This weekend Sandy and I talked about adding a new feature to our blog called "Spotlight". The goal is to highlight a different charity, ministry, or local business each week.
For our first post I'd like to draw your attention to Treat the Troops. This organization bakes cookies and packs them up with other goodies to send to our men and women serving overseas in the military. This was started by Jeanette Cram in 1990 for people serving in the Gulf War. Local chapters started springing up and now the organization has shipped well over 1.5 million cookies. A few years ago, our friend, Debbie Hudson, was so moved by this cause that she inquired about starting a branch here in Cumming. With the help of the community the Cumming branch of Treat the Troops is now the second largest one in the whole country. Almost every month the "crumbs", as they are called, get together for a packing party. Everyone brings in cookies, magazines, candy, and whatever donations they can round up and work together to prepare the boxes to be shipped. I have had the honor of attending a few of these parties, and I have always come away feeling blessed and in awe of what this group is doing. You can read more details about the group on the national web page for Treat the Troops.
This month's packing party is the start of something new for them. It will be this Friday (March 13th) at Coal Mountain Elementary School starting at 7p.m. (6 for those helping with set up) . This is a new location and time for the group, so if you have been before, please take note of the changes. If you would like further information on how to get involved with our local Treat the Troops chapter please email Debbie Hudson at dcanoli@comcast.net
For our first post I'd like to draw your attention to Treat the Troops. This organization bakes cookies and packs them up with other goodies to send to our men and women serving overseas in the military. This was started by Jeanette Cram in 1990 for people serving in the Gulf War. Local chapters started springing up and now the organization has shipped well over 1.5 million cookies. A few years ago, our friend, Debbie Hudson, was so moved by this cause that she inquired about starting a branch here in Cumming. With the help of the community the Cumming branch of Treat the Troops is now the second largest one in the whole country. Almost every month the "crumbs", as they are called, get together for a packing party. Everyone brings in cookies, magazines, candy, and whatever donations they can round up and work together to prepare the boxes to be shipped. I have had the honor of attending a few of these parties, and I have always come away feeling blessed and in awe of what this group is doing. You can read more details about the group on the national web page for Treat the Troops.
This month's packing party is the start of something new for them. It will be this Friday (March 13th) at Coal Mountain Elementary School starting at 7p.m. (6 for those helping with set up) . This is a new location and time for the group, so if you have been before, please take note of the changes. If you would like further information on how to get involved with our local Treat the Troops chapter please email Debbie Hudson at dcanoli@comcast.net
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