MedStar Seeking Special Kids for Trick or Treat Event

Know a child who would like to go out on Halloween for Trick or Treat, but needs medical support to be able to do so?

For the 9th year, MedStar is offering to take one or two children out for Halloween in a very special Fort Worth neighborhood. This program is designed for kids who might not normally be able to go trick or treating due to medical restrictions.

The child will be picked up at home, brought to a specially selected neighborhood in a fully decorated MedStar ambulance. The child and their family will be escorted through a specially selected neighborhood on one of our stretchers, with full medical support, until their goody bag is full!

To nominate a child for this event, contact Matt Zavadsky at [email protected] or by phone at 817-991-4487.

Nomination deadline is Monday, October 18th

Participation Guidelines:

-Date of event will be October 29th, between 6p and 9p

-Child and parents should live, or be temporarily residing in the MedStar service area

Children in a hospital, or other medical facility are eligible, and we will coordinate with the facility to determine feasibility.

-Child should be between 5 and 15 years old

-Child and parents should be willing to share their experience with media partners and sign a media release

-MedStar shall make the final determination of clinical appropriateness for participation

About MedStar:

Responding to over 180,000 calls each year, MedStar Mobile Healthcare is the governmental administrative agency providing exclusive emergency and non-emergency ambulance services to over 1 million residents throughout Fort Worth and 14 other member cities. Established in 1986, MedStar is governed by the Metropolitan Area EMS Authority board of directors and is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services and the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch.