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Students send treats to troops
Atlanticville ^ | April 26, 2007 | Atlanticville

Posted on 04/25/2007 8:16:15 PM PDT by mdittmar

Imagine an entire school coming together to make batches and batches of Rice Krispies treats to send to U.S. troops overseas.

That's exactly what students at Pope John XXIII Regional Catholic School, formerly St. Mary of the Assumption School, did for two former students and their buddies, now serving in the military.

Both of the former students are U.S. Marines. Cpl. Hunter Brockreide, currently on his second tour to Iraq, and Cpl. Michael Grimes, stationed in Okinawa and preparing for his first tour to Iraq, have younger siblings who attend the school.

School Religion Coordinator Kathleen King thought it would be great for all of the students at the school to do something nice for the men and women supporting our nation.

With donations of supplies from Foodtown and Wegmans, both in Ocean Township, students came together and made over 20 batches of the gooey, tasty treats (known to be a childhood favorite of Cpl. Grimes).


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: carepackages; supportthetroops

1 posted on 04/25/2007 8:16:16 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar
Yummy. I know I appreciated treats like that from home when I was in Afghanistan.
2 posted on 04/25/2007 8:22:38 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (Run, Fred, run!)
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