A Litchfield small business owner is sending Halloween spirit by the boxload to flood victims.
LITCHFIELD, Conn. — A Litchfield small business owner is sending Halloween spirit by the boxload to flood victims in North Carolina.
Jennifer Bastiaanse, who works for her family-run business Valley Restoration, has always been the biggest fan of Halloween. After she saw the devastating effects from Hurricane Helene drowning parts of North Carolina, she began a grassroots effort to gather Halloween goods and basic supplies to help kids in the flood zone.
“I live it 365 days a year,” laughed Bastiaanse from her fully decked out Halloween-themed yard in Litchfield.
She said, “people have been dropping things off at my house or I’ve been getting an insane amount of Amazon Wish List gifts sent to the house and it’s been incredible.”
Bastiaanse was touched by the flood victims’ plight when she found out a longtime friend and his family had …