Local church organizes "Trunk-or-Treat" for Halloween to keep families safe

The CDC has listed traditional trick-or-treating as a high risk category for spreading the virus, so pastors at the Journey Baptist Church are holding their annual trunk-or-treat, but with a few extra precautions.

Break out your costume, and grab your pillowcase -- halloween is this weekend... but while we're still in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic, the cdc says traditional trick-or-treating is a high-risk activity for spreading the virus.

So, an area church is giving families a safe way to celebrate, while still getting your "spooky" on.

Journey baptist church is getting ready for their "trunk or treat" event.

(sot "you know, as a church our main goal is to outreach and show the love of christ to the neighborhood.

We haven't' been able to do that with a lot of events we've had in the last six months.

We thought this is the one event we could get away with doing where everything is up to standards for safety."

"it's also fun because we always have about 200-300 trick-or-treaters.

So, not only are you getting candy, but you're seeing 200-300 different costumes, different people dressed up.

It's kinda like the gather place of the southend for halloween.") journey baptist church pastors say, all volunteers will wear gloves, masks, and socially distance during the event... "trunk-or-treat" begins at 5:30 in the church's parking lot on halloween at 5708 king hill avenue in st.

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