Random act of kindness makes for ‘Happy Halloween’ along trick-or-treat trail

Random acts of kindness happen every day. Doors are held open for someone. A cup of coffee is paid for in the drive thru. A neighbor clears snow from the sidewalk. Simple as they may seem, these small gestures go a long way in making someone’s day just a little bit better.

And on Halloween, in the Country Club neighborhood of Brandon, a random act of kindness made Halloween a real treat for 4-year-old twins, Kinlee and Kaylor. Their father, J.J. Miller shared this feel good moment on social media.  

“ATTN: GROUP OF HUNTERS TRICK-OR-TREATING ON COUNTRY CLUB ROAD BY THE GOLF COURSE:
“So, my girls battled the cold yesterday while trick-or-treating with their older brothers. My girls were shivering and teeth chattering towards the end of their venture. Thankfully, Ethan followed with his truck so the girls could get in and warm up from time to time. There was a group of boys, about 6 or 7 of them, dressed up in hunting apparel going trick-or-treating. At first, I was thinking this doesn’t qualify as a Halloween costume. We came across them again, as they were running from house to house. Now, I was thinking these kids look super warm in this frigid weather, I’ll say they were pretty smart on this part. Toward the end of the night, we came up to a house with the honor system, just a container that was full of candy at one point, but it was empty. The boys in hunting clothing just got done with this house as we were walking up. They said it was empty. One of the boys came over and gave both of my girls huge handfuls of candy from his pillow case. Then all the other boys followed. Six or seven boys gave massive handfuls to my twin 4-year-old girls because there was no candy left at the house. After giving up a good portion of their candy, they ran off to next house blowing their duck and goose calls and we didn’t see them again. I looked at my two boys who are 17 and 15 who joined me to take their little sisters trick-or-treating, and we were amazed on what just happened. Preston (15) said “Wow, I guess we’re not alone,” and Ethan (17) ran down the road to shake their hand personally out of respect.

My little girls had a blast trick-or-treating, but I will never forget this selfless act of generosity from this group of hunters. To them, it wasn’t about the candy, it was about going out with friends and having a good time. And while doing so, they were doing random acts of kindness at the same time. This happened on top of the golf course in Brandon on Country Club Road and Pebble Beach Lane. I hope this gets out to the parents of this hunting party because they should be very proud of the young men they have raised. And once again thank you.”

Combined, the boys – Kyle Swenson, Tate Carda, Luke Gindorff, Sawyer Timmermans, Brody Harr and Brett Truenbach – clearly have a fun sense of humor. Heather Swenson shared the “duck hunters” did have a trick up their sleeves that night for unsuspecting treat givers. Armed with duck decoys, the boys lined them on doorsteps, rang the doorbell and then hid around the corner.

“When the people would open the door expecting trick-or-treaters, they ducks were sitting there and the boys were quacking on their duck calls from the around the corner, and would then jump out and say, ‘trick-or-treat.’ They thought it was so clever. They said they ‘ding-dong ducked’ people,” Heather shared.