LAMORINDA WEEKLY | Halloween Parade - fun for Orinda's youngest residents


Photos Pippa Fisher

Pictures don't lie. Fulfilling secret fears of school-age children everywhere that their younger siblings are having more fun while they themselves are restricted to school, the youngest members of the community most certainly were having fun Oct. 24 at the Orinda Community Center at the Halloween Parade hosted by the Parks and Recreation Department.

With police officers and members of the fire department handing out candy, the youngest and cutest ghouls, dinosaurs, and witches were among those who turned out to pose for a photo and then took part in a parade around the park, before heading to the craft tables for some Halloween-themed activities.

For one youngster the highlight was meeting his hero, Orinda's new Police Chief David Cook, to whom he presented a banner he had made that read, "Courage is being a police officer."