A Hope man invited the whole street to his Pumpkin Spectacular
Mike Castelli, 25, hand-delivered invitations to his Halloween display. Neighbors turned out, met for the first time, and donated to his Special Olympics team.
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Mike Castelli, 25, hand-delivered invitations to a Halloween display he calls the Pumpkin Spectacular, in the Hope village of Scituate. Nearly everyone on the street came. Neighbors who had not met before stood in the same yard, and people donated to his Special Olympics team.
The display was his. The gathering was the street deciding to walk over.
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Mike Castelli is 25 and lives in Hope, a village in Scituate, Rhode Island. He built a Halloween display he calls the Pumpkin Spectacular and walked invitations to neighbors on his street. Nearly everyone came. Some of the neighbors were meeting each other for the first time. People brought snacks, looked at the pumpkins and inflatables, and gave donations for Mike's Special Olympics team. The party was his idea, and the street showed up.
- Why might someone hand-deliver an invitation instead of only posting it online?
- What can happen when neighbors meet for the first time?
- What is one way your class could welcome someone new?
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