Guest guest Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 Hi, Does anyone have any ideas about how a vegan child can still go Trick or Treating on Halloween?? Its too much fun and I don't want my daughter to miss out, but she won't be able to eat 99% of what she gets. My husband and I came up with the idea of trading in her candy for $$. We would give her probably 50 cents for each piece and then she would be able to pick something out at the toy store. Any other ideas?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 You might consider sending the unwanted candy to Katrina or Rita victims; by the end of October it shouldn't be too hot to mail chocolate or other meltables to MS or LA. There are free food distribution points set up in damaged schools and churches in some of the ruined areas of MS where anyone can come in and get what they need. They won't be recovered before Halloween. Here are links about needs along the coast: http://www.nadadventist.org/article/view/636/1/11 http://www.oceansprings-ms.com/hurricane.htm http://www.orau.gov/eml/Katrina_page/Index.htm http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=3807702 .... Be kind. Be of good cheer. Dick Ford www.dick-ford.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 I think that is a great idea. My kids would totally go for that. - Mandy Tuesday, September 27, 2005 11:48 AM Trick or Treat Hi, Does anyone have any ideas about how a vegan child can still go Trick or Treating on Halloween?? Its too much fun and I don't want my daughter to miss out, but she won't be able to eat 99% of what she gets. My husband and I came up with the idea of trading in her candy for $$. We would give her probably 50 cents for each piece and then she would be able to pick something out at the toy store. Any other ideas?? For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Hi Mandy, For Halloween we always buy vegan treats to hand out. And we make sure there is extra for our kids. We usually have them come back to the house several times to unload their bags. After I carefully go through the bags, we keep what is vegan then I recycle the " bad " stuff to the other treaters who come to our door. I like the money idea though. I remember as a child we use to get pennies along with some candy in our treat bags. Carin _____ On Behalf Of Mandy Tuesday, September 27, 2005 1:49 PM Trick or Treat Hi, Does anyone have any ideas about how a vegan child can still go Trick or Treating on Halloween?? Its too much fun and I don't want my daughter to miss out, but she won't be able to eat 99% of what she gets. My husband and I came up with the idea of trading in her candy for $$. We would give her probably 50 cents for each piece and then she would be able to pick something out at the toy store. Any other ideas?? For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 I think thats a great idea! Sarah | Alexin, 4 | Cameron, 22m.(hbac) and expecting another wonderful addition sometime in May. _____ On Behalf Of Mandy Tuesday, September 27, 2005 10:49 AM Trick or Treat Hi, Does anyone have any ideas about how a vegan child can still go Trick or Treating on Halloween?? Its too much fun and I don't want my daughter to miss out, but she won't be able to eat 99% of what she gets. My husband and I came up with the idea of trading in her candy for $$. We would give her probably 50 cents for each piece and then she would be able to pick something out at the toy store. Any other ideas?? For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 Donate the candy to a kids home/shelter or food bank and make sure your junk food cabinet is stocked with things your daughter likes. Phil Welsher On Sep 27, 2005, at 1:48 PM, Mandy wrote: > Hi, > Does anyone have any ideas about how a vegan child can still go Trick > or Treating on > Halloween?? Its too much fun and I don't want my daughter to miss > out, but she won't be > able to eat 99% of what she gets. My husband and I came up with the > idea of trading in her > candy for $$. We would give her probably 50 cents for each piece and > then she would be > able to pick something out at the toy store. Any other ideas?