Celebrating Halloween with the Witches Ride

The streets of Homewood will be full of broomsticks (well, bicycles, actually) once again this October. During the fourth annual Homewood Witches Ride, women dressed as witches will take to the streets on their decorated bicycles while passing out candy to children.

The two-mile ride will follow the same route as previous years, and candy will be thrown in the same candy zones as last year. The designated zones are set to help ease cleanup and make the ride safer. 

One candy zone is on Manhattan Street from Parkridge Drive, down Seminole Drive and onto East Hawthorne Road, and the second zone is on Roseland Drive from East Linwood Drive to Ridge Road.

Online registration will open Oct. 1, and the cost to participate is $25. All proceeds from the event go toward the American Cancer Society as a way to celebrate organizer Janie Ford Mayer’s mother, Paula Stringfellow Ford, who died in 2013 following a battle with lung cancer.

Witches will arrive at Homewood Central Park for registration Oct. 30 at 4:30 p.m., and the ride will start at 5:45 p.m. It is requested that all children are accompanied by an adult during the ride, and that children remain safely on the sidewalk. While the event is called the “Homewood” witches ride, women from all communities are welcome to participate.

For more information about the event, or to register, go to homewoodwitchesride.org.