Sahuarita is gearing up for its highly anticipated Spooktacular event this Saturday, October 26th, and one of the main attractions will be a massive straw maze built with the help of the community.
“In the past, we’ve done different things to entertain the community and we wanted to do something new this year,” said Lacey Simmons, Events Supervisor at Sahuarita Parks & Recreation. “With a lot of planning and a lot of help from our public partners, we were able to make this come to life.”
The local Kiwanis Club took on the ambitious project of constructing a maze the size of a football field at Man in the Maze Park. With just three days to complete it, over 2500 bales of straw were delivered last Friday to kickstart the effort.
This was the first major project led by the club, which started earlier this year in Sahuarita to help youth in the local community. A related Key Club was also started this year among the town’s high schools.
Initially, the Kiwanis Club feared they might not finish in time, but support quickly poured in from Sahuarita’s Parks and Recreation Department, the Public Works team, local volunteers and even a Sahuarita police officer.