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Kipps Lane News
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Written by David Dimitrie
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
Ahh Summertime! A Time for Vulnerable Children and Youth to Sell Chocolate Bars in the Stifling Heat!I know you have seen them. They are usually under 15 years old. Some are much younger. They stand by banks, dollar stores, grocery stores. They stand anywhere there are a lot of people. They sell chocolate bars and almonds for obscure charities that you've probably never heard of or seen on television. Welcome to the world of Chocolate Bar Brokering. A charity wants to raise money. It hires a broker to find a bunch of kids to sell the chocolate bars. The broker keeps some of the money. The kids are paid a bit of the money and last but not least, the charity is paid some of the money. It is legal. A few years ago I looked into this when I found a very young pre-teen selling chocolate bars in front of an A & P in mid-February. I found an article by A Kitchener journalist which explained the practice. Although the practice isn't illegal, it should raise questions in the minds of parents who sign permission slips for their kids to go with strangers and sell chocolates. In the case of this article, the kids were actually taken out of town and one of the children called home frightened, begging for someone to get them.
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