Pediatric patients trick-or-treat in hospital

A patient named Evan collects treats from costumed Upstate employees. Photo by Kathleen Paice.

Costumed characters from the Marketing department include Amber Smith, Rebecca Janowski, Stephanie DeJoseph and Jennifer Congel. Photo by Kathleen Paice.
Pediatric patients who are able to leave their rooms donned costumes and walked through the hallways or were pulled in wagons by moms or dads, trick-or-treating at various stops along the way. Nurses and staff collected treat bags for the children who couldn't leave their rooms. A photographer snapped portraits of the costumed children for keepsakes.
I saw Pippi Longstocking (who braided her pig tails around wire,) Thing 1 and Thing 2, a man riding an ostrich, a peacock, a friendly witch, a hippie, a human woopie cushion and Lady liberty -- and that was just the staff.
Among the children, I was visited by Batman, a couple of princesses, a mermaid, Lightning McQueen, a ninja and an adorable Superman/Wonder Woman set of twins. Some were able to choose their own treats from my basket and looked in amazement at my lion costume. All seemed to enjoy the break that trick-or-treating provided. Almost as much as I did.
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Therese Straigis from the Upstate Health Sciences Library handed out books to the trick-or-treaters. Photo by Kathleen Paice.