Halloween Candy 'Buy Back' by Local Dentists

At least two El Cerrito dental practices are offering an incentive for local trick-or-treaters to relinquish some of the likely excess of candy collected at Halloween this year.

The dentists are extending a Halloween candy buy back offer – agreeing to pay a dollar a pound for the uneaten candy.

Dr. Linh Cao-Chan at 10110 San Pablo Ave. will hold her buy back on Nov. 7 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. The collected candy will be sent to U.S. troops overseas through Operation Gratitude, she said. Last year, her office's first candy buy back collected more than 50 pounds.

Drs. Edward Matsuishi and Nicholas Ching at 7001 Stockton Ave. will have two candy buy back days, on Nov. 1 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Nov. 2 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The office has done the candy buy back for several years and is offering to pay with $1 coins instead of paper money. The candy will be sent to troops overseas in cooperation with local Boy Scouts, an office representative said.

If you know of other local dentists – or anyone else – offering to buy back Halloween candy, please let us know in the comments below.

–––––––––––––––––––––

Don't miss any hometown news. Get the day's headlines and events – plus any breaking news alerts – by subscribing to the El Cerrito Patch email newsletter.