Cookies for Troops

The Elkland Independent Methodist Church again baked and collected cookies for the troops at Fort Leonard Wood. Carol Larimore started the project in honor of her brothers and father, who were in the service. She explained to the church that she remembered when they would receive special items in the mail and how that would lift their spirits and make them remember everyone at home. With the project now in its second year, Congregation members brought their cookies to the church last week, and they were bagged, sorted, and then placed in boxes for delivery. A total of 64 boxes were filled with an estimated 2,000 cookies baked. The cookies were then delivered to Sarah Stewart in Lebanon and taken to the USO at Fort Leonard Wood. Church members assisting in the project were Larimore, Margo Delgado, Sunny Fuller, Dianna Witte, Butch Alcorn, Chuck Witte, Pastor Nicholas Inman, Sarah Inman, Reagan Inman, and Emmett Thiele. Numerous additional church members aided in baking the cookies, and Larimore announced to the congregation that they would plan to do it again next year.