GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — A Grand Rapids organization is once again asking for your help to bring holiday cheer to overseas service members this year.
Cookies with a Cause is hosting its fifth annual cookie drop. They're collecting them at businesses all over West Michigan on Saturday, with the goal of collecting 2,000 dozen cookies. Last year, they shipped over 1,460 dozen.
GR Cookies with a Cause owner Shannon Top shared the meaning behind the organization.
"Cookies with a Cause is more of a labor of love," Top said. "Those things that are familiar to all of us during the holidays to soldiers overseas who've put their lives on hold. They're away from their families and friends."
She said the goal is to "show them some love and a little taste of home."
You can stop by the following locations on Saturday to drop off your dozen or more assorted cookies:
- Sobie Meats, 3450 Remembrance Rd, Walker from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Coopersvile Brewing Co., 1275 Randall St., Coopersville from noon to 4 p.m.
- Putt Putt's Bar, 1148 Fulton St. West, Grand Rapids from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- American Legion, Charles A. Conklin Post #28, 700 Harbor Dr, Grand Haven from noon to 4 p.m.
- Blue Water Cabinetry, 4845 Airline Rd, Suite 4, Muskegon from 8 a.m. to noon
- Holy Smokers BBQ, 544 East 8th St., Holland from noon to 3 p.m.
- Madison Square Sportsmen's Club, 5321 7 Mile Rd NE, Belmont from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Qua-Ke-Zik Sportsman's Club, 8731 W. Riverside Dr., Saranac from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- TwoGuys Brewing 2356 Porter St. SW, Wyoming from Noon to 4 p.m.
Find more on Cookies with a Cause on their Facebook page.
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