Trick or treating on Halloween
is an important event
in the city where I live.
Leaders,
knowing how much
it means
to kids,
didn’t want to cancel it
due to the pandemic.
But it is VERY important
that it be done safely.
Kids, our future,
were at stake.
People applied
themselves
to this challenge.
The solution
many of us
have decided upon?
Candy chutes.
We are applying a (decorated)
length of pipe
to the handrails
of our front steps.
The person in the home
inserts the candy on one end.
The children open
their bags or pumpkin pails
under the opening
at the other end
and they ‘catch’ the candy
(or it falls into a box
where they can retrieve it).
The kids will LOVE this.
I’ve tested ours
and I LOVE it.
Making the experience
safer
for the kids
has also made the experience
BETTER
for the kids.
The choices we are facing
between safety
and hosting activities
are really opportunities
to innovate,
to think beyond
what we’ve done in the past.
Harness your creativity
and make it BETTER.