Onondaga Community College and the Southwest YMCA will host a free Halloween Trick Or Treat Drive-Thru from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31,  at the Onondaga Community College campus. Families will drive onto the OCC campus using the Route 175 entrance and proceed around the campus loop road while receiving candy from local businesses and organizations lining the road. Attendees are encouraged everyone to dress up and mask up.

This giveaway is hosted by Mr. H.R. Clothing, Mary Nelson Youth Center and Results Marketing.

The Promise Land Church will offer trick or treating for families in the church's parking lot. Families will decorate their trucks and provide individually wrapped treats to share. Prizes will be awarded for the best decorated trunks.

This trick or treating event in the city's Valley area begins at 6 p.m. until candy is gone. Call (315) 247-8365 to volunteer.

Touching on refugee status, class and race, award-winning author Bao Phi will discuss becoming a writer, poet and, later in life, a father and author of children's literature. He will also share excerpts and images from his award-winning children’s books. This virtual event will include a discussion and Q&A with Phi and School of Education doctoral students.

PGR Foundation (Poised, Gifted and Ready) will hold a clothing & accessories giveaway as its community service project from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, and 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, at The Spot, 224 Harrison St. This event is held in collaboration with God's Temple of Faith Ministries Church. For more information, email pgrfoundationinc@gmail.com.

PGR Foundation (Poised, Gifted and Ready) will continue a clothing & accessories giveaway as its community service project from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, at The Spot, 224 Harrison St. This event is held in collaboration with God's Temple of Faith Ministries Church. For more information, email pgrfoundationinc@gmail.com.

Born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, Gyasi is the author of the highly acclaimed novel "Homegoing" and a recipient of the PEN/Hemingway Award for Best First Novel. Gyasi’s stunning follow-up novel, "Transcendent Kingdom," is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about salvation, family progress and the immigrant experience. "Transcendent Kingdom" was an instant New York Times bestseller.

Each Wednesday, Project S.O.U.L. (Southside Organizing Urban Lives) will hold a food pantry for South Side residents in need of food assistance. A free box of food will be provided. Boxes are limited to one per household and distributed while supplies last. There is no income requirement but identification is required. For delivery options, email thegreatersyracuseprojectsoul@gmail.com or call (315) 991-4203.

The Dunbar Community Center will host a virtual event to celebrate 103 years of Dunbar. A $25 suggested donation is requested.