Bronx Local News: Sweet Exchange as Kinds Turn in Their Halloween Candy

Trading in Candy for Toys, Bronx Kids with Diabetes can Enjoy Halloween Too 

Bronx Voice 

November 6, 2025

BRONX LOCAL NEWS - Bronx children turned in their Halloween candy for toys. The sugary exchange of sweets for shiny new toys is the brainchild of Montefiore and allows children with diabetes to enjoy the holiday in a safe way.

At the Children's Hospital at Montefiore children with diabetes attended the Halloween Candy Exchange coordinated by providers in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes. 

The children visited educational tables, enjoyed arts and crafts, a photo booth, healthy snacks, and swapped their trick-or-treating stash for a gift. 

Diabetes is a chronic disease that is projected to increase in young people by about 70% by 2060. If not managed appropriately, diabetes can cause complications including nerve damage and diabetes-related eye disease. 

Specialists at the event included dentists, ophthalmologists and diabetes specialists who shared educational information with the kids and their families. 

The specialists at CHAM want children with diabetes to enjoy Halloween with their peers, so they created this event to allow kids to go trick-or-treating and then hand over the sugary, sticky stash in exchange for a healthier treat. The educational aspects of the event teach the children how to be healthy and manage their condition year-round.

 

This event is one of more than 40 educational events and activities throughout American Diabetes Month, hosted by specialists throughout Montefiore. For the complete calendar of events, please visit: American Diabetes Awareness Month - Montefiore Einstein Events Calendar