To the Editor:

Thanks to Marissa Purnell ’18 and The Hawk for the Oct. 25 story on Boo Crew (the event that welcomes elementary school children from Philadelphia-area schools to trick-or-treat on our campus for Halloween).

After further consultation with Human Resources, we have been able to design the event consistent with the requirements of the Minors on Campus policy at St. Joe’s. We will plan to hold it on campus in October 2018. For this year, we have supported Halloween events at a few of our community partner schools.

We would like to thank our school’s communities for their continued partnership with St. Joe’s Weekly Service and Campus Ministry, and we would like to thank our St. Joe’s student volunteers who have participated in Boo Crew over the years. If anyone would like to help plan next year’s Boo Crew, please contact me in Campus Ministry.

Beth Ford McNamee
Assistant director of Campus Ministry