I know you are thinking the same thing...what are we going to do with all our left-over Halloween candy. First instinct is to eat it. All of it. Then you (and I) quickly realize that nobody wants to buy a whole new, bigger, wardrobe right before winter. So I did a little research and surprisingly there are quite a few different places you can donate your unwanted unopened candy.
For all your local Cleveland area parents, Cleveland.com did a nice write about about a local dentist. Dr. Greg DeVor (a prior Navy Dentist) who accepts donations and ships the candy to various military installations. Here's the article and more information about Dr. DeVor: http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/10/dr_greg_devor_and_other_local_dentists_will_ship_your_leftover_halloween_candy_to_the_troops.html
Most of our local churches accept Halloween candy donations. I know our church, St. Christopher Church is Rocky River always has accepted the candy. Feel free to call St. Christopher if you have any questions. http://www.stchrisparish.com/
The two programs that ship carepackages to our overseas military are operation shoebox https://operationshoebox.com/ and operation gratitute http://www.operationgratitude.com/. Another good place to contact is your local USO. The Cleveland area USO phone number is (216) 265-3680. The official USO website is http://www.uso.org/
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