Meet
the Cookie Lady
Jeanette Cram loves to
bake cookies for the military men and women serving our country. She and her mixer are
tireless. And it's contagious. Her friends, often referred to as "Crumbs," help
the Cookie Lady make the batter, pack the cookies, prepare the shipping and customs
labels. She bakes chocolate chip cookies (replacing the
chocolate chips with M&Ms in the summertime) and oatmeal raisin cookies, and fills in
the packages with candies and note cards.
Treat The Troops is not a business, but is a
volunteer effort to support our soldiers. Her reward is not only the good feeling she has
inside her, but also the hundreds of thank-you letters that fill her 10 scrapbooks (see photos). Requests from soldiers receive highest priority. |
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Jeanette has baked cookies for soldiers on the front
line since the Gulf War in 1990 when a letter from a soldier read by then-President George
Bush gave her the idea. The soldier had asked his mom to send lots of letters and cookies.
Since then Jeanette and the "crumbs" have baked 1,002,069
cookies
to the troops. As long as soldiers
continue to occupy and protect Iraq and Afghanistan, she will continue to bake cookies for
and send comfort items to those in harm's way in the Middle East. |
| Jeanette has several good tips
for sending treats to the troops. Also check out Q&A's.
(Please do not ask Jeanette for
names and addresses of soldiers. She is not able to provide that information.)
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| The Cookie Lady's good deeds have not gone unnoticed |
Other interviews with Jeanette Cram |
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Troop Talk
Radio - "Trip" Bellard - 4/15/2007
Jim Scott
Show - 3/27/2007
Janet
Parshall Show - 3/20/2007
Martha
Zoller Show - 3/20/2007
Montel
Williams - Nov. 22, 2006
Hilton
Head Island's 'Cookie Lady' visits White House - Island Packet
March 14,
2006 Bluffton Today, "Cookie Lady hobnobs with President"
Martha
Stewart Show--Dec. 16, 2005.
July 2005 Good
Housekeeping
The Island Packet
WSAV-TV, Savannah
WTOC-TV, Savannah
ABC/Fox TV-Savannah
Pink Magazine
First Monday Republican Club
Adventure
Radio 104.9 FM
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| Local
Thanks |
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To the local "crumbs"--Jill Arneman, Debra Myers, Mary Ann Compher, Ann Reeves,
Patti Zagers, Jean Dersch, Cheryl Ackerman, Sherrie
Sauer, Myrna Horn, Geri Eichholz, Linda Bemister--I need and thank you.
Thanks to
the Heritage Classic Foundation; Caring Coins Foundation, Dupont Corp.,
Sunset Rotary of HHI, and all the other generous people
and organizations who have made financial and product contributions.
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Message from Jeanette |
Every soldier
deserves home-baked cookies, and I wish that I could provide them to
all. We will try to fill every request. To you, our soldiers and your
families, I offer my heartfelt thank you for your sacrifices and my
prayers for your safe return. Many heart hugs,
The Cookie Lady
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