TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Tyndall’s Cookie Caper is back, and the Tyndall First
Sergeants Group and Key Spouse Group are teaming up to raise 600 dozen cookies,
without nuts or peanut butter, at the Tyndall Thrift Shop from 7-9 a.m.,
Monday, Dec. 11.
Cookie Caper is an annual program designed to make the
holiday season a little brighter for the Airmen living in unaccompanied housing
whose families may live far away.
“Not every Airman living in the dorms has the opportunity to
go back home for the holidays, and we want to make sure they know their Tyndall
family cares about them,” said Liz Hernandez, 325th Fighter Wing Key Spouse. “Little
things like this matter. The Tyndall Key Spouse Group wants to spread holiday
cheer and remind everyone to reach out to younger Airmen and make sure they are
taken care of.”
Key Spouses and First Sergeants will bag cookies at the
thrift shop, then deliver the goodies to Airmen dormitories.
Squadrons are encouraged to help by gathering their resident
bakers to bake as many cookies as they can.
“We want to make sure we have enough home-baked cookies as
possible for dorm residents,” said Master Sgt. Craig Domko, 53rd Weapons
Evaluation Group first sergeant.
Cookies will be donated to a veteran center in the local
community in the event of a surplus.
Domko encourages Airmen to reach out to one another during
this holiday season.
“Everyone should have a place to go during the holidays for
those who do enjoy holidays,” Domko said. “I encourage supervisors, friends and
everyone to reach out to Airmen who don’t have the opportunity to go home
during the holidays.”
To donate home-baked cookies, containing no nuts or peanut
butter, stop by the Tyndall Thrift Shop Dec. 11 from 7-9 a.m.
For more information on operation Cookie Caper, email
tyndallcookiecaper2017@gmail.com.