October 23, 2025 • Volume 39, No. 12
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Hallowe’en homes help to raise more money for CHEO
Brian Albert with his nephew Nathan, who is one of several family members who help turn the Alberts’ Pintail Terrace home into the most visited house in Orléans during the Hallowe’en season.
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By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star This Hallowe’en, why not combine trickor-treating with a donation to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario? There are two homes in Orléans which have gone above and beyond when it comes to providing a spooktacular experience for visitors while raising money for CHEO. The father and son team of Brian and Patrick Albert have been entertaining trick-or-treaters with their Hallowe’en menagerie on Pintail Terrace in Chatelaine Village for over 20 years now. But it’s only been in the past few years that they’ve have turned their Hallowe’en display into a way to raise money for CHEO. Last year, they raised over $13,500. So far this year, they’re on target to blow that total out of the water. By last Friday, they had already collected over $4,000. The display – which takes up every inch of both the front and back yards as well as the entire garage – is open every
night except Mondays, until Hallowe’en night when they expect close to 1,000 people to pass through. Hallowe’en falls on a Friday night this year and the Alberts expect to stay open until midnight. “It’s going to be a late night,” says Brian. The Alberts started setting up the display on Labour Day and it takes over 200 hours to get everything in place. After entering the garage, visitors get to pass through eight differently themed rooms that are filled with animatronic witches, goblins, skeletons, vampires and every sort of creepy character you can imagine. You also have to navigate through severed limbs hanging from the ceiling and skulls...lots and lots of skulls. On Hallowe’en night, volunteers in costume add to the overall experience. The next day, the Alberts will begin the job of taking their Hallowe’en display down and packing it away, only to begin the task of CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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