by:Christa Ferguson

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — As many events have been changed due to the coronavirus pandemic, it is also changing Halloween plans for some West Michigan communities this year.

Official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have labeled traditional trick-or-treating and trunk or treat events where candy is handed out as a “higher risk” activities people should avoid in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The CDC recommends not attending crowded costume parties held indoors, attending an indoor haunted house where people may be crowded together and screaming and avoiding other activities like going on hayrides or tractor rides with people who are not in your household.

News 8 has compiled this list of Trick or Treat times:

RECOMMENDED RESIDENTIAL TRICK-OR-TREAT TIMES

(All listings for Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020 unless otherwise specified)

Ada Township:No set times; use your discretion.
Albion:6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Allendale Township:5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m., but subject to change if state restrictions/regulations are enacted. Participants encouraged to follow county, state and national health guidelines.
Allegan:5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.; participants encouraged to follow CDC guidelines. No organized downtown trick-or-treating events this year. |Details
Battle Creek:No set hours or restrictions
Bronson:5 p.m. – 7 p.m.; residents who participate encouraged to follow county health department guidelines. |Details
Byron Township:5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.; participants encouraged to follow CDC guidelines.
Caledonia:6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Coldwater:5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.; participants encouraged to follow health and safety tips. |Details
Dorr Township:No recommended time; fire station trunk or treat canceled because of the pandemic.
Douglas:5 p.m. – 8 p.m.; participants encouraged to follow guidelines from the Allegan County Health Department and CDC. All organized downtown events canceled because of the pandemic.
Emmett Township:5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Georgetown Township:6 p.m. – 8 p.m.; use your own discretion.
Grand Haven:No downtown trick-or-treating; door-to-door trick-or-treating discouraged.
Grand Rapids:6 p.m. – 8 p.m.; participants encouraged to follow guidelines from the state and county health departments, as well as the Grand Rapids Police Department.
Grandville:6 p.m. – 8 p.m.; participants encouraged to follow CDC guidelines.
Hastings:5 p.m. – 8 p.m.; Unlike previous years, Green Street will not be closed for trick-or-treating. |Details
Holland:6 p.m. – 8 p.m.; participants asked to follow county and state health department guidelines. |Details
Homer:5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Ionia:6 p.m. – 8 p.m.; participants encouraged to follow state and federal health guidelines. |Details
Kalamazoo:No recommended time; participants encouraged to follow county and state health department guidelines.
Kentwood:6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Lowell:5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. |Details
Marshall:No set hours or restrictions; no downtown costume parade or candy checks this year.
Muskegon:6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Muskegon Heights:5 p.m. – 7 p.m.; participants encouraged to follow CDC guidelines. No city organized events this year due to COVID-19.
Norton Shores:6 p.m. – 8 p.m.; participants encouraged to follow state health department guidelines |Details
Portland:6 p.m. – 8 p.m.; participants asked to consider county and state health department guidelines.
Rockford:5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. ; participants encouraged to follow state health department recommendations. |Details
Saugatuck:No recommended time; participants encouraged to follow Allegan County Health Department guidelines.
Sparta:5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.; participants encouraged to follow Kent County Health Department guidelines.
Spring Lake:6 p.m. – 8 p.m. for neighborhoods; no downtown business trick-or-treating events planned.
St. Joseph:6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.; downtown and Benton Harbor Arts District trick-or-treating event canceled this year. |Details
Walker:No recommended time; Participants encouraged to follow health department guidelines.
Wayland:5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.; maintain social distancing, wear masks and be safe.
Wyoming:No recommended hours; use your own discretion.
Zeeland:5 p.m. – 7 p.m. for neighborhoods; participants encouraged to follow health department guidelines. Downtown trick-or-treating event canceled this year.
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