Its not too late to muster up a troop of witches, warlocks, fairies and superheros, young and old, to make a big impact on children's lives this Halloween. Why not do some reverse trick-or-treating.
What is reverse trick-or-treating? Reverse trick-or-treating is when you walk around door to door and instead or, or including, taking candy as your 'treat’ you hand the candy giver a treat of your own. As mention in the earlier post Fair Trade Trick-or-Treating, is becoming increasingly popular and fair trade chocolate companies have launched reverse trick-or-treating programs to bring awareness to the cause. However reverse trick-or-treating is more than just passing out a treat, but passing along awareness…and what is a better treat than giving back.
So what can you do for your reverse trick-or-treating this year? Well as I preciously mentioned you can join establish programs to promote fair trade chocolate, or as mentioned in the post Help Children This Halloween, UNICEF has a well established program. However you don't have to have a little pre-printed box or fair trade chocolate kit to participate charity or activism this Halloween. You can also in reverse trick-or-treating, by choosing your favorite cause, and/or organization and collect money, or advocate, on their behalf. Most any organization will gladly send you facts and information materials on their organization and the cause they support, for you to pass out as you go door to door making a difference with each ring of a bell. So not everyone will toss you a few bucks, or even a few coppers, but your efforts and the information you leave behind, may very well jumpstart them into action. And you may be very well surprised at what you find lurking behind some doors.
Besides the reward of doing something that will benefit others, I’m sure there will be some sugary and chocolaty sweets in it for you too! So what are you waiting for, go out there and get yourself all decked out and hit the streets and scare up some funds for a good cause.
