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Cash Instead of Candy

Aired October 30, 2002 - 10:51   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Well, it is that time of year again when tiny ghosts and goblins take to the streets trick-or-treating. Not all of them, though, are looking for candy. Some will be collecting cash for UNICEF. UNICEF sponsors life-saving programs in 160 countries, and Halloween is an important sometime for fund- raising. I'm joined by Kimberly Penharlow, the national director for Trick or Treat for UNICEF, along with a bunch of kinds, including Sutton Birch. He's Sutton Birch III, only eight years old.
You've been trick or treating for UNICEF since you were how old?

SIMON BIRCH III, TRICK-OR-TREATER FOR UNICEF: Well, since my first months, and that was a very long time ago.

KAGAN: Yes, A very long time, because If you're eight now...

BIRCH: That would be nine years ago.

KAGAN: Like a long, long time ago. Why do you like doing this for UNICEF?

BIRCH: I feel it's a good right to help out the other children, and they need right like we do. They need clean water, vegetables, doctors. They need medical care.

KAGAN: So I understand that you actually do -- you write a letter to a lot of your friends?

BIRCH: Yes, I write letters to my friends when I send out my invitations, and lots of them send back checks.

KAGAN: And so you're going to raise the money and turn that into UNICEF. I understand this year in particular you have certain children that you're hoping to help.

BIRCH: Yes, the Afghan refugees.

KAGAN: The kids in Afghanistan.

BIRCH: I'm choosing to help them, because I feel they need the most, because of the war going on, more people have become homeless.

KAGAN: That is just great. Tell me about your costume. Who are you?

BIRCH: This year I'm Scream, but I don't have my mask and my sickle. KAGAN: Because we had to have everyone on national TV see you. Who is this over here, so we can get the full Scream effect?

BIRCH: This is Andrew Young (ph).

KAGAN: There he is.

BIRCH: He wants his mask to show.

KAGAN: So, Kimberly -- I'm throwing money around -- tell me more about the program. We've about it for a long time. What if kids or parents out there, they hear kids like Sutton, they see the here kids. How do they get involved?

KIMBERLY PENHARLOW, NATL. DIR., TRICK OR TREAT FOR UNICEF: It's easy to get involved. You can get a Coinstar and deposit your money any single day really easily. You can pick up your boxes at McDonald's, Pier One, Ikea, and the tradition has been going on for 52 years. And the first year, it raised $17 and kids like this, and parents, adults and teachers, have actually combined to raise $115 million to help UNICEF in those 160 countries.

KAGAN: How much do you think is going to be raised this year?

BIRCH: Well over $4 million. This is the largest campaign we've had. We have over 26 million boxes out there. We have media partners like Cartoon Network that are supporting us with great games on their Internet and with PSA, so we can tap and educate more kids, like Sutton and everyone here.

KAGAN: And all these kids. Well, that is just great. Kids, you know, we have both for you. We have money and candy. And you see that nice man over there, that's Anderson, he's got a lot of money for you. So before you leave, you make sure you hit him up for trick or treating. So here you go, make sure we get some coins for each of you, and there's candy, too, because we love our candy.

Thank you to you, and thank you to all the kids and Happy Halloween.

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Aired October 30, 2002 - 10:51   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Well, it is that time of year again when tiny ghosts and goblins take to the streets trick-or-treating. Not all of them, though, are looking for candy. Some will be collecting cash for UNICEF. UNICEF sponsors life-saving programs in 160 countries, and Halloween is an important sometime for fund- raising. I'm joined by Kimberly Penharlow, the national director for Trick or Treat for UNICEF, along with a bunch of kinds, including Sutton Birch. He's Sutton Birch III, only eight years old.
You've been trick or treating for UNICEF since you were how old?

SIMON BIRCH III, TRICK-OR-TREATER FOR UNICEF: Well, since my first months, and that was a very long time ago.

KAGAN: Yes, A very long time, because If you're eight now...

BIRCH: That would be nine years ago.

KAGAN: Like a long, long time ago. Why do you like doing this for UNICEF?

BIRCH: I feel it's a good right to help out the other children, and they need right like we do. They need clean water, vegetables, doctors. They need medical care.

KAGAN: So I understand that you actually do -- you write a letter to a lot of your friends?

BIRCH: Yes, I write letters to my friends when I send out my invitations, and lots of them send back checks.

KAGAN: And so you're going to raise the money and turn that into UNICEF. I understand this year in particular you have certain children that you're hoping to help.

BIRCH: Yes, the Afghan refugees.

KAGAN: The kids in Afghanistan.

BIRCH: I'm choosing to help them, because I feel they need the most, because of the war going on, more people have become homeless.

KAGAN: That is just great. Tell me about your costume. Who are you?

BIRCH: This year I'm Scream, but I don't have my mask and my sickle. KAGAN: Because we had to have everyone on national TV see you. Who is this over here, so we can get the full Scream effect?

BIRCH: This is Andrew Young (ph).

KAGAN: There he is.

BIRCH: He wants his mask to show.

KAGAN: So, Kimberly -- I'm throwing money around -- tell me more about the program. We've about it for a long time. What if kids or parents out there, they hear kids like Sutton, they see the here kids. How do they get involved?

KIMBERLY PENHARLOW, NATL. DIR., TRICK OR TREAT FOR UNICEF: It's easy to get involved. You can get a Coinstar and deposit your money any single day really easily. You can pick up your boxes at McDonald's, Pier One, Ikea, and the tradition has been going on for 52 years. And the first year, it raised $17 and kids like this, and parents, adults and teachers, have actually combined to raise $115 million to help UNICEF in those 160 countries.

KAGAN: How much do you think is going to be raised this year?

BIRCH: Well over $4 million. This is the largest campaign we've had. We have over 26 million boxes out there. We have media partners like Cartoon Network that are supporting us with great games on their Internet and with PSA, so we can tap and educate more kids, like Sutton and everyone here.

KAGAN: And all these kids. Well, that is just great. Kids, you know, we have both for you. We have money and candy. And you see that nice man over there, that's Anderson, he's got a lot of money for you. So before you leave, you make sure you hit him up for trick or treating. So here you go, make sure we get some coins for each of you, and there's candy, too, because we love our candy.

Thank you to you, and thank you to all the kids and Happy Halloween.

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