GAMES, face painting, hauntings, the sale of food and generally a whole lot of fun are among the basics of a ‘Spooktacular Time’ as the United Women for Special Children Club (UWSC) hosts its Pre-Halloween Fair next Saturday at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) at Bourda.

The fun is scheduled to begin at 14:00h and tickets can be had from any UWSC member. Children’s tickets cost $300 apiece, while adult ones cost $500.

Founded in the late 80s by Natalia Heyroid of the then European Economic Commission and a group of Spanish-speaking women, the UWSC, which was registered as a non-profit organisation in September 1993, has as its primary objective to help children with special needs meet their highest potential by assisting with needed resources, namely educational, recreation, life training, or welfare assistance.

Up until November 2000, its two main projects were the training of older students at the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre and assisting the Special Needs School at Diamond, on the East Bank Demerara.

It has since embraced the David Rose School for the Handicapped and the New Amsterdam Special Needs School among such other institutions.
Members of the organisation can reached by telephone @ 226-8688.