Utah Girl Scouts bring Halloween to kids at Primary Children's Medical Center

Service • Girls bring the fun to kids who can't head out on the holiday.

Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune
Kassie Aupperle holds a bag full of candy to deliver to children at Primary Children's Medical Center on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Following complications and multiple hospitalizations from a hearing aid implant earlier this year, Kassie had the idea to deliver candy to hospitalized kids who wouldn't be able to Trick-or-Treat on Halloween. Cassie organized her Girl Scout troop, 2382, and troop 2385 to deliver over 300 candy packs to the hospital.

Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune
Kassie Aupperle and her mother, Anna, speak with television reporters at Primary Children's Medical Center on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Following complications and multiple hospitalizations from a hearing aid implant earlier this year, Kassie had the idea to deliver candy to hospitalized kids who wouldn't be able to Trick-or-Treat on Halloween. Cassie organized her Girl Scout troop, 2382, and troop 2385 to deliver over 300 candy packs to the hospital.

Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune
Kassie Aupperle and other Girl Scouts prepare to wheel in a cart full of candy to children at Primary Children's Medical Center on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Following complications and multiple hospitalizations from a hearing aid implant earlier this year, Kassie had the idea to deliver candy to hospitalized kids who wouldn't be able to Trick-or-Treat on Halloween. Cassie organized her Girl Scout troop, 2382, and troop 2385 to deliver over 300 candy packs to the hospital.

Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune
Over 300 packets of candy are delivered to children at Primary Children's Medical Center on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012.

Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune
Kassie Aupperle and other Girl Scouts wheel in a cart full of candy to children at Primary Children's Medical Center on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Following complications and multiple hospitalizations from a hearing aid implant earlier this year, Kassie had the idea to deliver candy to hospitalized kids who wouldn't be able to Trick-or-Treat on Halloween. Cassie organized her Girl Scout troop, 2382, and troop 2385 to deliver over 300 candy packs to the hospital.

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Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Kassie Aupperle holds a bag full of candy to deliver to children at Primary Children's Medical Center on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Following complications and multiple hospitalizations from a hearing aid implant earlier this year, Kassie had the idea to deliver candy to hospitalized kids who wouldn't be able to Trick-or-Treat on Halloween. Cassie organized her Girl Scout troop, 2382, and troop 2385 to deliver over 300 candy packs to the hospital. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Kassie Aupperle and her mother, Anna, speak with television reporters at Primary Children's Medical Center on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Following complications and multiple hospitalizations from a hearing aid implant earlier this year, Kassie had the idea to deliver candy to hospitalized kids who wouldn't be able to Trick-or-Treat on Halloween. Cassie organized her Girl Scout troop, 2382, and troop 2385 to deliver over 300 candy packs to the hospital. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Kassie Aupperle and other Girl Scouts prepare to wheel in a cart full of candy to children at Primary Children's Medical Center on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Following complications and multiple hospitalizations from a hearing aid implant earlier this year, Kassie had the idea to deliver candy to hospitalized kids who wouldn't be able to Trick-or-Treat on Halloween. Cassie organized her Girl Scout troop, 2382, and troop 2385 to deliver over 300 candy packs to the hospital. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Over 300 packets of candy are delivered to children at Primary Children's Medical Center on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Kassie Aupperle and other Girl Scouts wheel in a cart full of candy to children at Primary Children's Medical Center on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Following complications and multiple hospitalizations from a hearing aid implant earlier this year, Kassie had the idea to deliver candy to hospitalized kids who wouldn't be able to Trick-or-Treat on Halloween. Cassie organized her Girl Scout troop, 2382, and troop 2385 to deliver over 300 candy packs to the hospital.

The Salt Lake Tribune

· October 30, 2012 10:38 pm

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Daisy Girl Scout Kassie Aupperle has been in and out of Primary Children's Medical Center this year, for surgery on one of her ears and follow-up treatment.

At one point, there was a chance she would spend Halloween in the hospital — and she wondered, "Will I still get to go trick-or-treating?"

On Tuesday, Kassie and her fellow Girl Scouts from Magna Troops 2382 and 2385 answered that question for children in the Salt Lake City hospital, delivering more than 300 treat bags for kids who will be too sick to go door-to-door on Wednesday.

The girls, ranging in age from kindergarten to ninth grade, created the bags with donations from their families and friends, according to Girl Scouts of Utah. They delivered the treats to the hospital on Tuesday evening.

The service project also honored the birthday of Girl Scout founder Juliette Gordon Low, whose birthday fell on Halloween.