Do you have a problem with food allergies? How to make sure all kids have fun on Halloween

SPOKANE, Wash. – Tonight, some kids are eagerly awaiting the whole year. It's time to dress up, get dressed and eat sweets! But for 6 million children, or one in 13 children with life-threatening food allergies, Halloween can be a frustrating night.

Many of them will not be able to eat most of the treats that they collect by knocking on doors tonight, as they could have potentially life-threatening reactions to things like nuts or chocolate that they do not have. found in most sweets. This is why the Food Allergy Research and Education Center (FARE) launched the Teal Pumpkin project in 2014.

The goal is to make Halloween as inclusive as possible and to encourage homes to offer non-allergenic or non-food options for people who practice the trap.

If you see a turquoise pumpkin on the steps of the door tonight, it means that the house has things like little toys, pencils, stickers, bubbles or glow sticks to offer to children who want or who do not can not eat sweets. Participating homes will either have a pumpkin painted with teal or a teal pumpkin sign.

If you want to know before you go which houses to stop, you can consult the teal pumpkin tracker online. It is a national map, with the locations of the houses registered as participants in the green pumpkin. All you have to do is type the postal code in which you will be manipulated and the houses will appear.

You can also add your house to the map if you participate this year. And it's not too late to become a teal pumpkin house! Find the details to register here.

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