski said.

Amanda Norvell, the hall council president for Lawson Hall, said they will be offering games and candy in the basement of Lawson Hall from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The different games that will be offered are Halloween-themed Bozo Buckets, kick the can, pin the stem on the pumpkin, pumpkin cut-out decorating and Halloween coloring pages.

“We were talking originally about doing trick-or-treating,” Norvell said.

She said they thought that they would not have enough people to take children around to the different floors for so they thought the games would be better.

“It’s a safe area for kids to play games in and do something fun for Halloween,” Norvell said.

Morgan Busch, the resident director of Andrews Hall, said Andrews Hall will be handing out candy and doing face painting for children from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

She said children could stop by the front desk for candy and then get their face painted.

Busch said the activity allows the residents to work with children, which she said most are interested in.

Brzezinski said opening up Greek Court for Halloween helps build a better connection with the community.

“We like to get involved in the community and have our name out there,” Brzezinski said. “It’s opening Greek Court up to families and introducing them to Greek life in a positive way.”

Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu.