The Halloween X-Spo at the Spokane Convention Center brought costumes, vendors, and celebrity guests together while also raising support for wildfire relief and a local food drive. 25% of all official merchandise sales benefit the Spokane Fires Disaster Relief Fund through the American Red Cross. Nonperishable food donations and canned foods go to Our Place Community Outreach.

Attendees could get one raffle ticket in exchange for a donation. Larger donations also came with more prize opportunities. This is the fourth year of Spokane’s Halloween X-Spo. The event is organized by the creators of Lilac City Comicon. The organizer explained why the event shifted its focus this year.

“Every year we always do an art scholarship fund at the SFC. But this year we decided to put a pause on that just for this show because we really wanted to help out with people impacted by the wildfires,” said Nathan O’Brien. People at the event also shared what stood out to them about the experience.

“I really just like seeing the creativity that people will bring and the new tactics they use to create their costumes,” an attendee said. The event continued on Sunday.

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