Chappaqua DAR Supports Troops with Valentine’s Day Care Packages

(Bedford, NY) The Polly Cooper Chapter, NSDAR created Valentine’s Day care packages for 12 service members stationed away from home on Sunday, January 5, 2020. Of the 12 boxes, members created 9 for female service members and sent 4 to service members from the community. Members donated food, coffee, tea, stationery, personal care items, and more for each care package. Operation Cookie Drop-Heart of the Hudson provided a box of Girl Scout cookies and handwritten notes for each care package. Additionally, the chapter sent 25 pairs of men’s boxers to the Chaplain’s Closet at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center located in Landstuhl, Germany, the largest American hospital outside of the United States.

Operation Cookie Drop-Heart of the Hudson, a Girl Scout-led initiative, has provided more than 1,060,00 care packages to our troops overseas, in hospitals and veteran’s homes since 2002. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/Operation-Cookie-Drop-Heart-of-the-Hudson-184742381562177.

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 to promote patriotism, preserve American history, and support better education for our nation’s children. Its members descend from patriots who won American independence during the Revolutionary War. With 178,000 members in approximately 3,000 chapters worldwide, DAR is one of the world’s largest and most active service organizations. To learn more about the work of today’s DAR, visit www.DAR.org.

For more information about the Polly Cooper Chapter, NSDAR, their activities, membership, and DAR Scholarships, please see our website at www.pollycooperdar.org.