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Title: Food-Free Halloween Treats campaign
Post by: ajasfolks2 on October 21, 2011, 12:53:20 PM
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Title: Re: Food-Free Halloween Treats campaign
Post by: Macabre on October 23, 2011, 09:07:34 PM
Love this! Thank you!
Title: Re: Food-Free Halloween Treats campaign
Post by: maeve on October 24, 2011, 04:45:31 PM
I'm going to be the devil's advocate here:  I have mixed feelings about this for a couple of reasons, you give strangers information about a medical vulnerability your child has (and info on a method on how to harm them) when your child asks for the non-food treat and yet again, it's not really inclusive (kid is different than friends/peers when trick-or-treating). 

I'll continue to let DD trick-or-treat like every other kid and then swap out what she gets for safe treats and a present from the Great Pumpkin.
Title: Re: Food-Free Halloween Treats campaign
Post by: AllergyMum on October 25, 2011, 12:18:22 PM
Quote from: maeve on October 24, 2011, 04:45:31 PM
I'll continue to let DD trick-or-treat like every other kid and then swap out what she gets for safe treats and a present from the Great Pumpkin.

This is what we do as well.  My son trick-or-treats like the other kids and then when we get home it goes directly into the trunk of the car and he gets a cool toy and some safe candy. 

Personally I would not register for this, as I would not want to share this information publically. 

And on a side note - the candy we give out is safe for dairy, eggs, peanuts & tree nuts.  It is not safe for soy or wheat.  For all the kids around my area, this works for the other kids with allergies.