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 The link below is to Peta's list of vegan Halloween treats from last year. http://www.petakids.com/grrr3-04/eat_trick.html Katie http://frugalveggiemama.blogspot.com for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 Last year my son (5 at the time) went trick - or - treating to collect food for the local food pantry. We volunteer there anyway, and he he loves to help. We passed out postcards to the neighbors about a week before Halloween explaining what he would be doing, and asked for them to offer a non-perishable food item rather than candy for him to collect. It was a huge hit! We had borrowed a jogging stroller from a neighbor (good thing, as he collected almost 90 pounds of food!). We had some people waiting for him with a full bag to donate, and he loved all the positive comments -- it was more fun and more rewarding than regular trick-or-treats, and he is looking forward to doing it again this year. He did get some people giving him candy anyway, and we just dropped those into a neighbor's candy dish (one of those " please take one " things that was out on the porch -- and empty by the time we got to it). If you plan to pass out candy when you get home, you could use it for that, too. So as to not miss out on a little something for himself, ds and I went shopping for a nice big bar of vegan dark chocolate that he enjoyed some of when he got home from his night out of collecting. He gradually broke off pieces for a week or so after Halloween, and then we were done with it. > Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:48:40 -0000 > " Mandy " <starpopple67 > Trick or Treat > > Hi, Does anyone have any ideas about how a vegan child can still go Trick or Treating on Halloween?? Its too much fun and I don't want my daughter to miss out... Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 Hi Mandy, We are going to buy vegan candy for our daughter and basically trade baskets. We will probably donate the leftover candy. Mandy <starpopple67 wrote: Hi, Does anyone have any ideas about how a vegan child can still go Trick or Treating on Halloween?? Its too much fun and I don't want my daughter to miss out, but she won't be able to eat 99% of what she gets. My husband and I came up with the idea of trading in her candy for $$. We would give her probably 50 cents for each piece and then she would be able to pick something out at the toy store. Any other ideas?? For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 I just noticed a list of vegan candy for Halloween in the latest Vegetarian Times magazine, I believe the list came from vegfamily.com. I knew of a mom of a diabetic child that bought approved candy and distributed it to the houses where they would be going. She may have even put it in it's own bag and of course talked to the parent first. I think the child was younger and there probably wasn't that many houses. I like your idea too though! Shawna " Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight " " The question is not, Can they reason? Nor can they talk? But can they suffer? " " We all love animals. Why do we call some pets and others dinner? " http://www.factoryfarming.com http://www.tryveg.com http://www.goveg.com for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 At 08:37 AM 2005-09-30, you wrote: >Re: Trick or Treat Our tradition is that the kids collect candy as other kids do. Then we have a good Halloween witch (who visits at midnight as Nov 1 is All Saint's Day) and takes all the candy, leaving a gift in return - a toy/outfit/whatever. My DH and I go through the candy after the girls are in bed, remove the non vegan stuff which I leave at my work. We put some of the vegan stuff back in their buckets along with the gift and it is at the doorstep the next day - left by the good witch. The kids love it!! ---------------*********-----------------------\ -------------------- For a compassionate world, gwynt Gwyneth Treharne ---------------<><><>--------------------------\ ----------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 great idea! Looking forward to trying it this year. --- Gwyneth Treharne <gwynt wrote: > At 08:37 AM 2005-09-30, you wrote: > >Re: Trick or Treat > > Our tradition is that the kids collect candy as > other kids do. Then we > have a good Halloween witch (who visits at midnight > as Nov 1 is All Saint's > Day) and takes all the candy, leaving a gift in > return - a > toy/outfit/whatever. My DH and I go through the > candy after the girls are > in bed, remove the non vegan stuff which I leave at > my work. We put some > of the vegan stuff back in their buckets along with > the gift and it is at > the doorstep the next day - left by the good witch. > The kids love it!! > > > > > ---------------*********-----------------------\ -------------------- > For a compassionate world, > gwynt > Gwyneth Treharne > > ---------------<><><>--------------------------\ ----------------- > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 >Our tradition is that the kids collect candy as other kids do. Then we >have a good Halloween witch (who visits at midnight as Nov 1 is All Saint's >Day) and takes all the candy, leaving a gift in return AWESOME!! This is what I have been doing, more or less, depending on his age and the situation. However the whole idea of the good witch/All Saint's is so great. Hope you don't mind but I am stealing this one for sure! THANKS. :)Madeline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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