The Teal Pumpkin Project was created by the Food Allergy Community of East Tennessee and was launched as a national campaign in 2014. The Teal Pumpkin Project helps to encourage food allergy awareness and promotes inclusion for all during Halloween. Food allergies are tough to manage, and they are especially difficult during holidays like Halloween. All you have to do to be a part of the Teal Pumpkin Project is to display a teal painted pumpkin on Halloween, and offer non-food candy to trick or treaters.
To help raise awareness about the Teal Pumpkin Project, the MHS Interact Club hosted a pumpkin painting event to paint pumpkins teal, and then had members deliver them to family and friends that were interested in partaking in the Teal Pumpkin Project for free. This helped to spread the knowledge of the Teal Pumpkin Project throughout Marblehead. The club also received recognition from the national Food Allergy Research and Education Organization (FARE).