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Your children are done trick-or-treating and they have enough candy to last until Easter. What do you do with all the excess sweets? Donate them to charity, or course. Still, it can be hard for kids to give up their treats, even when doing the right thing. Perhaps your family dentist can help!
You can donate the extra candy to our troops by participating in the Halloween Candy Buy Back program. Local dentists collect the candy and pay your children one dollar for every pound they bring in. The kids can keep the money or choose to donate it back toward the cost of sending the treats to our soldiers overseas. Click on the link above to find a paticipating dentist in you area.
If you have no participating dentists near you, consider donating the candy to children's agencies like The Home For Little Wanderers, or perhaps your local food bank or homeless shelter.
Other organizations that accept Halloween candy donations, according to the website familycares.org, include "Meals on Wheels, nursing or veterans' homes, and shelters or agencies that work with children such as foster care, group, or transition homes. Treats like these are especially appreciated on Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving or at other holiday parties. Most of the wrapped candy can be frozen or refrigerated."
Another great frugal family idea is to use extra candy to make delicious baked goods which can be frozen and distributed over the upcoming holidays. Visit the online recipe site cd kitchen for ideas.
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