14th annual Candy Buy Back and Card Give Back program a sweet success

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Cheryl Monteiro, Sue Hunter, Dr. Chan, Sgt. Quinn Burkholder, Lance Corporal Kaysen Jones, Heidi Warner, Mae Chan (jon clark)

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Spinning the wheel for a prize

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A lucky spin wins a skateboard

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Lance Corporal Kaysen Jones, Mae Chan, Joseph Sung, Jenny Han, Sgt. Quinn Burkholder

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Willie Wonka greets the students at Dr. Chan’s Candy Buy-Back event

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Sue Hunter, Cheryl Monteiro, and Heidi Warner from Dr. Curtis Chan’s office

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Sue Hunter, Cheryl Monteiro, and Heidi Warner from Dr. Curtis Chan’s office

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Louis Levesque spins the wheel for a prize

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Ryan spins the wheel for a prize

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Caroline Mullen gets her candy weighed by Heidi Warner

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Layland Levesque spins the wheel for a prize

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Willie Wonka greets the students at Dr. Chan’s Candy Buy-Back event

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Lance Corporal Kaysen Jones operates the Big Spin at Dr. Curtis Chan’s Candy Buy-Back event

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The Levesque family has their candy weighed by Dr. Chan’s staff

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The Levesque family with Dr. Chan and Sgt. Burkholder

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Caden, Kyle, Luke, and Ryan at Dr. Chan’s Candy Buy-Back event

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Milly and Miley Wang wait for Dr. Chan’s staff to weigh their candy (jon clark)

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Elaine, Junpeng, and Aria write cards for the military troops overseas (jon clark)

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Kyle won a skateboard from the Big Spin (jon clark)

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Elaine, Junpeng, and Aria write cards for the military troops overseas (jon clark)

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The Burke family (jon clark)

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Gloria Ma, Aria Ma, and Maggie Sun watch the spinner to see what prize they win (jon clark)

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The Levesque family with Dr. Chan and Sgt. Burkholder (jon clark)

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Maggie Sun and her daughters get their candy weighed by Dr. Chan’s staff (jon clark)

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Audrey Chacon spins the wheel and wins a skateboard (jon clark)

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Otto Burke found a golden ticket in his candy bar at the Candy Buy-Back event (jon clark)

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Junpeng Zhao spins the wheel for a prize (jon clark)

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Junpeng Zhao spins the wheel for a prize (jon clark)

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Mae Chan and the Claywell family (jon clark)

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Ryan chooses a candy bar and hopes to find a golden ticket (jon clark)

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Caroline Mullen gets her candy weighed by Cheryl Monteiro (jon clark)

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Dr. Chan’s candy buy-back program collects lots of candy to send to military troops overseas (jon clark)

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Chloe Mullen spins the wheel for a prize (jon clark)

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Ethan Chacon spins the wheel and wins a gift certificate (jon clark)

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Sgt. Quinn Burkholder and David Marshall at the prize table (jon clark)

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Mae Chan and the Claywell family (jon clark)

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Kyle and Kensley Bergquist look for a golden ticket in her candy bar (jon clark)

Nov. 11, 2022 3:46 PM PT

Dr. Curtis Chan’s 14th annual Candy Buy Back and Card Give Back program brought in 4,464 pounds of candy for the troops this year. In addition to candy, Dr. Chan also collected 3,497 hand-written cards and letters to the troops by children, parents and Dr. Chan’s patients.

Representatives from the U.S. Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton were at Dr. Chan’s office in Del Mar Nov. 10 as 118 children came in to exchange bags of treats for dollar bills. Each child also left with great prizes, a toothbrush kit to brush away any damage from the Halloween candy they kept and a chance to win a Golden Ticket worth $100. A sweet congrats to the five winners of the Golden Ticket found in Dr. Chan Candy Bar.

The success of this year’s candy drive has only been possible with the outpouring candy donations from 12 local schools, community and the generous donations from businesses. More importantly, were the thousands of hand-written cards and letters for the troops. Dr. Chan and his wife Mae are “truly grateful for their amazing community and the support for our troops!”

Photos by Jon Clark

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