News Release: 10/29/2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 29, 2025
Luke Nguyen, DDS, MSD, FAGD
425.437.8811
lnguyen@comfortdental.biz
 
Comfort Dental Kids Teams Up with Soldiers’ Angels to Collect Halloween Candy for Troops and Veterans
A small act of kindness from the local community brings big smiles to America’s heroes
 
Renton, WA, October 29– Every year, millions of pounds of candy end up in the trash after Halloween. From over-buying to kids collecting more than they can eat while Trick-or-Treating, candy is wasted across the country. This year, Comfort Dental Kids is participating in a program that will help our community produce less waste after Halloween while also showing our support for our service members and veterans.
 
Soldiers’ Angels, a national 501(c)3 nonprofit, hosts an annual collection drive for excess Halloween candy. The organization ships the candy to deployed service members around the world for a sweet treat from home! They also utilize their “Angel” volunteers to distribute candy to veterans of all eras in VA Hospitals across the country.
 
Comfort Dental Kids is proud to team up with the national organization to get our local community involved with giving back to the brave men and women who have sacrificed so much for our country. Our business has registered with Soldiers’ Angels to be an official drop-off site for Halloween candy. Once our collection drive is over, Comfort Dental Kids will donate all collected candy to Soldiers’ Angels, where it will be packaged and shipped to deployed or distributed in VA Hospitals.
 
The vision of Soldiers’ Angels is: May No Soldier Go Unloved. Although the gesture of handing out miniature candy bars may seem small, the impact it can have on troops and veterans is huge.
 
“When you are deployed to a combat zone, there are many comfort items you may go without for an extended period of time,” says Amy Palmer, President and CEO of Soldiers’ Angels. “Receiving care packages from home is a wonderful and unexpected surprise. The joy these service members get from opening a package of treats from home is immense and has a profound impact on their morale. The same can be said for veteran patients in VA Hospitals. Some patients have no family or regular visitors. When our Angel volunteers come in with treats like candy, the spirits of these patients are immediately lifted!”
 
Our collection drive will run from October 28 to November 07 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Stop by our location to drop off your candy:
 
14246 176th Street, Renton, 98058
 
For more information on the program, visit: www.SoldiersAngels.org/TreatsForTroops.
 
About Comfort Dental Kids:  Comfort Dental Kids is dedicated to providing exceptional oral health care for children in a welcoming, supportive environment. Recognized as a trusted leader in pediatric dentistry within the community, our practice serves patients from infancy through adolescence, including children with high dental anxiety and special health care needs such as Autism. Our Pediatric Dentist has completed an additional two to three years of specialized training focused on the unique emotional and developmental needs of children. We create a friendly and supportive environment to make every visit comfortable and stress-free for kids and their parents.
 
 
About Soldiers’ Angels:  Soldiers' Angels is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides aid and comfort to the men and women of the United States Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, their families, and the growing veteran population. Founded in 2003 by the mother of two American soldiers, hundreds of thousands of Soldiers' Angels "Angel" volunteers assist veterans, wounded and deployed personnel and their families in a variety of unique and effective ways.   (Tax ID# 20-058-3415). Learn more at www.soldiersangels.org