Heartsong’s Halloween Festival & Cider Press Celebration

🎃 You’re Invited! 

🗓 Saturday, November 1st
🕐 1:00–4:00 PM
📍 Heartsong Campus - click here to RSVP

Dear Community,

We warmly invite you to join us for a magical afternoon of connection, creativity, and seasonal celebration at our annual Halloween Festival & Cider Press!

This family-friendly event is open to the greater White Salmon community, and includes trick-or-treating, cider making, an ancestor altar, storytelling in the forest, and a shared potluck meal.

Come celebrate with us in a joyful, nature-based, and intentional setting. 🌿🎃

🕯 Ancestor Altar / Día de los Muertos

We’ll be building a community altar to honor loved ones who have passed.
Inspired by Día de los Muertos traditions, this space invites remembrance, reverence, and connection.

Please bring:

• Photos of ancestors or loved ones
• Small offerings like fruit, flowers, candles, or natural symbols
• Meaningful items or handwritten notes

Let’s co-create a beautiful altar together. 🌼

🍬 Trick-or-Treat Gifts (30–35 items per family)

Each participating family is asked to bring a small gift or treat for the children.

Guidelines:
✔ Treats – made with natural ingredients, no artificial colors or preservatives
✔ Trinkets – made of natural materials (no plastic, please!)
🚫 Note: We have children with gluten and dairy allergies — thank you for labeling clearly!

Examples: homemade cookies, small snacks, glass beads, stones, acorns, shells, etc.

🍎 Cider & Fire Cider Station

Join us for fresh apple cider pressing and a communal fire cider making session!

Please bring:

• One container for apple cider
• One jar for fire cider
• 1–2 ingredients: onion, garlic, ginger, horseradish, thyme, lemon
• Bonus: rose hips, turmeric, rosemary, peppers

Provided by Heartsong:

• Apple cider vinegar (4 gallons)
• 25–30 pint-sized jars

Let’s make delicious herbal medicine together!

🧙♀️ Old Woman of the Woods

At 2:30 PM, we’ll gather the children to visit the Wise Old Woman in the Woods — a magical storytime walk through the forest.

Each child brings one trick-or-treat gift to offer her in exchange for a story and a surprise.

After the visit, trick-or-treating continues along the Kinderforest Path, where adults will hand out the remaining gifts.

🥗 Community Potluck

We’ll close the celebration with a shared community meal — either in the Kinder Greenhouse or Garden, depending on the weather.

Please bring:

• A dish to share
• Bowls, plates, cups, and utensils for your family
   

We can't wait to share this festival with you — it's one of our biggest events of the year, and such a joyful way to gather as a community.

If you're planning to join us, please click here to RSVP

With warmth,
The Heartsong Team