Greta Glatz, 7, checks out the swag at the Quincy Police Department’s booth at National Night Out Monday. The children love the giveaways, some exhibitors said, but that leads the adults with them into conversations with law enforcement and firefighters.
August 6, 2024
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QUINCY — The kids who came to Lauzier Park Monday evening for National Night Out knew what they wanted. “Mostly candy. They come up, they take the shots and run over for stuff,” said Tom Richardson, who was manning the Quincy Valley Medical Center booth. QVMC had set up a beanbag toss painted like a giant game of “Operation,” and youngsters who made a shot could take a treat. “They enjoy it. One year we had a kid who just kept looping through over and over just to keep playing.”