Kids flip trick-or-treating and hand candy back to their town
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Bluefield members dressed up and delivered candy to downtown shops as a thank-you, instead of collecting it.
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Trick-or-treating usually runs one direction. In Bluefield it ran the other way. Kids from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Bluefield put on costumes and carried candy to downtown businesses, WVVA reported. They handed out Snickers and Skittles at the Railyard Restaurant, First Community Bank, and the Craft Memorial Library.
Chief executive Bill Garrett framed the walk as a thank-you to a town that shows up for the club. The national Boys & Girls Clubs of America is the wider organization. This visit was the Greater Bluefield club, on its own sidewalks, giving the treats instead of collecting them.
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Kids at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Bluefield, West Virginia, turned trick-or-treating around. In costume, they carried candy to downtown businesses and handed it out as a thank-you. Stops included the Railyard Restaurant, First Community Bank, and the Craft Memorial Library. They brought Snickers and Skittles. Chief executive Bill Garrett said the visit was the club's way of giving something back to the town that supports the kids.
- How is handing candy out different from knocking and asking for it?
- Which place in your town would you want to thank, and with what?
- Why might a small treat mean more when kids are the ones giving it?
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