ORLANDO, Fla. (October 27, 2007) – On Saturday, October 27, 2007 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., the City of Orlando will host the 17th Annual Jack-O-Lando’s Pumpkin Palace, a non-scary trick-or-treating event at Dover Shores Community Center, located at 1400 Gaston Foster Road. Admission is $3/person.

As part of the City’s commitment to children and families, this event provides safe and fun trick-or-treating through themed rooms for children 11 years old and younger. This year the rooms are featuring favorite comic strip characters. Event entertainment includes “It’s Unbelievable Magic and the Jiggleman.” There will also be hayrides, friendly costumed characters, and a treat for every child that participates in the costume parade. There will also be a parent-child costume contest. Over 800 children and families attend this annual event.

Donations of baby items will be accepted for B.E.T.A. (Birth, Education, Training, Acceptance, Inc.), a center dedicated to enhancing the parenting skills of teen parents through intensive education and counseling programs.

For more information on Jack-O-Lando, call Peter Effaldana at the Families, Parks, and Recreation Department at (407) 246-4308 or call Dover Shores Community Center at (407) 381-2708.