‘Just the response was beautiful,’ volunteer Randy Beard says. ‘It made me feel good that the community came together like that.’

The Trinity Jubilee Center is set to hand out king-size candy bars in an effort to bring more Halloween spirit to the Tree Streets neighborhood. Community Concepts and Promise Early Education Center are joining to create a trick-or-treating trio.

The Auburn resident serves at the Lewiston YWCA food pantry and Catholic Charities Maine.

Ivy Peckham, 9, caught pigs at scrambles the past few years and raised them at a farm in Hebron.

The 67-year-old volunteer, who uses a wheelchair most of the time, is the official greeter and much more.