Keene NH Dentist Paying Kids Not to Eat Candy
Dixon Orthodontics in Keene New Hampshire is giving out cash to kids for their Halloween candy.
The dentist is buying back candy after Halloween for $2/pound. They say they will also match all the money they collect from the candy for cash drive to donate to a former Keene High School swimmer paralyzed in a swimming accident during the summer.
Dr. Jeffrey Dixon said he will give some of the candy to local nursing homes and soup kitchens then throw the remainder away. A lot of the kids he says come in after Halloween with broken braces and loose wires from eating so much junk hard candy and ding-dongs and ho ho’s. The buy-back Dr Dixon says, helps kids eat less candy, and helping former Keene High School student Kelley Goddu with medical bills.
How many kids will be sifting through his garbage next week? I see it as helping kids from becoming obese.
So what do you think? Is this just a publicity stunt or is Dr. Jeffrey Dixon and Dixon Orthodontics doing a good thing for the community?
Who’s heading up to Keene to cash in on their kids’ candy?
The candy buy back produced 400 lbs of donated candy from patients. Much of that candy went to the soldiers in Iraq.It also produced 1,000 dollars to Kelley Goddu for medical bills! Say what you will about publicity but it did alot of good and was win win marketing at it’s best.