Make this Year a Green Halloween
With childhood obesity rates and even scarier, type II diabetes rates in children under 10 years old sky rocketing, it’s time to take up the mantra of Green Halloween and start to “think outside the candy box.”
I learned about this program in the spring and am so impressed by what the founder, Corey Colwell-Lipson has accomplished after taking her idea to Whole Foods a year ago.
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This year, the non-profit program is expanding from where it started last Halloween in Seattle to reach out to ten cities including: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix, Fresno, Daytona Beach, Rochester, MN, Salida, CO, Magnolia, TX and Canton, CT.
In each city, they are urging parents to offer treats such as Clif’s Z bars or Twisted Fruit, Larabars and even non-food items, such as bubbles or Crayon Rocks that kids will be just as thrilled to receive. If you really want to give candy, then consider offering fair trade chocolate, such as Dagoba.
Check out the site for tips and to get involved locally or bring Green Halloween to your city.
What a great idea! My only concern is the cost of some of those items… any ideas for a low cost alternative?
It’s really too bad that if one were to bake a delicious and nutritious treat to hand out, no one would let their kids eat it.
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I always give away small new looking unwanted toys which you always count on party favors to provide a fresh supply of (with the kids approval), stickers still on the original paper they came on, (most of it embarrassingly still comes from the huge collection i had amassed as a child), and individually wrapped oatmeal cookies, surprisingly i always buy a dozen cookies and never manage to give them all away, the stickers and toys steal the show.
Absolutely - several companies have great low cost alternatives, such as Yummy Earth lollipops, Clif’s twisted fruit and Spooky S’mores, which are less than $.60 at local Whole Foods are all good options. Kettle Corn also has a lot less sugar and more fiber than traditional treats and comes in bulk. Kids really love special treasures, such as stickers, which are exceptionally inexpensive this Halloween.