woman smiling in trick or treat box

Global citizenship at work Alumna Cambria Findley-Grubb ’13 scares up sweet support for the beloved Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF program


It’s not often one gets to dress up as a pumpkin-colored donation box and talk about the need to improve children’s health care around the world.

woman smiling in trick or treat box

Cambria Findley-Grubb ’13 dresses as a life-sized Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF box at the Los Angeles Korean Festival.


But for Chapman University alumna and Fulbright Scholar
Cambria Findley-Grubb ’13
, it’s all in a day’s work as a fellow in the U.S. Fund for UNICEF’s Global Citizenship Fellows program. At this time of year anyway. As Halloween approaches, Findley-Grubb is focused on Trick-or-Treat For UNICEF, one of the organization’s most enduring humanitarian programs.

Trick-or-Treat For UNICEF began in 1950 as a way for American kids to help their counterparts around the world who need everything from clean water to emergency relief. Since then, generations of little ghosts and goblins have gone door-to-door on Halloween with orange UNICEF collection boxes, calling out, “Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF!” The pocket changed has added up to more than $175 million for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.

Findley-Grubb — who graduated with a triple B.A. in
peace studies
,
political science
, and
religious studies
— is responsible for community engagement in the Los Angeles area on a host of UNICEF outreach programs. But since this is the season of the little orange boxes, we asked her to talk about this particularly sweet job of putting global citizenship into action.

How are you involved in bringing this tradition to life this year?


My role is to collaborate with our historic Trick-or-Treat schools to encourage them to participate again, while reaching out to new schools who may be interested in joining the campaign. One way we do this is through Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF presentations. During the month of October, I speak at 12 schools and deliver more than 25 presentations about UNICEF’s lifesaving work.

woman smiling in front of classroom

Findley-Grubb demonstrates for school children how they return their donation boxes to a donation bin after Halloween.

What are some of the other groups, organizations and communities you’re hoping to involve?


We have also had a presence at local community events to raise awareness about the campaign – including the LA Children’s Art Show and the Los Angeles Korean Festival. Some local businesses are also displaying Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF donation boxes.

At the national level, Key Club International
,
the student-led service leadership program of Kiwanis International, will again support Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF to raise funds for The Eliminate Project, which seeks to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus.

How can the Chapman community get involved?


We welcome all Chapman students, faculty, and staff to participate in the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign! Visit
www.trickortreatforunicef.org
to order boxes, download DIY Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF wrappers and learn more about this year’s campaign and the impact of UNICEF’s work around the globe.

If students are interested in supporting our efforts year-round, we encourage them to start a
UNICEF Campus Initiative Club
at Chapman University. College clubs are vital to our work at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, and provide a great opportunity for students to learn about global citizenship by participating in our campaigns, including Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF and the UNICEF TAP Project.

Will you be trick or treating?


I will definitely be Trick-or-Treating! I have been carrying a Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF box around with me everywhere I go for the past month, to raise awareness about UNICEF’s work and share how small change makes a big difference in children’s lives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG3ykxuJ0Yg

Dawn Bonker

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