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Find out where to donate extra Halloween candy so it goes to a good cause.
Find yourself in mounds of Mounds after Halloween? Are you gushing with Gushers? Keep some then sell the rest.
Candy buybacks offer cash incentives for extra candy. The bought treats are then sent to troops overseas.
Here's where to sell your treats this Nov. 1:
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Children's Dental Group, The Art of Dentistry, Vista Smiles of Columbia and Pitner Orthodontics are buying back candy for $1 per pound to send to troops as part of Operation Gratitude.
Candy can be dropped off between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 5-7 at The Art of Dentistry and Vista Smiles of Columbia, 515 Richland Street.
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Pitner Orthodontics located at 5953 Wescott Road, Columbia, will take candy on Nov. 5. The location on 814 Old Bush River Road in Chapin will take candy on Nov. 6. The offices are open from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Children's Dental Group will collect candy for $1 per pound for Operation Gratitude beginning on Nov. 1. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Operation Gratitude website also encourages dentists, hygenists and patients to write letters to the soldiers. If you're looking to donate more than candy, Operation Gratitude also accepts commercially-sealed lip balm, toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental floss and travel-sized mouthwash.
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