Where can you donate extra Halloween candy in Central Texas?

  

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Looking to get rid of your extra Halloween candy? A few local and national groups are collecting candy to send to troops overseas.

Here’s a few groups collecting your extra Snickers, Smarties, Starbursts and the like:

Treats for Troops

San Antonio-based nonprofit Soldiers’ Angels coordinates with businesses and organizations to create drop-off sites for excess Halloween candy. The groups then send candy to Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals, military installations and guard or reserve units.

Here’s a few sites in Central Texas:

  • CGI Austin Metro: 2500 Bee Caves Road, Building 3, Austin
    • Donations accepted 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays until Nov. 14
  • Fighting Fit Kickboxing & Jiu Jitsu: 1779 Wells Branch Parkway, Austin
    • Donations accepted 5:30-8:30 p.m. until Nov. 6
  • St. Faustina Kowalska Parish: 5252 S. Austin Avenue, Georgetown
    • Donations accepted 10 a.m.-6 p.m. until Nov. 8
  • Williamson County Association of REALTORS: 123 Old Settlers Blvd., Round Rock
    • Donations accepted 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays until Nov. 30
  • Becher & Gil Orthodontics: 4464 Frontier Trail, Austin
    • Donations accepted 8 a.m.-4 p.m. until Nov. 8
  • Leander Pediatric Dentistry: 903 Old Bagdad Road, Leander
    • Donations accepted 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 5-7

Operation Shoebox

The nonprofit accepts bags of individually wrapped candies — preferably heat-resistant candy during the warm season, according to its website.

Operation Shoebox sends care packages to armed forces deployed. A full list of donation items is online.

Candy donations can be sent to: Operation Shoebox, 8360 East Highway 25, Belleview, FL, 34420

Know of another group collecting leftover Halloween candy? Let us know at ReportIt@kxan.com.