You can help make everyone’s Halloween enjoyable by looking after children and establishing a safe environment, whether for costumed characters visiting your home or if your kids are out scaring up sweets.Continue reading the article here
- Halloween safety tips include accompanying children around the neighborhood and carrying a flashlight.
- Inspect all candy when trick-or-treating and throw away anything that was possibly opened or otherwise not in its original packaging.
- Ensure there is a clear path to your front door and that your lawn is well-lit to protect trick-or-treaters.
- Remind your child about street safety and to never enter a stranger’s home or get in their car.
http://blog.mass.gov/blog/safety/halloween-safety-tips/
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Halloween Safety Tips |
One of the other measures to ensure a safe Halloween is to offer non-allergic choices to the trick or treaters. Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) is promoting the Teal Pumpkin Project:
This Halloween, FARE is encouraging communities to start a new tradition that will help make this holiday season less scary for children with food allergies: the Teal Pumpkin Project. This campaign encourages people to raise awareness of food allergies by providing non-food treats for trick-or-treaters and painting a pumpkin teal - the color of food allergy awareness - to place in front of their house along with a free printable sign from FARE to indicate they have non-food treats available.
The Teal Pumpkin Project page provides a variety of resources:
- Download FARE’s "Non-Food Treats Available Here" Poster
- Download FARE’s "We Have Candy and Non-Food Treats Here!" Poster
- Download a flyer about the Teal Pumpkin Project and share it to spread the word
- Download a sheet of stickers that say "I Support the Teal Pumpkin Project" (Print on Avery Template #8395)
- Questions and Answers About the Teal Pumpkin Project
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Teal Pumpkin Project |
The NBC video clip from Philly has a summary of the Teal Project:
Hat tip to Renata for sharing this video clip!