Colonel Gray Haunted House

By Julia MacMILLAN

It’s no secret that many people have horror stories from high school, but Colonel Gray has decided to take those nightmares to a new level, and support two excellent causes along the way.
Colonel Gray's Key Club and Youth in Action group have teamed up to present this years Haunted Basement. The proceeds from this venture will be split between Key Club's main service projects for the year, Sleeping Children Around the World and Free the Children. Sleeping Children is an organization that raises funds to provide bed kits to the neediest of children in underdeveloped and developing countries. Free the Children is an organization recognized all over the world for their inspirational attempts to end poverty, set up solid educational systems in developing countries, eliminate child labor and exploitation and fight for children's rights.
The idea of the Haunted Basement was brought up three years ago, achieving great success. Heading up the project this year are Dana Kenny, Olivia White, Julia McMillan, Patrick McKenna and John Thomas McKenna.
For the last month, about thirty students from both Key Club and Youth in Action have been working hard to create this year's basement. Through lots of creative ideas and many hours of effort on behalf of everyone, the basement has been transformed into a series of hair-raising scenarios and strange characters. And although one would assume that the scariest thing about a high school is the teachers, no teachers have been involved. It’s completely student-run, and they've worked hard to make this a terrifying spot. Thematically planned, this year the story is about a boy frantically trying to find his missing girlfriend. Throughout his search he finds himself in all sorts of scary and disturbing situations.
The Haunted Basement will be open from Monday, October 27 until Thursday the 30th. The basement will run all lunch hour and be open to students at Colonel Gray all week. On Thursday between the hours of 3:00 and 6:00 the basement will be open to the public. Because of some content, we advise children to be over the age of 12, or with an adult to enter. The cost is only $2, and all proceeds go to the aforementioned charities.
We encourage all to come check it out, and support Key Club and Youth in Action. If you're seeking a spook this is the place to go.