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Airmen Cookie Drive spreads holiday cheer

Cookies for the annual Airmen Cookie Drive are set out to be bagged by volunteers Dec. 4, 2017, at Heritage Hall on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.

Cookies for the annual Airmen Cookie Drive are set out to be bagged by volunteers Dec. 4, 2017, at Heritage Hall on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The Officer and Civilian Spouses Club collected more than 1,000 dozen donated cookies, that were delivered to base dorm Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Victoria Boyton)

Jeannie Mooney packs cookies during the annual Airmen Cookie Drive Dec. 4, 2017, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.

Jeannie Mooney packs cookies during the annual Airmen Cookie Drive Dec. 4, 2017, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. A group of 45 volunteers packed the more than 1,000 dozen donated cookies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Victoria Boyton)

Members of Team Seymour pack donated cookies during the annual Officer and Civilian Spouses Club Airmen Cookie Drive Dec. 4, 2017, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.

Members of Team Seymour pack donated cookies during the annual Officer and Civilian Spouses Club Airmen Cookie Drive Dec. 4, 2017, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Packages were filled with cookies, holiday candies and decorated with handmade holiday cards. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Victoria Boyton)

Master Sgt. Doug Harriman, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron first sergeant, delivers packets of cookies during the annual Officer and Civilian Spouses Club Airmen Cookie Drive Dec. 4, 2017, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.

Master Sgt. Doug Harriman, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron first sergeant, delivers packets of cookies during the annual Officer and Civilian Spouses Club Airmen Cookie Drive Dec. 4, 2017, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Packages were filled with cookies, holiday candies and decorated with handmade holiday cards. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Victoria Boyton)

Master Sgt. Christopher Tamble, 4th Medical Group first sergeant, left, hands Airman 1st Class Emily Harnois, 4th Component Maintenance Squadron hydraulics technician, a holiday cookie packet during the annual Officer and Civilian Spouses Club Airmen Cookie Drive Dec. 4, 2017, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.

Master Sgt. Christopher Tamble, 4th Medical Group first sergeant, left, hands Airman 1st Class Emily Harnois, 4th Component Maintenance Squadron hydraulics technician, a holiday cookie packet during the annual Officer and Civilian Spouses Club Airmen Cookie Drive Dec. 4, 2017, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. More than 600 dorm Airmen received holiday cookie packets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Victoria Boyton)

SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. --

The Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Officer and Civilian Spouses Club conducted the annual Airmen Cookie Drive to benefit Airmen residing in the dorms.

Members of Team Seymour and the Goldsboro community baked and donated cookies for the event. Cookie collection stations decorated as sleighs were placed throughout the base, where volunteers donated homemade cookies.

The cookies were packaged and delivered Dec. 4, 2017. A group of 45 volunteers assembled each package with cookies, holiday candies and a holiday card.  

“Cookies were donated by individuals and groups across our entire Team Seymour and Goldsboro community family,” said Kim Cooper, Airmen Cookie Drive chair. “The holiday cards that accompanied the cookies were created and donated by community schools and church children.”

This year’s event totaled more than 1,000 dozen cookies, which were delivered to the base’s 647 dorm residents. The vast amount of donations allowed for cookies to not only be delivered to the dorm residents, but to workplaces throughout the base as well.  

After the cookies were assembled, Team Seymour’s first sergeants delivered the bundles to the Airmen dorm residents.

“The OSCS Airmen Cookie Drive is just one way the local community and the Seymour Johnson community shows their appreciation for what our Airmen do day in, day out and the sacrifices they make,” said Master Sgt. Justin Pollmann, 4th Comptroller Squadron first sergeant. “Not all of the Airmen will be able to go home to spend time with their families and for many, this may be their first holiday season away from home.”

The cookie drive aimed to build morale and provide holiday cheer to dorm residents during the holiday season, added Pollmann.

“It makes me feel pretty good inside knowing that people take time out of their day to think about us especially during the holidays,” said Airman 1st Class Emily Harnois, 4th Component Maintenance Squadron hydraulics technician. “It gives us that home away from home feeling.”

Harnois added, she feels special receiving cookies from the drive and appreciates all who donated.

 “It was an amazing team effort by all of Team Seymour and Goldsboro friends,” said Cooper. “We want all the Airmen to know that we are thinking of and appreciate them.”
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