On the eve of Halloween, Caty Royce was in a scary place, indeed.

The director of the Frogtown Neighborhood Association learned Wednesday afternoon that a vendor who had promised weeks ago to donate 100 pizzas for Thursday’s spooky Fall Festival at the Minnehaha Recreation Center would be unable to produce the pies.

But after she made a public plea for help feeding the festival-goers, a handful of donors stepped up to cover the costs.

“Within two hours we had everything covered,” Royce said. “It’s been an incredible response.”

An anonymous St. Paul business owner will pay for 50 pies from Tommie’s Pizza on Selby Avenue, while about 10 other people have promised to order the rest.

Royce said dozens of families are likely to show up at the rec center from 5 to 8 p.m. ready for food, candy and a “fright farm”-style atmosphere, as promised in a written flier, and now dinner will be served as promised.

“That’s community love,” Royce said. “And I needed an injection of community love today.”