Halloween

Trick or Eat & More Ways to Help on Halloween

Submitted by David B. Crowley on Thu, 10/29/2009 - 1:55pm

Looking to sink your teeth into something more than candy this Halloween? Here are 3 ways you can help Boston area communities on Saturday.

Trick or Eat Canned Food Drive: Dorchester teens are gettting ready once again to coordinate the annual canned food drive initiated several years ago by the SCI Dorchester Youth Council. The drive combats poverty and hunger in Dorchester as teens collect canned goods instead of candy treats as they visit homes in several Dorchester neighborhoods. It helps out Dorchester food pantries during the holiday season when there is very high demand for food. This idea has been spreading in a few ways--youth have replicated the program in other neighborhoods; and we just heard from a Cambridge resident who heard about this online. This woman is now organizing a drive in her neighborhood and will add her collection to that collected by the Youth Council to increase the support for the Dorchester food pantries. If you'd like to participate in Dorchester or organize something in your neighborhood, click here for more details and contact info. Read more

Trick or Eat Canned Food Drive in Dorchester

Submitted by Mike Cooper on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 2:03pm

The Trick or Eat Canned Food Drive took place on Halloween (October 31st). It is sponsored by DotWell, which is a partnership between Codman Square Health Center and Dorchester House Multi-Service Center. The DotWell Teen Center specifically ran this event. The purpose of the drive is to combat poverty and hunger in the Dorchester community by donating cans to the Dorchester House Multi-Service Center and Codman Square Health Center pantries, which help to support food pantries' high demand for food during the holiday season.

1-2 adults supervised groups of 5-6 high-school students who trick or treated for canned goods in the Ashmont Hill, Melville Park and Fields Corner areas from 6 PM - 10 PM. The youth volunteers are came from the Madison Park, Boston Latin, Boston Collegiate Charter, and West Roxbury Charter schools.