Hopkins Heroes

28/09/2026

Your trunk could be part of the Halloween fun! We’re inviting local businesses, organizations, families and community members to decorate a trunk and hand out candy.

Trunk-or-Treat, presented by Hopkins Heroes in partnership with the City of St. Cloud
October 31, 5–7 p.m.
Centennial Park, corner of Pennsylvania Avenue & 10th Street, St. Cloud.

Sign up through the City of St. Cloud:

https://stcloudfl.portal.opengov.com/categories/1080/record-types/6462

27/09/2026

🎃🖤 OUR VILLAGE JUST GOT A LITTLE MORE SPOOKY! 🖤🎃

A HUGE Hopkins Heroes thank you to Grassa’s Gift Basket for continuing to show up for Hopkins Heroes and our St. Cloud community! ❤️

For the SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, we are being blessed with TWO amazing Halloween baskets for our Trunk-or-Treat!

👻 A spooky Boo Basket
🎃 A Nightmare Before Christmas Basket featuring Jack Skellington!

And these aren't just baskets... they’re prizes! 🏆

One will go to the winner of Best Trunk, voted on at the event, and the other will go to the person or business who collects and donates the most weight in candy to help make Trunk-or-Treat possible for our kids! 🍬

This is what It Takes a Village looks like. People who give, people who show up, and people who keep finding ways to make things a little more special for our community. ❤️

Thank you for continuing to believe in what we do and for being part of our Village. We appreciate you more than you know! 🥰

Now... who’s ready to see who takes these home?! 👀🎃🍬

27/09/2026

A heartfelt thank you to Jeannie Ubach and the entire Ubach family for your incredibly generous donation to Hopkins Heroes. ❤️

We are so grateful to have families like yours as part of our village. It’s the people who continue to show up, give, and believe in what we’re doing that make it possible for us to keep helping so many children, families, and seniors right here in our St. Cloud community.

This truly is what It Takes a Village means to us. It’s not one person or one organization. It’s all of us coming together, each doing what we can, and making a difference where we live.

Thank you for being part of our village and for helping us continue to do so much for our community. We appreciate you more than you know. ❤️

26/09/2026

Help us reach our 1,000-pound candy goal!

Last year, our community donated more than 900 pounds of candy. Let’s beat that this year and help make Hopkins Heroes’ Trunk-or-Treat a sweet night for local families!

Drop off your candy donations by October 24:
📍 Nutrition Zone — 1100 Massachusetts Ave
📍 Living Well Chiropractic — 4039 13th St
📍 Shine Your Light Academy of Dance — 2012 Jaffa Drive, Unit 113
📍 Boss Nails — 1312 Illinois Ave, Suite A

You can also scan the QR codes on the graphic to donate or shop our Amazon list.

🎃 Trunk-or-Treat: October 31, 5–7 p.m.
Centennial Park, corner of Pennsylvania Avenue & 10th Street, St. Cloud

Presented by Hopkins Heroes In partnership with the City of St. Cloud

25/09/2026

A huge thank you to Tarek and everyone at Regions Bank! ❤️

We are so incredibly grateful for your generosity and for helping Hopkins Heroes and our community. Thank you for helping make our Trunk-or-Treat a little sweeter by donating candy, and for helping us get an early start on our Holiday Blessing Bags for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

That means more to us than you know. Every time someone steps up and says, “How can we help?” it reminds us just how special our community really is.

Thank you for helping us get this season of giving started a little early. We appreciate you more than you know and are so thankful to have you as part of our village. ❤️

It really does take a village!

24/09/2026

Bring candy. Make a difference. Enjoy a Bloomin’ Onion!

Outback Steakhouse is a candy drop-off location for the Hopkins Heroes Trunk-or-Treat!

Bring a bag of candy and receive a FREE Bloomin’ Onion with the purchase of an adult entrée.

📍 Outback Steakhouse
2701 E Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway
🗓 Please donate by October 24

Last year, our community collected more than 900 pounds of candy. Help us reach this year’s 1,000-pound goal—one bag at a time!

🎃 Join us for Trunk-or-Treat on October 31, 5–7 p.m., at Centennial Park, corner of Pennsylvania Avenue & 10th Street, St. Cloud. Presented by Hopkins Heroes in partnership with the City of St. Cloud

24/09/2026

A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who came out Tuesday night for our very first Hopkins Heroes Village informational meeting! ❤️

It was so encouraging to look around the room and see so many amazing business owners, barbers, nonprofit members, and community volunteers interested in getting involved, sharing ideas, and working together to make our community stronger.

For those who reached out but couldn’t make it, we’d love to connect with you! We can set up another meet-and-greet, either individually or as another group if there’s enough interest.

I only managed to get a few pictures, but Kate did an AMAZING job presenting the Village and sharing our vision with everyone. We hope you walked away excited, inspired, and maybe even thinking about where you can fit in.

Because this is what It Takes a Village means. It’s not about one person or one organization. It’s about bringing good people together, connecting resources, filling needs, and helping one another.

And Tuesday night reminded me just how much good is already here in our St. Cloud community. ❤️

This is bigger than Hopkins Heroes. It’s about all of us coming together to build something that can make a difference for years to come.

We are just getting started. More information coming soon!

22/09/2026

Save the date! Trunk-or-Treat, presented by the City of St. Cloud with Hopkins Heroes, is coming to Centennial Park! The event was previously planned for the lakefront, so please help us spread the word about the location change.

Trunk-or-Treat
October 31, 5–7 p.m.
Centennial Park, corner of Pennsylvania Avenue & 10th Street, St. Cloud

Share this with a family who would love a Halloween evening together!

21/09/2026