Local Dental Practice Hosting a Halloween Candy Buy Back

Oct. 11, 2012 - PRLog -- A Blue Springs dental practice is redefining the phrase “put your money where your mouth is.” This Halloween, trick-or-treaters can bring their excess candy to Foster Dental Care and receive $1 per pound (up to $5).  The team at Foster Dental Care is leading this anti-decay movement by giving away dollars in exchange for cavity-provoking candy.

“Kids can still have all of the fun of trick-or-treating and now their piggy banks will benefit as well,” says Dr. Alan Foster, of Foster Dental Care. “Last year a lot of the children that came in were motivated to donate their extra sweets to support our hard working and much deserving Troops overseas.”

Global sugar consumption for children increases by about 2% annually and currently sits at 50 million tons per year, which means parents need to be sure their kids teeth are being cared for more than ever. Candy, as well as hurting children’s teeth, can lead to hyperactivity and weight gain. In some cases, certain types of candy can also lead to broken teeth and damaged braces.

Candy will be collected at Foster Dental Care, located in Blue Springs at 2150 NW South Outer Road on Thursday, November 1st from 4:00 – 6:00pm. The candy must be unopened and all children must be accompanied by an adult. The first 100 kids who donate their candy will receive goodie bags with free Kids Meal coupons from the Blue Springs Chick-Fil-A and a brightly colored toothbrush.  Payment will be made during the event time. However, donations will be accepted until November 8th.   All candy donations will then be shipped to troops overseas via Operation Gratitude.  

To date, Operation Gratitude has sent over 675,000 care packages to individually named troops all over the world. For more information, visit Operation Gratitude at www.operationgratitude.com or www.halloweencandybuyback.com.  For more information about Foster Dental Care, please visit www.fosterdentalcare.com or call 816-463-9528.