Students and seniors team up for a ‘spook-tacular’ time

Special to The Advocate

Mystic Valley Elder Services (MVES) and Mystic Valley Regional Charter School (MVRCS) collaborated up for some intergenerational fun again this Halloween season. Students visited older adults and people with disabilities who live at 630 Salem St. in Malden to share some fall activities. Grade 3 students were accompanied by high schoolers.

Both adults and youths were dressed to the hilt in their most creative costumes. Students provided face painting for residents and distributed Halloween-themed activity sheets. The youths were toilet-papered at “mummy stations” and played Bingo games called by the residents. The third-graders went around to tables manned by the residents and trick-or-treated at each one.

The building at 630 Salem St. is part of the Malden Housing Authority and has partnered with MVRCS for over 10 years. Terri Fitzgerald, who is MVES’ Supportive Housing coordinator at the site, noted that residents always look forward to their shared events and have a great time with the students.

MVES is a nonprofit agency that has provided services and resources to older adults, people with disabilities and their caregivers for 50 years. For more about MVES or to partner with the organization, please visit www.mves.org or call 781-324-7705.

MVRCS enrolls students from Malden, Everett, Revere, Saugus and surrounding communities. For more about MVRCS, visit www.mvrcs.com.