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Godzilla, Spiderman, princesses and Harry Potter characters visited the Aiken County Sheriff's Office on Oct. 31 for the 21st annual sheriff's Halloween candy giveaway. The event was held from 3 p.
m.-5 p.m.
at the Hampton Avenue sheriff's office headquarters . The annual candy giveaway is part of the sheriff's office's community policing program, Sheriff Mike Hunt said. "We started this 21 years ago and we've been doing it ever since," Hunt continued.
"Even during COVID, we had a pull-through." "It's a nice day to come get candy," said Ellen Hamilton, who brought her grandson, Malcolm Carrie, to the event. It was around 80 degrees when Hamilton and Carrie arrived at the sheriff's office.
Carrie, who dressed as a jester clown, wants to be a police officer when he grows up, Hamilton continued. But, after getting his bag of candy and a slap bracelet, Carrie turned his attention to more important matters like eating his favorite kind of candy, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. "We do this every year," Louann Rzaca said.
"It's a tradition. I love doing it." Two Savannah River National Lab teams to develop nuclear fusion technologies Rzaca brought her son, Ayden, who dressed as Godzilla, the king of all monsters.
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The family loved the giveaway, she continued. Supporting law enforcement is nice, too, Brett Robinson added. The event also gave Sgt.
Andrew Busbee a chance to spend a few minutes with his wife and their twin daughters. The annual giveaway is always very successful, Hunt said. "We enjoy seeing the kids," Hunt continued.
"We have some folks [that attended the event as children] that have their own kids now. It's been fulfilling and we enjoy it every year." The giveaway will be Hunt's last as Aiken County sheriff.
He announced last year that he wouldn't run for reelection and endorsed Republican Marty Sawyer , one of two men on the Nov. 5 ballot to replace Hunt. Democrat Lucas Grant is the other candidate for sheriff.
Hunt added he would encourage his successor to continue the tradition..
