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So this is our 9th year doing cookie

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caper and it originally started just in

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a military spouse's kitchen . They just

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decided they wanted to get together ,

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bake some cookies for some of the

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students , and it has clearly grown

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since then from just a small outfit to

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the whole community coming together to

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do it . Just to see the look on the

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airmen's faces when they receive their

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bag of cookies , especially um when

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they look at the , you know , the sweet

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little illustrations that the kids have

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done . I just , I'm so excited that

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they get that little Christmas gift

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this holiday season . There's so many

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wonderful parts , but my favorite is

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just seeing the way that the community

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comes together in such a profound way ,

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just like very grassroots , like a few

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people bring in a few dozen cookies

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here , all the volunteers that have

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showed up today , the school children

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that have decorated our bags , the

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local businesses that have brought us

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either cookies or volunteer meals , the

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way that all just comes together and

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into this wonderful event is my

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favorite thing to see .

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It is times like this season that make

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me incredibly grateful to live and work

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in San Angelo , Texas . It is

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incredibly meaningful to me as the wing

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commander to know that our nation's

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airmen and joint service members are

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taken care of and welcomed into this

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community . I really just want to say

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thank you to our community partners for

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your generosity and acts of kindness

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throughout this year's Cookie caper .

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Thank you for looking after our joint

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service members who are working and

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training away from home .