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By
Susan Pierce
Staff
Writer
Last Halloween, Sam Beard,
7
returned from
trick-or-treating
with a sack full of candy.
"It was a
huge bag and it was
pretty heavy. He got more
candy
than he had ever gotten,"
said his
mom Angela Beard. "Then he
left his bag on the
hayride, it got
rained on and we had to
toss it."
This year
that wouldn't prove
to be a total washout for
Sam.
Dr. Andrew
Lunn, a local den-
tist, is offering kids the
sweetest
treat of all; cash for
candy.
As dental
associations warn
parents not to let their
children
overindulge in the sugary
sweets
they collect on their
Halloween
round this local dentist
is putting |
his
money where his mouth is.
Dr. Lunn is
sponsoring the
Great Halloween Candy
Buy-Back
on Thursday at 3-7 p.m. at
his
office, 1606 Gunbarrel
Road, Suite
104, in the Corporate
Image Com-
plex. He will buy back
children's
unopened candy for $1 a
pound.
For every
dollar the child
receives, Dr. Lunn said he
will
match that amount with a
dona-
tion to the United Way of
Greater Chattanooga.
No child
leaves empty-hand-
ed, he added. If the candy
does-
n't tip the scales at a
pound, the
child will at least get a
Chick-fil-
A coupon. Every parent
driving
a child to the event will
receive
a $50 gift certificate
toward the
cost of a teeth-whitening
proce- |
dure.
All the candy he collects.
will be sent to U.S.
soldiers in
Iraq, he said.
Would Sam buy
that?
"No," said
the first-grade.
"I would,"
said his mother.
"Tooth decay
is the most
common disease in
mankind,"
said Dr Lunn. "I believe
dentists
and physicians need to
promote
good health in their
communi-
ties. By doing this, it's
a good
way to show citizens that
den-
tists are trying to get
rid of
things that cause cavities
in kids.
Candy in
moderation is OK as
long as the child
practices proper
oral hygiene.The main
thing is to
prevent excess," said Dr.
Lunn.
E-mail
Susan Pierce at
spierce@timesfreepress.com |
