Trick-or-treaters with allergic reactions need to be further cautious on Halloween — the Teal Pumpkin Project is making the day rather less scary for them.
AILSA CHANG, HOST:
Zombies, ghosts, witches – Halloween is all about getting spooky, from costumes to decorations.
WHITNEY ALLEN: We have, like, the OG Hallmark paper cutout skeleton in, like, one window, after which, like, the shadow witch in one other window (laughter).
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:
That is Whitney Allen of Gordonsville, Va. But as a mother of two daughters, she is aware of that for most kids, the day’s main focus will not be decor. It’s trick-or-treating.
ALLEN: We’re going to have a desk arrange. One finish of the desk goes to be a bowl with traditional sweet – you already know, some popcorn, some gummy fruits. And then the opposite finish goes to have some non-candy, non-food treats.
CHANG: That’s proper, non-food treats. That’s as a result of for a lot of mother and father, the scariest a part of Halloween might be the dangers posed for youths with meals allergic reactions. This 12 months, Allen is collaborating within the Teal Pumpkin Project.
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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Halloween might be further scary for the 1 in 13 youngsters with meals allergic reactions. But it would not need to be. The Teal Pumpkin Project creates…
KELLY: It’s a marketing campaign launched in 2014 by a gaggle referred to as Food Allergy Research and Education, or FARE. And it is designed to make Halloween safer for youths with allergic reactions. Participating households put a teal pumpkin on their porch that tells trick-or-treaters with allergic reactions or dietary restrictions this home has non-food treats.
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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Like small toys, video games or stickers.
CHANG: Allen’s youngsters do not have allergic reactions, however she herself has celiac illness, and one in all her daughter’s finest pals has diabetes. She says the Teal Pumpkin Project is an efficient means to verify all youngsters can get pleasure from Halloween.
KELLY: And for his or her mother and father, it’d simply make the night time rather less scary.
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