Trick Or Eat(ing Their Lil’ Hearts Out)

Is there an age limit for trick-or-treating? While there appears to be little consensus on this head-scratcher, a national hunger-focused campaign is giving college students the opportunity to trick or treat, guilt-free.

This All Hallows' Eve, 3,000 volunteers from Humber College, U of T, and Ryerson University will don spooky costumes and go door to door collecting non-perishable food items for Trick or Eat 2007. They’ll be collecting on behalf of Meal Exchange, a charitable organization dedicated to raising awareness about hunger and local poverty. Local agencies, including Scott Mission, Daily Bread, and the U of T Food Bank, will be the recipients of the donated goods.

Most needed items include: pasta products and sauce, rice, canned meats and fish, peanut butter, breakfast cereal, canned vegetables, dry and canned soups, fruit juices, canned and powdered milk, baby food, diapers, beans and legumes.

Through their efforts over the past four years in 47 locations across Canada, ‘Trick or Eat-ers’ have collected over $1 million in food—and are aiming to gather $400,000 worth of food this year. So keep some non-perishable foods with the candy and look out for these oversized ghouls ‘Trick or Eat-ing’ in your neighbourhood!

Photo by oldOnliner.