What are Jesse from Toy Story 2, a pumpkin, and one of the seven dwarfs from Snow White all doing together on stage?

They’re performing the National Honor Society’s annual Halloween safety play at the Warren E. Sooy Elementry School, a performance that teaches and enforces simple safety rules when going trick-or-treating.

“The purpose was to educate the elementary school kids on some of the important rules of Halloween so they could trick-or-treat safely. And it was really important for them to know some of the safety rules so Halloween could be less dangerous for them,” explained Madie DiBona, this year’s president of the Hammonton chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS). “Some kids don’t know the simple things like making sure your parents check your candy, so it was important that they learned it in the play.”

The children who watched the play are not the only ones who gained a lot from the experience; NHS members did as well.

“It was great to get to interact with all the kids and visits the classrooms. They were so happy to see us,” said senior Brianna Berenato.

Since the children ranged from ages 4 to 9, some children’s reactions were different from others.

“Some actually believed we were literally the characters we portrayed,” Berenato  aded.

NHS members had the opportunity to choose the costumes they would wear. They portrayed characters ranging from Disney princesses to Dr. Seuss characters.

Through this play, the local chapter of NHS gives back to the community’s younger generation.

The National Honor Society is an organization that recognizes high school students in four categories: leadership, service, scholarship, and character. .