Some Toledo area dentists offering cash for Halloween candy

11/2/2009

Some area dentists are offering children money to pass on Halloween sweets, and will collect their surplus candy to send to U.S. troops overseas.

The buyback is "an effort to help the parents get rid of the candy that the kids really don't need," said Kelly Mahlman, a dental hygienist for pediatric dentists Drs. Stephen Pero and Michael Glinka in Maumee.

Participating dentists include:

• Drs. Stephen Pero and Michael Glinka, pediatric dentists

5635 Monclova Rd., Maumee, 419-893-0708

Monday from 5 to 7 p.m., $1 per pound up to 5 pounds

• Drs. Robert Julius and Jean Kay, orthodontists

5665 Monclova Rd., Maumee, 419-893-3376

Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m., $1 per pound up to 5 pounds

• Drs. John Strawman and Jeffrey Kaiser

1064 West Wooster St., Bowling Green, 419-352-4661

Monday from 5 to 7 p.m., $1 per pound up to 10 pounds per family

• Westgate Family Dental

3100 W. Central Ave., Toledo, 419-578-4110

Monday from 4 to 6 p.m. and Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m., $1 per pound

• Dr. Christopher B. Clark

28321 Kensington Lane, Perrysburg, 419-874-3333

Monday from 4 to 6 p.m., $1 per pound up to 10 pounds per person.

Participants will also receive free toothbrushes and entries for raffle prizes

• Dr. Jonathan Frankel

5012 Talmadge Rd., Toledo, 419-474-9611

Monday from 3 to 6 p.m., $1 per pound