3rd Annual Halloween Candy Buyback for the Troops

    On the 1st of November 2011, we had almost 250 children from the community bring in their excess Halloween candy for the third year in a row.  We shut the office down early and opened up to buy candy back from the kids to send to the troops.  We paid them a dollar per pound of candy and gave out free toothbrushes, coupons to Coldstone, Jose's for free meals, Pizza Chalet, and Frugos.

    The kids wrote letters and colored pictures for the troops.  The amazing thing about our community is that we continued to receive candy donations for several more weeks after the actual event.  Over three hundred pounds of candy was collected for the troops overseas.  Several kids donated the money right back to the troops. 

    We want to thank everyone for participating and giving up their candy to support our soldiers overseas.  We collected the candy as part of Operation Gratitude and we are going to be holding this event every year until all of the troops come home.