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Borough Halloween Festivities

As many of you know the annual Scare on the Square and the Mayor’s Pumpkin Drop both sponsored by the Jenkintown Rec board have been cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fortunately, Halloween falls on a Saturday this year and the in lieu of our regularly scheduled events, the Rec Board is partnering with the Jenkintown Fire Department to sponsor a Halloween Parade through town to deliver candy to costumed  kids of all ages from 2 to 4 pm on October 31st. Weather permitting all those on their front yards will get a head start on their trick-or-treating as our fabulous volunteers greet the kids with treats, costumes, and music to help make this holiday and the year hopefully a little more festive! The route will be decided upon and disseminated by October 30th, 2020.

The Friends of the Jenkintown Library will be hosting its first annual Halloween House Decorating Contest. #BooInTheBoro Watch for information on how to participate by signing up for Library emails at https://www.jenkintownlibrary.org/ and follow the Friends of the Jenkintown Library on Facebook here.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Montgomery County Department of Health (MCDOH) have issued recommendations to make the holiday as safe as possible this year.

Of course, Trick-or-Treating is not a Borough regulated event but we hope that residents take the guidance provided by these two agencies, some of which are highlighted below, as well as their own personal comfort level into account while celebrating this year.

  • Obviously, if you are sick stay home.
  • Sanitize your hands often.
  • Maintain your social distance of at least 6 feet.
  • Any celebrations should remain outside.
  • Wear a cloth mask over your nose and mouth in addition to costume masks.
  • Only go out with family and stay close to home.
  • Avoid communal bowls of candy; if you can, wrap the treats in individual bags to be picked up by the kids at a distance.
  • Greeting the kids from a distance while you are already outside might be the best way enjoy the costumes!

And of course, if you’d like to maintain the ultimate social distancing and opt out, since trick-or-treating usually commences when the sun sets, we recommend leaving your outside lights off.

Be safe and well!!