UDM Students Keep Detroit Children Safe This Halloween

"Safety Street" Returns on Oct. 30, 4-7 p.m.

DETROIT, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pounds of Snickers, Milky Way, Hershey, and Twix bars will be handed out to brave little goblins and ghouls visiting University of Detroit Mercy for their 20th annual "Safety Street." The fun and safe "trick or treating" environment will be held on Friday, October 30, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. in the Fountain Lounge on the McNichols campus. While school buses from area schools will be delivering children, the event is free and open to the public as well.

Over 500 neighborhood children from grades K-5th will be attending "Safety Street" this year, dressed in their favorite costumes. They will be collecting candy from UDM students who are also wearing their Halloween attire. UDM students will also offer free face painting to children during the event.

On October 29th is the Safety Street Facade Blowout Party. This event will be at 7 p.m. in the fountain lounge. The night before is always and evening of fun and comradery. Fraternities, sororities, and student groups are involved. The School of Dentistry participates by giving out free toothbrushes, toothpaste and dental floss. The School of Architecture was the first to establish Safety Street for children. The entire UDM community gets involved in this campus event.

For more information regarding the event, contact Student Life at 313-578-0341.

University of Detroit Mercy is Michigan's largest private Catholic University, with approximately 100 academic majors and programs. Sponsored by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) and the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, the University has campuses located in downtown and northwest Detroit.

UDM is one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities and the largest of 18 Mercy institutions of higher education in the United States. For the ninth consecutive year, University of Detroit Mercy is listed in the top tier of Midwestern Master's Universities in the 2010 edition of the U.S.News and World Report's "America's Best Colleges."

    Gary D. Lichtman
    Media Relations Director
    313-993-1254