Have a Very Happy Halloween

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There are several Halloween happenings at the County Friday: a costume contest, menu specials at the COC and CAC cafeterias, and a Hollywood-inspired party at the COC. Here are the details for having a howling good time.

Costume Contest

Rules and tips for entering the costume contest as an individual or group:

  • Send one photo of yourself in costume to communications@sdcounty.ca.gov by 4 p.m., Oct. 30. Do not send multiple photos. Submitting just one photo promotes contest fairness.

  • Include your full name, title, department and who (or what) you are dressed as in the body of the email. Please type the information in rather than use your signature block.

  • One entry per employee. This means you can only enter the contest once. You can enter as an individual or as a group—but not both.

  • If you enter as an individual, be the only person in the photo—we want to make sure we know who you are.

  • If you enter as a group, have just one person submit the photo.

Come back to InSite on Monday to vote for your favorite among the five costume finalists selected by the Halloween party planning committee and to see highlights from the Hollyweird Halloween party at the COC.

Hollyweird Halloween Party

Join the spirited celebration at the COC from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This is not your average Halloween gathering. It is a Hollywood-themed bash with one wickedly weird twist—it’s a Hollyweird Halloween party. It’s where werewolves and vampires brush elbows with icons like Marilyn Monroe, modern day pirates like Johnny Depp, fictional favorites like Hans Solo and classic cartoon characters like Betty Boop.

Activities include:

  • Walk the red carpet and snap a scary selfie—a “Scarefie.”

  • Hunt for County stars along the “Hollywood Walk of Fame.”

  • Attend an open “casting call” for scream queens. Let out a bloodcurdling shriek at the Scream-O-Rama contest.

  • Cheer on the Lip Sync-Off performers. Talented teams will bewitch us with their style, lip sync ability and dramatic performance! The tournament-style event starts at 12:15 p.m. The top team will win the Best Performance Oscare.

  • Have guts? Try your hand at Mystery Boxes. Participants will place their hand into a dark box filled with props to guess which one is braiiiiiins, eyeballs, ears, bones and other creepy crawlies.

  • Shake your hips like Elvis, Shakira or Taylor Swift. In Shake It Off, contestants will attempt to remove ping pong balls from a box attached to their waists without the use of their hands.

  • Employees will be asked Halloween trivia in Trick or Treat and rewarded with a sweet for a correct answer or tasked with a devilish challenge for the wrong.

  • Try your arm at Pumpkin Bowling. For each strike, bowlers earn a raffle ticket in an opportunity drawing for Halloween movies. (Bowlers can earn up to five raffle tickets.)