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7 Sweet Ways to Give Back This Halloween
Between political villains & clowns in the woods, the world can sometimes look like an IRL horror movie. But this Halloween, forgo the fright & choose to do right. If this year’s costume sales are any indication (superheroes are #1, challenging princesses for the first time in 11 years), you won’t be alone in trying to make the world a less scary place.
Why trick when you can treat with donating last season's styles?
Check out 7 ways to be a good ghost this year:
Help Kids Play Dress-Up
Have a few skeletons in your closet? Donate your gently used or new costumes to 'Ween Dream. The non-profit will distribute them to children in need, including those in foster care & shelters. Now your angel costume will be legit.
Forgo the fright & choose to do right.
Collect Coins Instead Of Candy For UNICEF
Collect spare change for the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF program. Your nickels & dimes add up: $10 gives 280 kids life-saving vaccinations. $15 will provide a child with clean safe water for a year!
Bring Devilish Fun To A Children’s Hospital
Make the hospital a little less scary. Spirit Halloween’s Spirit of Children program hosts Halloween celebrations in hospitals across the U.S. & Canada. They also raise money for hospitals’ Child Life departments which provide developmental, educational & therapeutic support for children undergoing medical treatment. Make a donation of cash or toys at your neighborhood store or online. Or, reach out to your local children’s hospital & see if they’re looking for volunteers.
Run For A Cause, Not From Zombies
Halloween is the healthiest holiday of the year? It can be if you participate in a run or walk for charity. From 5ks to half-marathons, these races are held in cities across the country, benefit local charities & often encourage people to dress up in costumes. Even not-so-aerodynamic ones. Bonus points if you find a pet parade for your pup to join too!
Make the world a less scary place & be a halloween hero by running for a cause!
Give more than just a sugar rush this Halloween!
Nourish A Community With More Than Candy Corn
Give more than just a sugar rush this Halloween by launching a food drive in your neighborhood or at your office, yoga studio or gym. Food banks across the country are always in need of non-perishable goods like beans, rice, canned vegetables or tuna. Fill a tote with pantry staples the next time you make a candy run. For more information about how to start a campaign, visit We Scare Hunger.
Share Your (Used) Scary Stories
Give little trick-or-treaters (& the adults chaperoning them) some brain candy. With everyone out and about, Halloween is the perfect time to debut a free library on your street comer. All it takes is a box or crate filled with a few books you’ve already read & a spooky R.I.P (read in peace, duh) sign that says, “Take a book, leave a book.”
For more tips on starting a free book exchange, visit Little Free Library.
Throw a Corpse Bridesmaid Party
Skip the stress of dressing up to go out & invite your BFFs over for a scary movie night. Price of admission for an evening of deviled eggs & blood orange sangria: an old bridesmaid (or cocktail!) dress. The next day, pack them up & ship them to The Princess Project or Becca's Closet where they’ll find their happily ever after as a prom dress.