Aug. 8—North Perry Village Council has been requested to authorize a monetary contribution to a Halloween fundraising occasion sponsored by Asa’s Angels.

The nonprofit group is searching for a donation for its Fall Fest, which is being held from 1 to four p.m., Oct 16.

Fall Fest will happen on the Perry Senior Heart, situated at 2800 Perry Park Street in Perry Township. The occasion is a fancy dress occasion that can embody video games, trick-or-treating and a Chinese language public sale.

Tickets for Fall Fest can be $10 per individual, with kids ages 2 and youthful admitted free. All proceeds will profit Asa’s Angels outreach packages.

Asa’s Angels helps folks in want in Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties via seasonal packages in addition to numerous year-round initiatives.

The group, which has its administrative workplace in Perry Township, conducts seasonal drives to offer eligible kids with Easter baskets and Christmas items. Asa’s Angels additionally joins forces every summer time with Salvation Military Painesville Corps to assist that entity in finishing up its back-to-school provide drive.

Apart from its packages linked to particular holidays or rituals, Asa’s Angels additionally gives common help at any time for folks in hardship conditions — equivalent to a household dropping its residence to a fireplace or an individual transitioning from being homeless to securing an condominium.

Connie Buchanan, outreach director for Asa’s Angel’s, addressed North Perry Village Council at its Aug. four assembly.

She requested council if the neighborhood’s authorities might donate $200 to $300 to purchase sweet for youngsters who attend the Fall Fest. She mentioned her group will make comparable appeals to Perry Village Council and Perry Township trustees.

“We’re on the lookout for partnerships with all the entities in Perry to sponsor sweet stations on the occasion,” she mentioned. “A number of companies have provided to do it as nicely. And every station can be posted with the sponsors’ names, so everybody is aware of.”

Village Council agreed to provide additional consideration to Buchanan’s request throughout an Aug. 18 workshop and particular assembly. Placing that merchandise on council’s Aug. 18 agenda additionally was supposed to provide village Solicitor James O’Leary extra time to arrange a proper decision for a monetary donation.

Council President Brian Titus, who served as performing mayor through the Aug. four assembly, reminded his colleagues that Asa’s Angels assisted North Perry Village through the neighborhood’s 2022 Easter Egg Hunt at Townline Park.