Teal pumpkins give food allergy sufferers a safe Halloween

“It supports all children with food allergies or food restrictions, ranging from as kids with anaphylaxis to kids with ADHD or autism”. Even chewy SweeTARTS and Laffy Taffy sweets have egg in them.

That’s where a teal pumpkin comes in. Then, when kids come to your door on Halloween, have non-food items available other than candy. “I mean, If I have a peanut allergy and I get candy with peanuts in it, I just don’t eat them”, says one commenter on a Yappi.com forum called “How many people on here hate the Teal Pumpkin Project?”

As part of its program, Trinity will hold a trunk or treat evening on Saturday, October 24, from 6 p.m.to 7:30 p.m. A number of the decorated trunk or treat vehicles will be designated as Teal Pumpkin trick or treat locations.

Whether you go teal or not, offering non-edible gifts can help children for various reasons.

It can also be safer than trying to offer trick-or-treaters separate bowls of candy containing common allergens, such as peanuts. It all depends on how sensitive a child is to the food.

Amy participates in the project by giving out non-food items like glow sticks, kazoos, stickers, pencils and erasers to kids that visit her home on Halloween.

“Having the epinephrine on-hand is critical”.

“Why can’t the kids put on a teal colored outfit letting EVERYONE know of their food allergy”, mocks another user, David Thorne.

The complexities of her daily life are something she wouldn’t wish on anyone, and that’s why she says the simplicity of a teal pumpkin is so important. It is speculated that food allergies are more prevalent in the first world countries than developing countries, and researches have also speculated that the prevalence of processed food in one’s diet might be a major contributing factor to food allergies as opposed to fresh foods. Auvi-Q® is a registered trademark of Sanofi.