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I have two sons in the military. One of them was sent to Afghanistan. The other could be sent to Iraq. We’re small-town folk from Deep River, Connecticut. We don’t think about places like Afghanistan and Iraq. We think about places like Chester, Winthrop, and home. The shock of my son’s deployment was followed by fear, some anger, and a feeling of helplessness. But we small-town folk never forget our single biggest strength: the power to make choices. In this case, we had the choice to do nothing – or to make a difference in a very big, very scary world. So, we got busy.

We soon discovered we had more friends than we ever dreamed of. We learned there are lots of families like ours in our community. We learned that our community can grow every time you do a kind deed, every time you extend your hand to another, every time you need help and have the courage to ask for it.

The Connecticut Cookie Platoon is an extension of our growing community. It represents the work of a growing army of bakers, packers, shippers, helpers, sponsors, old friends, new friends every day, and more caring people than we ever thought we could meet. It humbles me to know that one idea could be so contagious. It makes me grateful to know that one choice could teach me so much about the world I thought I couldn’t change.

The Connecticut Cookie Platoon is changing the world one soldier, one caring volunteer, one cookie at a time. If you’d like to join our growing community, please send me an e-mail or call me. Every helping hand is welcome.

Debbie Schaefer
info@cookieplatoon.com

P.O. Box 635
Chester, CT 06412-0635