12:57pm | This afternoon, Darrell and Ali Barrett sent out the following message:
We would like to thank everyone who donated to the Long Beach Rescue Mission at our Wrigley Heights home for the Haunted Halloween House. We had a great turn out for our charity event and hundreds of kids for Halloween night.
We collected twelve + barrels of much needed food items for the Long Beach Rescue Mission for which they were very grateful.
We would like to give a special shout out to Siegfried and Gina Heger and to Joseangel Fonsecsa of Pet Set for their generous monetary donations to the Long Beach Rescue Mission and to Kurt and Kathleen Schoendienst for providing the majority of the materials and much needed effort that helped bring the Display to life. THANK YOU!!!
We will be keeping a barrel out in front of our home at 434 w. 31st Street as we transition our Halloween Display to a Christmas Display. Please stop by and enjoy the progress and show your continued appreciation for the display by donation non perishables to the Long Beach Rescue Mission in the barrel provided.
Thank you
Darrell and Ali Barrett
October 20, 1:50pm | For the past 15 years, Darrell and Ali Barrett have been transforming their Wrigley Heights home into a spooky Halloween display that draws visitors from near and far. This year they’re collecting food for the Long Beach Rescue Mission, which provides food and shelter for Long Beach’s homeless.
The sign in front of their home, this year re-imagined as a haunted pirate ship, reads “Please show your appreciation for our displays by donating canned goods/non perishables to Long Beach Rescue Mission in the barrel provided at out home.”
“We have done our Halloween and Christmas displays for years,” says Ali Barrett. “People come from all over to view and enjoy. We have wanted to connect our hard work and passion to benefit a local charity and Long Beach Rescue Mission fits the bill!”
The Barretts have been working on their current display since September, using mostly recycled materials, left-overs from construction sites, and whatever scrap lumber Home Depot will let them dig out of the trash.
The display can be seen at 434 West 31st Street. For a list of items the Long Beach Rescue Mission needs this Holiday season, click here.
