A Tucson woman is making sure every child can experience the magic of Halloween, regardless of their family's financial situation.

What started as an idea has now come to fruition.

Abby Splittstoesser started her grassroots mutual aid organization Para Todos meaning "for all," after seeing social media posts from parents struggling to afford Halloween costumes for their children last year.

She took action and started to collect and thrift costumes throughout the year, building an inventory of about 40 different options ranging from size 3T to youth XXL. Now, she's giving away those costumes for free to families in need.

"The idea behind it is to connect families really anywhere in Southern Arizona, but I'm focusing, honing in on South of Tucson because we're lacking in a lot of service

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