NEW ULM — Healthy Communities Healthy Youth (HCHY) is hosting a physically distanced trick or treat event on Halloween.

The event will be held in the Jefferson Elementary Parking lot from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31.

Students in HCHY and the SPOTS program will line the Jefferson Parking lot in Halloween costumes with fun props. The students will maintain a six-foot distance from those attending the event. It is designed similar to a walking parade and at the end participating kids get a bag of candy.

HCHY Director Sheldon Rieke said the candy handoff will be done with a basket on the end of a six-foot pole.

“Kids are encouraged to wear costumes because we will all be in costumes,” Rieke said. This event is seen as an alternative to door-to-door trick or treating in the age of COVID.

“The kids deserve to have some kind of Halloween fun,” Rieke said.