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  • Grandmother Sends 30,000 Cookies Overseas

    09/28/2005 4:21:35 PM PDT · by SandRat · 14 replies · 628+ views
    America Supports You ^ | Sep 28, 2005 | Staff Sgt. Kristine Dreyer
    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kansas, Sept. 28, 2005 - Three Airmen received some “sweet” support from the “Rose Hill Cookie Lady” while they were deployed. Since Feb. 5, Merry Debbrecht, nicknamed the Rose Hill Cookie Lady, has baked more than 30,000 cookies for deployed troops all over the world. Mrs. Debbrecht’s baking project began after her grandson, Army Private 1st Class Andrew Webb, deployed overseas. “As soon as I knew my grandson was going, I started baking,” she said. But supporting just her grandson wasn’t enough. What really sparked her baking drive was her grandson’s graduation at Fort Hood, Texas....