Guidance for Trick or Treating

The Board of Directors does not generally regulate, schedule or cancel trick-or-treating activities for Halloween each year. Historically, Trick-or-Treating has occurred on Halloween beginning at Dusk and ending around 8:00.  There have been rare exceptions when the area was threatened by a hurricane.

If you choose not to hand out candy this year (or any year), please turn off your porch light that evening. Having your porch light on traditionally means that you are handing out treats.

If you do choose to participate by Trick-or-Treating or by handing out candy, please see the guidance below from the Virginia Department of Health.

The Board is not encouraging anyone toward one decision or the other. Please decide for your family what you believe is right and reserve judgment for anyone who makes a different decision, remembering that not all of us are in the same situation.

VDH recommends NOT trick or treating in large groups or outside your own neighborhood, and NOT holding haunted houses or other large Halloween parties. To stay healthy and safe during Halloween, consider activities such as decorating your living space, carving pumpkins with people who live with you, or having a virtual Halloween costume contest.