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Halloween Candy Buy Back Benefits Soldiers
A St. Clair Shores dentist will pay $1 per pound for your leftover Halloween candy stash.
ST. CLAIR SHORES, MI — A Halloween candy buy back event will help bring a smile to the faces of American soldiers around the world. St. Clair Shores Dentist P. Steven Wainess is hosting the seventh annual event and will use the candy as part of care packages sent to troops via “Operation Gratitude.”
Last year, Wainess collected 1,103 pounds of candy. “That's a lot of candy,” he said, “but we are hoping to beat that amount this year.”
Wainess is buying back Halloween candy for $1 per pound. The event will be held on Nov. 5 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at 30140 Harper Avenue, suite 100. More information can be found at www.halloweencandybuyback.com.
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Medal of Honor recipient Charles Kettles will be the event’s guest of honor. Wainess also expects to have other soldiers and veterans as guests. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from St. Clair Shores Patch, click here to find your local Michigan Patch. Also, follow us on Facebook, and if you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)
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