The Strength Behind the Strong

12/23/2019

Operation Cookie is a wrap for 2019! Many thanks to all the wonderful people who sent packages to Afghanistan. (The boxes, below, are from Susan P. and Gina M.) We know this is a busy time of the year, so thank you for remembering our troops who are spending their holidays far away from friends and family. ❤️🇺🇸️❤️

12/13/2019

These Connecticut middle-schoolers ROCK! They mailed TWO big boxes to Afghanistan — and they collected so many holiday goodies that they filled FIVE additional boxes for other deployed military from their area. Thanks for supporting Operation Cookie! 🇺🇸️❤️

12/11/2019

BIG thanks to Mary Ellen C. who sent out two military care packages filled with homemade Hershey's Kisses cookies -- She used our TRICK for making these special cookies easy to pack and ship overseas: Put the Kisses in UPSIDE-DOWN! 🇺🇸️❤️

12/10/2019

More care packages are off to Afghanistan! Thanks to Josi for sending what she calls "Christmas in a box" -- biscotti and cranberry orange white chocolate chip oatmeal cookies (yum!), chocolates, beef jerky, tic tacs and hot chocolate, plus a Santa scarf, decorations, playing cards and holiday ornaments. 🎄 ❤️ 🇺🇸️

12/05/2019

Decorating the insides of boxes heading to Afghanistan? Darling! 🎁 Thanks to Tracy and her family for putting two boxes in the mail this week. 🎄🌟🎄

12/04/2019

Two more festive boxes heading to Afghanistan from Susan, who calls herself a "cookie warrior." We ❤️ it! (There's still time to participate in Operation Cookie for this holiday season; see our website for details.)

12/03/2019

THANKS to everyone who has asked for 2019 Operation Cookie names! There will be a nice number of packages heading to Afghanistan for the holidays. REMINDER: Packages should be sent on/before December 9th to guarantee Christmas delivery. If YOU want to participate, there's plenty of time! Please see link below. 🇺🇸️❤️

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11/19/2019

CALLING ALL OPERATION COOKIE ELVES! We’re sending holiday cheer — and cookies! — to two soldiers in Afghanistan. We’re looking for a few people willing to send a care package or letter. Click through to our website for details. And a BIG THANKS to the 5th and 6th graders from Connecticut who have already sent letters to these soldiers. 🇺🇸️❤️

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09/11/2018

Will you help make a WWII veteran's September birthday extra special? My cousin's friend has made this special request. ❤️🇺🇸️💙..
Original message: My uncle is turning 101 on September 21. They are hoping he gets 101 cards. I am hoping for more. Can you please send him a card? He is a WWII vet. He was a medic and was in the first wave of the Normandy invasion. So if you could also thank him for his service. TIA!
Hugh Gallagher
P.O. box 157
Blueball PA. 17506

11/11/2016

A big thanks to the 35 students from the 4th and 5th grades at this Connecticut school who sent letters to our soldiers in Kuwait and Afghanistan for their social studies and writing class. What a great way to say thank you to our military. Happy Veterans Day to all who serve and have served this great country.

08/01/2016

For everyone who has emailed to ask about the Red Sox military tickets, here are the latest details.

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06/16/2015

They're home! The soldiers from Fort Hood who received Valentine's Day care packages from Operation Cookie this year arrived back in Texas this week. A big thanks to all of our bakers and care package makers who supported them during their deployment. And a big welcome home to these brave men and women.

FORT HOOD — Maj. Corrie Hanson, with Fort Hood’s 1st Cavalry Division Headquarters, came home Sunday afternoon, but more importantly, she and her family were headed to go see “Jurassic World.”