HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS IN SLEEPY HOLLOW HAYRIDES AND HEADLESS HORSEMEN
In 1790, a school teacher named Ichabod Crane was riding home alone from a harvest festival in the village of Sleepy Hollow when he encountered a mysterious rider on horseback. Crane, horrified by the horseman’s missing head, turned and ran in the opposite direction. The Headless Horseman gave chase, hurling his own decapitated head at the terrified teacher. Ichabod Crane was never heard from again ... or so goes “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving. This story, first published in 1820, has become a Halloween favorite. The legend is so beloved that in 1997, the village of North Tarrytown, New York, where many events of the story take place, officially changed its name to Sleepy Hollow. Today, the town becomes one big Halloween party during the month of October.
Sleepy Hollow is home to many historic landmarks, including the Headless Horseman Bridge and the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, where Washington Irving himself was laid to rest. Evening lantern tours of the cemetery are a popular attraction, and Irving isn’t the only spooky celebrity buried there. Fans of the Gothic soap opera “Dark Shadows” will be delighted to enter the crypt of famed vampire Barnabas Collins. Another highly anticipated stop for many guests is Sleepy Hollow’s premier annual attraction, Horseman's Hollow, an experience not for the faint of heart. During the event, the 300-year-old Philipsburg Manor is transformed into a living nightmare, where vampires, witches, ghouls, and undead soldiers lurk in the shadows. They all serve the dreaded Headless Horseman and
are determined to make sure guests don’t leave alive!
But it’s not all scares in Sleepy Hollow. There’s plenty of Halloween fun for all ages. Sleepy Hollow boasts relaxing hayrides, tours of Irving’s home, live readings of famous Halloween stories, performances of a brand-new musical based on Irving’s spooky tale, and the Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze, an incredible exhibition of over 7,000 hand-carved pumpkins.
If you want a real Halloween experience, you can’t go wrong in Sleepy Hollow. Just be careful not to lose your head!
HOW CAN WE HELP?
TZ CAREZ LOOKS FOR WAYS TO GIVE BACK
In the Spring of 2019, TZ employee Jillian Darrow pitched our management team a brilliant idea. She’s passionate about giving back to our local community and wanted to get the whole TZ Medical team involved in projects around Portland. We gave her initiative an enthusiastic thumbs-up, and a brand-new program called TZ Carez was born. “We were looking for a way, as employees of the company, to get involved in the community and in things people within the company are passionate about,” Jillian says, adding, “I really like finding ways to give back where I’m at.” So far, TZ Carez has donated toys and books to kids at the OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital; partnered with the City of Tualatin to do restoration work, cleaning, and planting at a local park; and put together a team for Great Strides, an annual walk to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
“I thought it was a really great way to get us out of the office doing something together and promote an organization that is really professional and also near and dear to us,” Jillian says. Jillian is spearheading TZ Carez in addition to her work as a software engineer and associate project manager. She and her team are always looking for new ways to give back, particularly in the medical field. If you’re passionate about a worthy cause, reach out to Jillian at jdarrow@ tzmedical.com or by calling our office at 800-944-0187 and asking for her by name. Our team would love to help!
That last project was particularly close to our hearts because two employees here at TZ Medical have a 12-year-old daughter named Sophia who was diagnosed with CF when she was 2 months old. We formed a team of employees, family, and friends for the walk and all pitched in, raising nearly $2,000 in Sophia’s name.
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