*Ø* Blogmanac | Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF This Year and Make a Difference

For most of us, Halloween means costumes, candy and parties. But, for a special group of children across the country, it means saving the lives of children around the world. These exceptional children are those who choose to participate in "Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF."

For 53 years, children in the United States have shown their commitment to their global peers by carrying the little orange box on Halloween and collecting funds for UNICEF -- a global organization whose goal is to bring health, education, equality and protection to every child in the world.

Since its inception in 1950, "Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF" has raised $119 million to help support UNICEF programs around the world. That figure is all the more impressive considering that a meager amount of money goes a long way. How can one small box full of change dramatically improve the lives of so many children in need?

With only one dollar, UNICEF can:
* Immunize a child against measles, a deadly disease that claims more children's lives each year than wars, famines and natural disasters combined.
* Immunize a child from polio, a disease on the verge of eradication thanks in part to the children who have made the commitment to "Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF" over the past five decades.
* Provide 98 notebooks for students who want to go to school.

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