Marblehead Halloween Candy Collection For Operation Troop Support

MARBLEHEAD, MA — While trick-or-treating can be fun on Halloween, parents who don't want all that extra candy around the house are encouraged to donate it to the Marblehead Police Department and the Danvers-based Operation Troop Support.

Parents can drop off wrapped, unopened candy in the lobby of the Marblehead police station through Nov. 12.

All candy will then be delivered to Danvers for donation to Operation Troop Support.

Established in March 2003, Operation Troop Support is a nonprofit organization on the North Shore that serves our deployed men and women in uniform from across the country. OTS has five missions:

• Sending care packages to our deployed troops
• Supplying our military hospitals both stateside and abroad with much-needed comfort items
• Spearheading an extensive holiday gift-wrapping and distribution program for our military forces
• Coordinating a regional military family support group program
• Generating a public awareness of the sacrifices and needs of the soldiers and their families

Those who don't have extra candy to spare, but want to donate to Operation Troop Support can do so here.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)