Halloween! The absolute best. It’s got to be my favorite holiday. Design an outrageous costume. Put on crazy make-up. Become a totally different person or a completely wild creature. Do a total transformation. Then head out into the mystery of the night!
I love to dress up and express myself. Can you tell? That’s why I love Halloween. And I guess I’m pretty lucky. As an actress, I express myself through unique characters all the time. I’ve had all kinds of different movie roles. I’ve played a kid vampire. I’ve been a girl with psychic powers. In one film, I was even a purple-wigged crime fighter.

Fall is here—which means it’s finally time for Halloween! For as long as I can remember, I have seen UNICEF’s orange Trick-or-Treat boxes make the rounds in neighborhood, often carrying one myself. This year, kids can get even more involved by designing their own Trick-or-Treat collection boxes, which they can then enter into our Create-a-Character Contest. We’ve also revamped the boxes’ original look and designed new boxes with six brand-new characters.

The annual sweet-treat extravaganza known as Halloween draws ever closer, and as parents prepare costumes and children get their legs in gear for their door-to-door excursion, we at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF have been reminding folks of how they can make Halloween count.

This Saturday, October 22nd at 8 PM EST/PT and Halloween day at 10 AM EST/PT, HGTV will be airing its annual block party featuring Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF and hosted by Monica Pedersen.

So far we’ve registered nearly 200 Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF parties registered across the country, and there’s still three weeks before Halloween!

By hosting a party you will help raise awareness of UNICEF’s vital work, in addition to raising funds for UNICEF’s programs around the world. Our collective goal is simple-we will do whatever it takes to reduce preventable deaths of children a day to zero. Zero deaths a day from causes like lack of food, medicines, or clean safe water.

To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, Selena is pulling out all the stops! She is encouraging people through media interviews and her social media network to get involved and Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. Selena also just announced an intimate concert and meet & greet in Los Angeles on October 26 with proceeds benefitting UNICEF programs around the world.