If the parade had a theme this year it was VOLUNTEERS!!! WOW!!! I cannot thank enough all the people who helped this year!! It was an amazing parade and I've heard so many people talking about how much fun they had. We really couldn't have done it without so many wonderful people helping... Thank You! Thank You!

There is one volunteer in particular I would like to thank, because she will be absent in the letter to the editor... Ginger Wilkinson. When she started the Halloween parade 26 years ago in Saugatuck, it was to help drum up business because it was typically a very slow weekend in retail. It grew and grew and then about 15 years ago she started the night parade in Douglas. There were only a handful of us actually in that first parade, with our tiki torches, strutting down Center street. I'd die to have copies of those pictures! Tragically, we lost all ours to a hard drive crash. Each year I think it couldn't get any bigger or better, but it does. I just wanted to take a moment to recognize how much hard work my little volunteer puts in, to pull these events together behind the scenes. I could not respect, admire or appreciate you any more than I do..... THANKS MOM!! You're the best!!!