COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Trick-or-treat or trunk-or-treat? With Halloween on the horizon, local families are having to make a choice between sticking to tradition or trying something new.

Organizers of several Columbus trunk-or-treat events spoke about why having the option is important.

“We feel particularly in this neighborhood, it’s really important that every family that maybe can’t afford Halloween… [that] this is a place that they can come and it can be safe and fun,” Lisa Herring, founder of the East Carver Heights Community Development Corporation said.

Herring’s organization has partnered with the Boxwood Recreation Center and other local groups to bring a trunk-or-treat event to the Boxwood Community Center on Oct. 30.

The one-hour event will start at 5 p.m. and is open to anyo

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