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It’s that time of year again! Lake Hills Orthodontics is happy to announce our 10th Annual Candy Buy Back Event is happening again, just a few days after Halloween.
Think you’ll get a lot more candy than you can chew this year? When you stop by our office on November 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th, you can turn all your extra candy into money! We’ll even take the candy your brother or sister won’t eat.
And don’t worry if you don’t live nearby. We’ve teamed up with several other offices in the area, including:
For candy drop-off location information and more details, check out our flyer here.
Lake Hills Orthodontics began this event eight years ago when we realized our kids were getting more candy than we could manage from trick or treating. And as parents, we wondered what our options were for getting through all that candy – which can easily add up to several pounds each year!
One idea was we could sneakily throw a piece away every day. Or we could spread it out until the next Halloween. But from a health perspective, eating that much candy isn’t good for kids (or parents!), and the sugar can become addicting.
For you braces wearers, there’s even more risk to your oral health. We often see orthodontic patients come in after Halloween with all sorts of problems. Eating candy can mess up braces and lead to tooth decay problems when not properly cleaned. Here’s a few ways this happens:
That doesn’t mean we think kids should miss out on the candy collecting fun. Which is exactly why we started this event. This way, kids get to keep trick or treating and then earn a little cash for their bounty (and maybe even a special prize to boot!).
Let’s BEAT our record of 901 lbs. while supporting our soldiers abroad!
Every pound of candy you drop off at any participating office earns you ONE DOLLAR – and a matching dollar will be donated to the Bellevue Boys & Girls Club!
Plus, there will be a cool prize for whoever brings in the most candy! And if you bring in 3 or more pounds, you’ll win a special prize.
All candy collected during the buy back event will be donated to Northwest Harvest, Renewal Food Bank and soldiers abroad.
If you’ll be trick or treating this year and you want to indulge in a little of your bounty, make sure to practice good hygiene. Brush and floss your teeth twice a day, and it’s a good idea to clean them again after you’ve eaten some candy so the sugars don’t sit on your teeth for too long.
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