Keep Piscataquis Healthy by following these recommendations:
For Trick-or-Treaters:
- Don't go trick-or-treating if you feel sick or have COVID symptoms. Stay home!
- Wash your hands at home before and after trick-or-treating.
- Wear protective masks under costumesa nd comstume masks.
- Maintain family group "bubbles" with six feet or more distance from others when walking from house to house.
- Maintain six feet or more distance when in line at a home.
- Ask people to drop candy into your bag or container, preferalbly with tongs or gloves, rather than reaching into a bowl.
For Households Giving Out Candy:
- Wash your hands often before, during, and after handing out candy.
- Wear protective masks if you are giving out candy.
- Put six-foot-spaced chalk lines or other visual indicators on your sidewalk to help people maintain safe distance.
- Don't touch the candy with unprotected hands. Instead,
- Hand candy out, using gloves or tongs and dropping in bags or containers, rather than letting kids reach into a bowl.
To promote healthy Halloween events, contact the chamber at 207-564-7533
This initiative is part of a State of Maine Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention funded KEEP MAINE HEALTHY Municipal COVID-19 Awareness Campaign