Its time for trick-or-treating once again! It's always fun to see those little goblins and ghouls out roaming the streets for treats, but you would never give them battery acid as a trick...or would you? Here is some interesting, and somewhat disturbing facts about some of the candy we are handing out to those little princesses and G.I. Joes. If you remember the PH scale from middle school science class you will recall that a zero is the most acidic you can get, like battery acid. a Seven is neutral, like pure water and a 14 is the most basic you can get, like liquid drain cleaner. Now listen to this: some of the candy we are handing out is nearing battery acid on the acidic scale!
sweet Tarts 3
sour punch straws 2.5
Starburst 2.4
lemonheads 2.4
sour skittles 2.2
pixie sticks 1.9
now and laters 1.9
fun dip powder 1.8
war heads 1.6
and battery acid is a ZERO!
We are doing our best to combat all that acid. Acid wears away enamel making teeth more susceptible to cavities. At Cheyenne Mountain Dental Center we are doing a Great Halloween Candy buy back. Kids can bring in their candy (after they pick out a few favorites to enjoy) and for each pound they bring in we will give them a dollar and some coupons to fun places around town. With all that candy that we collect we will be sending it to the troops overseas (along with toothbrushes!) as part of operation Gratitude. All the kids that bring in candy will get the chance to sign a card and tell the troops how much they appreciate them. This is the second year we will be doing this, and last year we collected over 200 pounds of candy. We will be collecting candy November 2nd through November 10th. Please bring in your kids and participate with us this year!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Wow! I can't believe that many kids would give up their candy! I'm not sure I would have as a kid. :)
ReplyDeletefew kids come to our house any more. four or five teens and a couple sub teens. We are betting only 6 this year. So I buy candy I like and then get to eat the left overs. in the 1950's we kids got unwrapped, home made treats like carmel apples, popcorn balls, chocolate chip cookies. When you met up with kids you knew, you would tell them who was giving away the really neat stuff, but you had to hurry because they ran out quickly. Then all of a sudden the razor blades and scalding water started showing up in the news. Thanks, Bob Dylan for telling us, 40 years ago "times. they are a changin'" and they still are.....
ReplyDeletebuying back the candy and sending it to the troops is a great idea! I hope you can buy 300 pounds!
ReplyDeletebb