BOARDMAN — If Xander Wolbrecht has his way, it’s not a stretch to think that his neighborhood will be a bit safer.

“He wants to be a police officer; he’s really into it,” his mother, Tiffany Wolbrecht of Canfield, said.

Xander may be too young at age 6 to carry a firearm, wear a badge or drive a patrol car, but at least he was able to dress the part. That’s because he was among the children and adults who attended the annual Trunk or Treat Saturday evening in the Davis Family YMCA parking lot, 45 McClurg Road.

Fifty-one businesses and people who donated their time decorated, then opened, their vehicles’ trunks, from where many of them distributed a variety of bite-sized candy and other treats to many excited children who, for the most part, came in their Halloween costumes.

An estimated 300 children registered for the free, two-hour gathering, Nikki Murray, the YMCA’s director of youth and team sports, said.

“We’re trying to give them another fun and safe environment for them to go trick-or-treating,” she added.

Suffice it to say that the biggest treat for Phil and Brittany Kolodziej is each other, because the couple married Oct. 7 in Columbiana and returned last weekend from their honeymoon in Nashville, Tennessee.

For Saturday’s funfest, the Boardman newlyweds had a cookie display on a table, similar to one they had for their special day. The idea was borne of the recognition that cookies are a favored treat for many in the Youngstown and Pittsburgh regions, Phil Kolodziej observed.

The couple also had a three-tier wedding cake, but “people preferred the cookies,” he continued.

Brittany, who wore her wedding dress for the occasion and has worked about five years for the Boardman YMCA, also brought her three children, Brielle Rusu, 6; Anthony Rusu, 8; and Landon Rusu, 11.

Also among those giving away free bite-sized Snickers bars and other treats was Allie Spayd of Austintown, who dressed as Winifred Sanderson, one of the three sisters in the 1993 Disney film “Hocus Pocus,” as well as its 2022 sequel.

Spayd also was conducting a bit of multitasking, because she was distributing the sweet treats while also holding her 4-month-old daughter, Zatanna, in a wrapped blanket next to her chest.

Spayd also holds the Davis Family YMCA close to her heart because she spent part of her childhood in its summer day camps and later worked there, where she remains employed, she recalled.

Also on hand at Saturday’s trunk or treat was her husband, Jaret, who runs the YMCA’s eSports league, which is a video game competition aimed at promoting healthy competition instead of rivalry and participation over winning, along with team-building and respect for others.

Murray also thanked the YMCA’s Leaders Club of young people age 12 to 18 for volunteering at the event, including overseeing two school buses that were converted to haunted houses.