Haunted Hillando Halloween Maze ‘scares up’ big donation for SYFS  

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Haunted Hillando Halloween Maze ‘scares up’ big donation for SYFS  
(l to r) Meg McArdle, Sean McNamara, Christine Mowry, SYFS Executive Director, Tom Kennedy, SYFS Board of Directors, and Gavin and Fiona
Photo/Melanie Petrucci

By Melanie Petrucci, Senior Community Reporter

Shrewsbury – The McNamara family recently presented a check to Shrewsbury Youth and Family Services (SYFS) in the amount of $2,230 after raising the funds from their “Haunted Hillando Halloween Maze”. The initial goal was $1,400.

This was the second year that family opened up their Halloween maze to the community. The family did not charge an entrance fee last year, but because so many visitors asked if they could make a donation towards the cost, they decided to ask for voluntary donations this year that would then be given to SYFS.

“We are just really glad that the community who came to the maze was so generous,” Sean McNamara said.

He estimated that well over 1,000 visited the maze this year.

“The McNamara family will likely never know how important, how life saving and how life changing their support will be to so many individuals and families. The donations they collected from our generous community will help us continue to provide services that will improve the lives of all those we serve. We are so very grateful,” said SYFS Executive Director, Christine Mowry.

“Through their creativity and hard work, the McNamarass have enriched the Halloween holiday experience for so many people in town. At SYFS we are extremely grateful the family selected SYFS to be the recipient of the donations received from those that went through the Haunted Halloween Maze…This generous gift allows us to further deliver our programming and services to the residents of Shrewsbury,” added SYFS Board Chair Thomas Kennedy.

For more information about SYFS, visit www.syfs-ma.org. Find Haunted Hillando on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/2199521916997980/?ref=group_header.

 

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