Chris Collis provided and funded a haunted house in the pavilion at the Payne Community Park as a donation to the Village of Payne Halloween HarvestFest through the Village of Payne Event Committee.
His favorite holiday is Halloween. He use to do “haunts” years ago and wanted to get back into providing an event for the community. His first haunt was in 1998 where over 600 people came and he handed out free hot dogs and pop.
Doing a haunted house during the Halloween HarvestFest allowed him to be a vessel for giving to the community and allowing the community to give back in return. He asked for a canned good donation as the admission fee. Over 200 people went through the attraction, despite the rainy stretch of weather. He was able to give 115 canned food items to the Payne Food Bank at the Methodist Church.
His future goal is to have a permanent seasonal attraction in town.
