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SALT LAKE CITY — It’s the day after Halloween. Maybe your children returned home last night with more candy than anyone should eat in a lifetime. Maybe the slow trick-or-treat scene on your block left you with mounds of leftover sweets.
Fear not! You don’t have to throw the candy away or eat enough to turn into Augustus Gloop — there’s a way to get the candy off your hands for a good cause.
The Shops at South Town in Sandy, for instance, announced that it is hosting its fifth annual Candy Buy Back this year to benefit Operation Give. In a news release, the shopping center said the candy will be sent to American servicemen and women and their families as stocking-stuffers.
“We love our partnership with Operation Give,” said Shops at South Town marketing manager Heather Nash. “This program provides a great opportunity for kids and adults to support the brave men and women who protect our country.”
Those interested can bring their candy to the guest services kiosk, located on the upper level near Orange Julius, through Nov. 5.
Similarly, Operation Gratitude includes candy in every care package it sends to American service members overseas. Through its Halloween Candy Give-Back, oversupplied families can donate leftover candy by shipping it directly to Operation Gratitude or by dropping it at local partner businesses.
Utahns can donate candy at the Bricks & Minifigs toy store in South Jordan; the DaVinci Academy school in Ogden; or the First American Title insurance location on Sun Peak Drive in Park City.
Operation Gratitude asks that those shipping candy do so no later than Nov. 8; more information is available on its website.
