Time to start thinking Halloween? UNICEF is.

When I was a kid, we carried our Halloween treats in pillow cases because we were greedy little goblins who didn't mind having candy-corn stuck in our hair later on. But again, my kids get to have all the fun with none of the hideous pol…

Time to start thinking Halloween? UNICEF is.
When I was a kid, we carried our Halloween treats in pillow cases because we were greedy little goblins who didn't mind having candy-corn stuck in our hair later on. But again, my kids get to have all the fun with none of the hideous polyester paisley.

UNICEF, which really is synonymous with Halloween for plenty of us, is now making it both cute and easy to gorge on sugar whiling help kids in need. When you buy the adorable cotton burlap FEED trick-or-treat bag bag from HSN, $3.50 goes directly to UNICEF and provides an entire year's worth of micronutrient powder to a child in the developing world. Honestly, I can't buy a bottle of Trader Joe's vitamins for that price, so I'm impressed with the amount of good you can do with one purchase. I also love the opportunity to discuss with my four-year-old how fortunate we are and how we can help others.

But the FEED bag helps us, too. It's sturdy and reusable year-round for groceries or trips to the library. And it's fitted with reflective webbing to keep kids visible when ghosts and witches take to the streets. And, gosh darn it, it's really freakin' cute.

No tricks here-- as UNICEF says, it's a treat just knowing that you've helped a child in need.~Delilah

Get the UNICEF FEED bag online at HSN

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