Right: The Parent Teacher Organizations from Pleasant Valley Elementary and Pleasant Valley Intermediate Schools co-hosted Trunk or Treat on Saturday afternoon in PVI’s bus lot. Families could vote for their favorite trunk. The top two trunks will receive $25 gift cards. There were Halloween tunes playing from a speaker, coloring sheets and games on the sidewalk, and foam pumpkins to decorate. STACI L. GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS

From left to right, Vincent, Alessandro, Santiago and Meritxell Zimbardo did an under the sea theme. Kids could knock down cardboard fins before getting a treat. About 600 kids in costumes, ranging from pirates to princesses and from super heroes to cartoon characters, collected treats from 30 trunks decorated by families, local businesses and organizations.

Above: Erin O’Farrell, a third grade teacher at PVI, poses with Sponge Bob, which is her younger brother Kevin Blomberg, a sixth-grade student at PVMS.

Nancy Wright, from the Polk Township Parks and Recreation Commission, asked the kids to say “Chick or Treat” before receiving their candy. She did a farm theme and had a couple chickens next to her.