Photo Courtesy: Prince George Candy Cruise

By Veronica Beltran

A COVID Halloween

Trick-or-treating is still a go

Sep 10, 2020 | 11:25 AM

PRINCE GEORGE—For one local Prince George resident, brainstorming how to celebrate Halloween amidst the COVID-19 began months ago.

“I’ve been thinking about Halloween for a couple of months,” said Dave Horton, Organizer for Candy Cruise Prince George in an over the phone interview.

“I think people are dying for community, they’re dying for normal but they don’t know quite how to engage it.”—Dave Horton, Organizer, Candy Cruise Prince George

And that is how the idea was born, to create a safe event for children and parents, and the community as a whole to engage in this Halloween. Candy Cruise Prince George is just that, a cruise around the city with several stops to collect candy while maintaining social distance and collecting candy in a zero-to-low contact way. “The whole purpose is taking the retail model that businesses have been using to serve food and to serve customers and to take that model and to hand out candy with that…whatever the safest way is that’s what the event will look like,” added Horton.

Families will be able to pack into their cars and follow a route across the city where different, registered, organizations will be handing out candy to trick-or-treaters. Already, Horton says they have 35 different locations for families to cruise by and collect candy. “The event’s only been live for a week but the response from the community has been incredible.”

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“Planning around anything COVID-related, we know that it’s a moving target.”—Dave Horton, Organizer, Candy Cruise Prince George

The original idea was adapted to the “rough draft” that has been published on Candy Cruise’s Facebook Page. Horton says that additional changes may be made as Halloween approaches, depending on what the provincial health officer has to say.

For families who are opting to not hand out candy this year, Horton says they are encouraging them to donate money to the event to help purchase candy. Additional funds will be donated to three local charities including, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern BC, The Child Development Center, and Ness Lake Bible Camp. Households will then be able to print off a flyer—which they can attach to their doors—stating: For your safety and ours we will not be handing out candy this year. Get on the Candy Cruise Prince George to find locations that are giving away candy in safe and fun ways. The ability to collect donations online has not yet been set up yet but will be up soon.

Some organizations involved will be creating displays and even have cosplayers take part. Participants will be able to take photos with them from their vehicles and post them online with the hashtag: #candycruisepg to be entered to win various prizes.

Any organization looking to get involved can contact Dave Horton by email at candycruiseprincegeorge@gmail.com, or by messaging their Facebook Page for more information.