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8 | November 1, 2018 | The Lockport Legend news<br />
lockportlegend.com<br />
VitaLife buys back trick-or-treat candy with toys and prizes<br />
Lockport resident<br />
sponsors healthy<br />
Halloween initiative<br />
Amanda Del Buono<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Halloween is full of<br />
frights, but to some, the scariest<br />
part is hidden in plain<br />
sight — sugar.<br />
The average trick-ortreater<br />
consumes about three<br />
cups of sugar on Halloween,<br />
which is the same as 13 Big<br />
Macs, according to data provided<br />
by VitaLife Wellness<br />
and Weight Loss. Additionally,<br />
it would take 180 miles<br />
of trick-or-treating to burn<br />
off the calories consumed on<br />
Halloween.<br />
To raise awareness about<br />
these frightening Halloween<br />
statistics, VitaLife Wellness<br />
and Weight Loss will be<br />
running a Halloween Candy<br />
Buy Back event. The buy<br />
back will take place Nov.<br />
1-2 from 4 to 7 p.m. and<br />
on Nov. 3 from 10 a.m. to 2<br />
p.m. at VitaLife New Lenox,<br />
located at 352 W. Maple<br />
Street.<br />
Candy will be weighed,<br />
and, in exchange, participants<br />
will receive tickets<br />
that can be redeemed for<br />
toys and prizes. Additionally,<br />
by participating in the<br />
buy back, one raffle ticket<br />
per family will be entered<br />
into VitaLife’s iPad prize<br />
drawing.<br />
Participants must be 12<br />
years old or younger and accompanied<br />
by an adult.<br />
All of the candy collected<br />
will be donated to Operation<br />
Care Package and sent<br />
overseas to deployed active<br />
military personnel, with the<br />
hopes of lifting their spirits<br />
and helping them build relationships<br />
with the children in<br />
other countries.<br />
Inspiring healthy living<br />
The event is part of a mission<br />
VitaLife and its owner<br />
Davis Jaspers has embarked<br />
on to help the local community<br />
lead happy and healthier<br />
lives.<br />
“On Halloween, kids eat<br />
almost a pound of sugar just<br />
on that one day in America,<br />
which is the equivalent of<br />
what kids should be having<br />
over about 65 days, and<br />
they’re doing it on this one<br />
day,” said Davis Jaspers,<br />
founder of the VitaLife<br />
program and owner of the<br />
New Lenox VitaLife location.<br />
“Somebody has to<br />
be the voice of reason out<br />
there and say we’ve got to<br />
stop this practice otherwise<br />
we’re just going to continue<br />
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“Rather than doing that<br />
and being the bad guy out<br />
there, what we want to do is<br />
provide an opportunity for<br />
the local community to come<br />
together and say, ‘Let’s get<br />
rid of some of this candy,<br />
because we don’t need it<br />
all, and let’s have toys that<br />
are going to last longer and<br />
aren’t going to be detrimental<br />
to our health.’”<br />
Homer Glen State Farm<br />
agent and Lockport resident<br />
Michelle Kerfin is a sponsor<br />
for the event. Michelle and<br />
her husband, Ed, both participated<br />
in Jaspers’ weightloss<br />
program and lost more<br />
than 40 and 80 pounds, respectively.<br />
With their connection to<br />
the program, they’ve been<br />
inspired by Jaspers’ enthusiasm<br />
to help others live<br />
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healthier lifestyles, they<br />
said.<br />
“I’ve been very successful<br />
on his program, like<br />
most people I know, and<br />
then my husband joined the<br />
program, as well,” Michelle<br />
said. “… [Jaspers] came up<br />
with this idea for the candy<br />
buy back, and I thought that<br />
was just a brilliant idea for<br />
what he’s trying to do for<br />
the world.<br />
“… He’s just truly trying<br />
to change the health<br />
of America, and it just fits<br />
right into his mission to tell<br />
the kids you can have what<br />
candies you want, but let’s<br />
make a choice to turn some<br />
of that candy in and get toys,<br />
instead.”<br />
Due to their history with<br />
Operation Care Package,<br />
the Kerfins recommended<br />
to Jaspers that the candy be<br />
donated to the organization.<br />
“My husband and I have<br />
always been very involved<br />
with Operation Care Package,<br />
so we recommended<br />
to Davis to send the candy<br />
with them over in their<br />
packages to active military<br />
personnel so they can enjoy<br />
a treat from home, and Davis’<br />
wish of course with that<br />
candy over in the military<br />
is for them to use it to build<br />
relationships with the kids<br />
in those countries, because<br />
they don’t get candy like we<br />
get here,” Michelle said.<br />
Davis added: “We just<br />
found [sending the candy to<br />
soldiers overseas] as a great<br />
way to spread goodwill to<br />
everyone, as well as just giving<br />
the kids the opportunity<br />
to make that choice.”<br />
For more information on<br />
the candy buy back, visit<br />
www.vitalifeweightloss.<br />
com.<br />
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