Grab and Go for free, safe Halloween
The Town of Taos, merchant community and Taos nonprofit organizations are hosting a COVID-19 safe free drive-through Grab and Go Halloween Event for children of all ages along Civic Plaza Drive this Sunday (Oct. 31) from 2-5 p.m.
Halloween bags filled with goodies will be handed out during this year to the first 2,500 children on Sunday or until all bags have been given out.
The bags will be handed out on Civic Plaza Drive using COVID-safe practices. Gloved and masked town staff and volunteers will be on hand to distribute the Halloween goodie bags. All children must attend with an adult and participants must remain in their vehicles at all times; no pedestrian traffic will be permitted. Children do not need to be in costume to receive a bag.
Civic Plaza Drive will be closed from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the Grab and Go event, however, businesses and homeowners will be allowed limited access and secure parking. The entrance to the Grab and Go will be a special lane on the southbound side of Paseo del Pueblo Norte on the corner of Civic Plaza Drive and Paseo del Pueblo Norte. Once you have received your goodie bag, vehicles will then exit at the corner of Camino de la Placita and Civic Plaza Drive. Civic Plaza Drive will be one-way traffic only for this event. There will be no parking allowed along Civic Plaza Drive and on the southbound side of Paseo del Pueblo Norte, starting north from El Pueblito Lodge down to Civic Plaza Drive during the day Sunday.
Judy Esquibel, Town of Taos Community Events Coordinator, thanked everyone in advance for helping with this year’s Halloween event, especially in light of all the hardships the community continues to experience due to COVID19.
“Thank you for joining us to ensure that our children are not forgotten. This event is made possible because of the many volunteers, staff, merchants, business owners, nonprofit organizations, police, fire and sponsors that helped make it happen. We are a huge team, working together to bring the community an important event with a free and fun-filled Halloween goodie bag, in a safe environment, in a creative and COVID-safe style,” Esquibel said in a prepared statement.
She added that the “town of Taos is proud to work with the gracious merchant community and our nonprofit organizations who donated to bring you this event, with special thanks to Albertsons Market, Smith’s and Walmart.”
For more information, contact Esquibel at (575) 751-2037 or at