Halloween and the holidays are a special time of year for kids (young and old) to have fun and go trick-or-treating and celebrate. But there are few Treats and too many Tricks for our U.S. Military members serving overseas. Almost every year there seems to be more holiday candy left over and parents and kids seem willing to share and support our military members.
Again this year, Sweets4Troops.com will be collecting any leftover and unwanted candy. These sweets and treats will be sent as a part of the ‘Thank You Package’ for Military personnel serving at various locations worldwide. Local agencies will forward these treats to military member units serving overseas and select domestic locations through our Veteran partnerships. In addition to treats, we are seeking groups, schools, or organizations that would like to send thank-you notes to military members for serving and protecting our country.
In 2014, DeKalb businessman Michael Embrey (USAF Veteran) started the first “Sweets4Troops” program and collected over 250 pounds of candy. For the last couple of years, Sweets4Troops has collected over 1,000 pounds of treats each year for military support groups, as well as local retirement homes where veterans reside.
Sweets4Troops is proud to announce the local DeKalb American Legion Auxiliary Post 66 will again be hosting and promoting the “Sweets4Troops” program. Co-Chairs Sarah Newby and Cindy Hulke welcome any donations. In addition to collecting treats and candy, any thank-you notes or cards to the troops will be accepted (please make letters and cards generic as “Thank You’ or “Thank You for your service” and not tied to a holiday).
If you or your company/organization have any leftover candy after Halloween (and are trying to stay on that Diet), please bring any unwanted and surplus candy and treats to one of the following drop-off locations:
- DeKalb Fire Department, 7th Street (700 Pine Street) in DeKalb, IL
- Sycamore Fire Department, 535 DeKalb Avenue in Sycamore, IL
- DeKalb Amerian Legion Post, 1204 S. 4th St. DeKalb, IL
- Le Print Express, 1950 DeKalb Avenue in Sycamore, IL
- County Liquors, 625 E State St in Sycamore, IL
- FunME Events Office, 650 Peace Road-Suite F, DeKalb, IL
- Genoa Area Chamber of Commerce, 113 North Genoa Street, Genoa, IL
Donations are accepted from “November 1 through November 15”.
Thank you one and all for supporting our troops. www.Sweets4Troops.com
Please check us out on Facebook. www.facebook.com/p/Sweets4Troops-100064553055270
For more information please contact:
Sarah Newby, at 815-751-2424 or email: sarahmassier@ymail.com
Cindy Hupke, at 815-540-7364 or email: hupkecynthia@gmail.com
Michael Embrey, at 815-761-1263 or email: M.Embrey@FunMEevents.com
NOTE: If you would like to partner with this project or provide special services, please contact:
Michael Embrey, at 815-761-1263 or email: M.Embrey@FunMEevents.com
General Information:
http://www.sweets4troops.com
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DeKalb, IL: We are proud to announce our DeKalb County Military Charity, ‘Sweets4Troops.com’. For the past ten (10) years, this organization has collected candy and sweets from a variety of local groups, organizations, schools, and stores to send to our men and women serving our country overseas.
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