Most kids embark on Halloween intent on getting as much loot – candy – as possible, with high hopes and lofty dreams for sugar highs and the largest piles of candy. For Logan and Mary Jones, trick or treating began in early October, knocking on doors as part of Trick or Treat for UNICEF, the program that replaced the Halloween boxes trick or treaters used to carry. For the Jones siblings, their pile of candy, so far, is $5,000, or enough to build a well in an African village.
The desire to help an African village stems from Logan and Mary’s visit to South Africa two years ago. When asked about their efforts, this is what the siblings had to say (in part):
What is your life like compared to the kids you met in Africa?
Mary: We are very lucky and have a lot of money and are able to run our tap until the water gets cold.
Logan: We have houses with walls and beds and toilets.
Why are you raising money for UNICEF’s Halloween campaign?
Mary: Because of all the people in Africa who have to walk like 15 miles to get water and they have to use that water for all their dishes and bathing and drinking and cooking and all they can carry is one bucket and it takes like two people to carry that. And the buckets are pretty small.
Logan: I chose the clean water option because it seemed like the most important one to me.
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