11/01/2026
🎃🧡 FRIENDS… WE ARE ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY. 🧡🎃
We’re waking up this morning with tired feet, full hearts, and an overwhelming amount of gratitude. 🥹🐾
WHAT. A. HALLOWEEN.
Last year, we walked away from Trunk or Treat feeling humbled by the love and support our little community showed us. We genuinely didn’t know how we could top that feeling.
And then you all showed up this year. HUNDREDS OF YOU. 😭❤️
Hundreds of humans, kiddos, dogs, families, friends, and neighbors came together to celebrate Halloween, support local businesses, and simply enjoy being part of this incredible community we get to call home.
And we are still trying to wrap our heads around it.
🎃 To our vendors: THANK YOU. Thank you for bringing your businesses, creativity, time, energy, and enthusiasm to our event. Whether you were a returning face or joining us for the first time, you helped turn our facility into something so much bigger than we could have imagined. We are so grateful you chose to spend your Halloween with us.
Tundra Rose Bakery Mat-Su Animal Shelter Valley ABATE Alaska Fireweed Designs of Alaska Best Friends Animal Rescue Buchman Best Behaviors Midnight Valkyrie LLC Laughing Duck Farms Healthy K9 Companion Glacier Ridge Veterinary Services Dominick’s Treats for Pets & People, Gentle Designs, Denali Dog, Raff’s Jewelry, Frontier Hearing LLC, AK Mountain Dog, Northern Beads, & Angry Viking Mining and Metalwork, LLC
Give their pages a like and check out their wares!
🍬 To our trick-or-treaters and their families: Thank you for every costume, every smile, every excited little face, and every bit of Halloween magic you brought through our doors. Seeing so many kiddos enjoying themselves is exactly why we love doing this.
🐾 To our dog guardians: Thank you for bringing your four-legged family members to celebrate with us! The costumes, the personalities, and the sheer amount of adorable chaos were everything we hoped for and more.
❤️ To all the human parents, grandparents, friends, and families: Thank you for making time in your busy lives to show up for a community event. We know Halloween comes with a million things to juggle, and it means the world that you included us in your day.
And a VERY special thank you for your patience with our parking situation! We knew we were expecting a crowd, but WOW. You all exceeded our expectations in the best possible way. Thank you for being patient with our parking volunteers, navigating the limited space, walking a little farther, and helping us keep everyone safe. We recognize that it wasn’t always convenient, and we appreciate your kindness and understanding more than you know.
AND CAN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE HORSES?!
Thanks to the generosity of our community, our horseback rides raised OVER $200 for Mat-Su Animal Shelter’s Kibble for Kritters Pet Food Bank! 🥹
Every dollar helps support pets and families in our community who need a little extra assistance.
And we absolutely have to give the biggest, most heartfelt thank you to our four incredible equine superstars:
🐴 Lucy
🐴 Odin
🐴 Tango
🐴 Teddy
These four sturdy, patient, wonderful souls spent FOUR HOURS helping create magical memories for kiddos and families, all while supporting a cause that means so much to us.
They deserve all the extra scratches, treats, and well-earned rest today. ❤️
And to everyone who donated, whether it was a few dollars or more, THANK YOU. Your generosity is a reminder that community support doesn’t have to be complicated to make a real difference.
We started The Better Companion’s Trunk or Treat with the hope of creating a fun, welcoming place for families to spend part of their Halloween.
But what you all have helped create is something far beyond an event.
It’s community. It’s connection. It’s neighbors supporting neighbors. It’s kids making memories. It’s small businesses lifting one another up. It’s people showing up for animals and families they’ve never even met.
We thought we were humbled last year.
This year? We’re honestly at a loss for words.
From all of us at The Better Companion, thank you for making this Halloween one we will never forget.
We’re starting our morning feeling incredibly grateful, incredibly lucky, and maybe just a little exhausted. 😂
We have so many photos, memories, and moments to share, so stay tuned!
Mat-Su Valley, you showed up for your community in a BIG way. And we couldn’t be prouder to be a small part of it. 🧡🐾
With so much love and gratitude,
The Better Companion
