Walkin' & Rollin' Twisted Halloween Party! Vol. 3
Our third annual reveal party at the Twisted Halloween store was another success. The amount of people who came out to Independence Center to support these amazing kids and their awesome costumes astonishes me every time. So here are the highlights of our party on Saturday, October 12, 2019.
The highlights of the day were the 12 newest wheelchair costumes revealed to 12 kids, including the reveal of our 100th WHEELCHAIR COSTUME OF ALL TIME!
The highlights of the day were the 12 newest wheelchair costumes revealed to 12 kids, including the reveal of our 100th WHEELCHAIR COSTUME OF ALL TIME!
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The first two costumes we gave away that day went to two sisters who loved Star Wars. 7-year-old Alyzabeth wanted to be Rey in her speeder from The Force Awakens, and her older sister, 9-year-old Madelynn, wanted to be Princess Leia in her Speeder Bike from Return of the Jedi. The two of them will be headed on their Make-A-Wish to Walt Disney World and wanted to take these two costumes to the new Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge so the costumes had to be designed to make it past security and be allowed into the parks with them. Have fun in your galaxy far, far away.
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Leighton was excited to race around Halloween in her very own candy racer from Wreck-It Ralph! Her entire family got into the spirit by dressing up as various characters from the film. This racer will be hard to catch, but open for lots of candy.
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Joseph was so happy to go "To Infinity and Beyond!" The students in the Blue Valley CAPS program created this Buzz Lightyear spaceship that featured buttons that said lines from the movie.
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Zoe is ready for the ball in her new Cinderella Carriage made by the students at Rockhurst High School.
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Raylan was so excited to be Poe Dameron for Halloween. His new X-Wing was built by Sustained Homes and they did a fantastic job. Raylan's dad goes on parades with the 501st troop and now Raylan can join him in his own X-Wing.
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Isaac is a huge Fortnite fan. So when it came to choosing a Halloween costume, he wanted to be DJ Marshmallo! The students from Olathe North West High School built this costume and it featured lights, music and working turn tables.
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Sage had his Morgana Cat Bus costume built by the students at Rockhurst High School. He was so excited to have this costume for Halloween.
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Finley is so excited for the new Frozen movie coming out. She has seen the first movie numerous times. Now she has her own ice throne thanks to the students in the Blue Valley CAPS program. The costume featured lights and music from Frozen.
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Macy loves the Nickelodeon animated series, "The Loud House," and she wanted her own Loud House van to drive around in. Thanks to the FTC Cobalt Colts Robotics Team, she now has her dream van. Have fun at Halloween, Macy! Don't be too loud.
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It would be an understatement to say that John is a huge KC Chiefs fan. When GBA Engineering said they would build him an Arrowhead stadium costume, they weren't kidding. This costume featured a working jumbotron that showed 20 minutes of Patrick Mahomes highlights!
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OUR 100TH WHEELCHAIR COSTUME! Meet Myer and her original character, Spider-Glitter Myer. She told us that this character is pink and silver, flies in a pink chariot and shoots pink webbing. Myer had so much fun with her new costume. She was shooting everyone with her pink webbing.
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It was great to have so many people helping with this year's event. From all the cosplayers, to the 501st members traveling from Omaha, Nebraska. Then we had special guest hosts, Crystle Lampitt and Ricky Bobby. We had Star Wars BB-8 Puppeteer Brian Herring send us autographed photos of BB-8 for the kids getting Star Wars costumes. There was just so much going on during our party at the Twisted Halloween store at Independence Center, that you had to be there in order to see it all. It just makes you know why you have to be there for the 2020 party!!!
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We also had several vendors who helped make the event possible. Planet Comicon was so helpful in getting many of the cosplayers there for meet and greets. Thank you so much. Find out more about Planet Comicon at: www.PlanetComicon.com
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These costumes that we build, as well as the other costumes we are currently building for Halloween this year, are 100% funded by sponsors, and donors just like you. On average, these costumes cost about $250 in supplies, and if we need to ship them to the families, it averages another $100-250 in shipping fees. But the families that receive these costumes never pay for them. They are FREE to each family that requests a walker or wheelchair costume from Walkin’ & Rollin’ Costumes. All the builders we have are volunteers, and we have about 150 volunteers spread out across the United States and we are constantly adding more. We even have groups that have requested to build the costumes together, such as high school classes, 4-H clubs, advertising agencies, engineering companies, and many more. When we receive a costume request from our website, we try and pair them up with a volunteer builder or team in their area. If we don’t have a volunteer in their area, we will contact a volunteer that has the skills we need for a particular costume and then ship the costume to the family.
I would like to thank our many sponsors at the party. In addition to the vendors that were at the party, these additional sponsors support Walkin’ & Rollin’ Costumes.
I would like to thank our many sponsors at the party. In addition to the vendors that were at the party, these additional sponsors support Walkin’ & Rollin’ Costumes.
First, I want to thank Michelle Hoffine with “Twisted Halloween” for hosting the party. What an amazing store and the way that Michelle helped us every step of the way, was truly appreciated. Thank you, Michelle. Her store is full of unique items for any fan of Halloween, whether that’s pieces for your costume, decorations for your house, or just hard to find costumes. I love this store and I highly recommend it to anyone. The “Twisted Halloween” store website is located at: www.twistedhalloweenkc.com
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Thank you to Joe Tindall, the owner of “GrandMark Signs” in Lenexa, KS. Joe has been a tremendous help with our costumes for the past few years, and continues to do so. GrandMark Signs has handled the printing of all of our graphics for the costumes onto vinyl stickers for easy application to the frames and wheel covers. This allows the graphics on our costumes to become vibrant in color and waterproof as well. The speed and quality has always been perfect as well. Thank you so much, Joe, for all that you do for Walkin’ & Rollin’ Costumes. If you need any printing done for your office signage or any other items that GrandMark Signs can help with, please consider using them. Their office is located at:
11080 Strang Line Road Lenexa, KS 66215 and can also be found at www.grandmarksigns.com |
Our goal is a lofty one. We want to build a costume for any child with special needs that requests one. Right now, we receive more requests than we are capable of building. But with more funding, and more volunteers, we can meet that goal and bring a smile to every child with special needs that we can.
Donating is easily done through our website at www.WalkinRollin.org/Donate. You can sponsor a part of a costume, the shipping costs of a costume, or even an entire costume. Any amount helps.
You can also volunteer as a builder or have your company build a costume as a team at www.WalkinRollin.org/Volunteer.
And finally, if you are a school interested in building these costumes as part of the STEM program, learn more about how you can do that at www.WalkinRollin.org/Schools.
Thank you,
Lon Davis
Founder/Creative Designer
Walkin’ & Rollin’ Costumes
Donating is easily done through our website at www.WalkinRollin.org/Donate. You can sponsor a part of a costume, the shipping costs of a costume, or even an entire costume. Any amount helps.
You can also volunteer as a builder or have your company build a costume as a team at www.WalkinRollin.org/Volunteer.
And finally, if you are a school interested in building these costumes as part of the STEM program, learn more about how you can do that at www.WalkinRollin.org/Schools.
Thank you,
Lon Davis
Founder/Creative Designer
Walkin’ & Rollin’ Costumes