Cookie Our Troops and Express Generosity to Their Families

Recently, I was reading the current issue of Woman's World magazine. I came upon two ways anyone can support our troops overseas and their families here in the homeland. After reading the articles, I had to pass them on to other readers who may not be reading Woman's World.

Our troops deployed overseas would cherish any kindness sent to them. I feel it shows we support, we care and we wish peace and their safe return home. Sending them a little piece of home may help ease homesickness. Speaking for myself, I know I would be homesick, even for the simple smells and tastes of home.

Something as simple as home baked cookies can bring our military personnel, who risk their lives everyday, a sense of home.

Jeanette Cram runs an organization, Treat The Troops. Jeanette and her volunteers called "crumbs" (like you and I) bakes and distributes cookies for deployed soldiers. They mainly make chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin cookies. For the summer month's they change to M&M cookies instead of chocolate chip, because they don't melt as fast.

Jeanette, known as the cookie lady, has been running this organization since 1990. She started it for deployed troops in the Gulf War. To date, Jeanette and volunteer have made 167,921 cookies that have gone to our troops who savor every morsel. Out troops just log onto, treatthetroops.org, and make their requests.

Sadly though, Jeanette can not fulfill all the troops' requests both financially and physically. Your help is desperately needed to help fill the requests. This is such a good cause and hopefully with enough volunteers, NO request will go unfulfilled. You could get your neighbors or town involved in a bake day or even your family dedicating one day a week to baking for the troops. Every troop member deserves homemade cookies.

Please visit treatthetroops.org if you would like to become a volunteer "Crumb" or you may email Jeanette, cookielady@treatthetroops.org subject line "I Want to Be a Crumb" One of our soldiers will be eating cookies you baked from the heart.

I did and I can't wait to get started.

Another way to support our troops and their families is Operation Holiday Joy.

This program helps our troop's families in need during the holiday season with food baskets and presents. Lets bring a little Christmas joy to our militaries children this holiday season because some of these little people will be without one or both parents durning the holidays.

For more information or to donate please visit http://www.womansday.com/family/9240/operation-holiday-joy.html
for the Woman's World / Armed Services YMCA Holiday Drive.
According to Womans World, Lee Ann Womack supports Operation Holiday Joy Drive in it's third year.

Any way you can help and support our troops and their families will be greatly commemorated by our troops and their families.