The organization posted the request on the Volunteer Lubbock website, framing leftover candy as a way to help others rather than letting it go to waste. Even candy corn counts, according to the group. Monetary donations can be mailed in, though the source cuts off before listing a full address.
The pitch is simple. Rather than eating your way through a mountain of fun-size Snickers or letting them go stale, you can hand them off to a local group that repackages them for people who could use a little extra joy around the holidays. It costs nothing but a trip to drop off candy, and it stretches your Halloween haul into something that lasts past October 31.
For neighbors in Lubbock with kids who trick-or-treated their way into a sugar surplus, this gives that candy a second life instead of a slow death in a cabinet. It also means the polarizing bags of candy corn nobody wants to eat might finally serve a purpose.
Turns out the most divisive candy in America might be the easiest one to give away.