Soldier Care Packages

This past weekend we celebrated Memorial Day (originally called Decoration Day) as our nation’s way of commemorating all of our proud U.S. Soldiers who have given their lives in service to our country. Fairytale Brownies supports our forces deployed worldwide. We send our Belgian chocolate brownies to the troops overseas, and we receive nothing but gratitude and happiness in return.

As a way to help everyone who would like to send brownies on their own, we offer Free Shipping to all APO/FPO addresses! Visit us online at brownies.com.



Soldiers’ Angels and the Ladies of Liberty, both organizations that help to provide the troops with morale boosting snacks and hard-to-find necessities helps us out on a regular basis. They provide us with names and addresses of those service people who are in need of a little taste of home, or a little comfort when things aren’t going as well as they had hoped. We are honored that they have chosen our rich, fudgy brownie gifts as a way of filling that role. 

If you’re interested in helping out Soldiers’ Angels/Ladies of Liberty, you can visit their sites at: www.soldiersangelsladiesofliberty.com (Ladies of Liberty) www.soldiersangels.com (Soldiers’ Angels).  They have many branches nationwide who help soldiers from that particular area of the country. To all the members of the U.S. Military, thank you for all you do everyday. 

When I was offered the position here at Fairytale Brownies, I jumped for joy! I get the opportunity to work with the wonderful people here at Fairytale, and be able to spread happiness and chocolate love through the wonderful brownie gifts we make here. Of course, I had to share my wonderful news with my family, so I let my daughter, who at 7 is still surprising me, in on the news, only to get “So when do you get to bring us home some brownies?” And, “I want Original and Chocolate Chip!” 

    

She knows that these are the best brownies around! (She has great taste!)  Needless to say, my first day here, I made SURE I bought some decadent gourmet brownies to share. She was VERY pleased. As my first week continued, I had the opportunity to ship brownies to our soldiers overseas in appreciation for their service to our country and send brownies to all the deserving Moms all over the country from their very grateful children.  And, at a discount too, since many of our Mothers' Day items are on sale right now as well!



So, remember Mother's Day is May 9th!  Don't forget to order some delicious gourmet brownies for those special ladies in your life! Have a wonderful week!   

Hi Fairytale Friends! Fairytale Brownies has been supporting the work of both Soldiers' Angels/Angel Bakers and Soldiers' Angels/Ladies of Liberty for a couple of years now.  We send gourmet brownies to troops serving in our Armed Forces each month. Last month we had an opportunity to send chocolate brownies to a group of men and women serving in Afghanistan as well as a team serving in Haiti.  I can't imagine how very difficult it is to be away from home, away from family and friends.  I hope we can brighten their day just a little.     

Over the these past two years we've received wonderful letters and cards from the men and women who have received brownies gifts.  Here are two recent certificates of appreciation we've received.  To all our Troops, we say, be safe!!

As I write this, I can feel wood chips in my sneakers, dust on my skin and shoulder muscles that I didn't know I had. But I have a smile on my face because I know - MULCHERS ROCK!

Anyone who has ever experienced a KaBOOM! playground build will understand what I'm saying and will agree. For those of you who've never participated in a build, the procedure goes something like this: You start off with a few holes in the ground and a bazillion yards of wood chips (mulch). The goal of the mulch team is to spread every inch of those chips onto the playground while other teams are building and cementing the play structure in place.

Eileen and I were part of the mulching team today as KaBOOM! and 113 other volunteers helped build a play space for The Salvation Army in Tempe, AZ. We began the day with a few words from reps from KaBOOM!, The Salvation Army and the funding sponsor, Mutual of Omaha. Then we stretched a little to warm up our muscles. Then we divided into work groups. The lady in the photo at left was the team leader of the Acorns. I don't know what their job was. Eileen and I were Paws... the MULCHERS!
Here are some of the Paws team carrying mulch from the huge pile to the play space.

All of this work helped us burn a few calories and as lunchtime approached, we were mighty hungry.

And what do you think was served for dessert?





Fudgy Fairytale Brownies! Walnut was the flavor of the day.


















After lunch, most of the hard work was finished.
 
Notice the mulch pile by the wall has disappeared? I told you MULCHERS ROCK!

Actually, everyone that helped did an awesome job.

This group built a couple of kids' picnic tables. Pretty good for never putting one together before!

Remember when you were a kid and you spent the day playing outside? You came home exhausted, filthy dirty and oh so happy.

Helping build a play space gives you the same results!

The next time you drive down Hardy between Broadway and University, glance East and you will see a gorgeous play space built by the local community.

Some of you can even say, "And I helped!"

 

It looks like there will be plenty of celebrating this weekend in honor of the 4Th of July. Thank you for sharing with Fairytale Brownies how you will be spending your holiday.

Instead of choosing one winner, we chose two: Lucy Roberts and Nancy Wells. Each will receive a Patriotic Morsel 24 brownie gift.