Cookie Caper brings treats to service members

Karri Frizzell and Jessica McCollum, Cookie Caper committee members, portion cookie dough at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Dec. 7, 2015. The Misawa Commissary teamed up with volunteers to bake cookies for single and unaccompanied U.S. military and Japan Air Self-Defense Force service members on base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jordyn Fetter/Released)

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Cookie Caper brings treats to service members

Jessica McCollum, Cookie Caper committee member, shelves baking sheets at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Dec. 7, 2015. McCollum and other volunteers baked more than 300 dozen cookies from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jordyn Fetter/Released)

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Cookies line the bottom of a tray at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Dec. 9, 2015. The annual Cookie Caper’s goal is to bring a sense of holiday spirit to single and unaccompanied Misawa service members with a tray of 10 cookies each and holiday cards donated by the American Red Cross. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jordyn Fetter/Released)

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Volunteers wrap trays of cookies at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Dec. 9, 2015. Misawa community members donated cookie dough and home-baked cookies, which were then organized into trays at the Mutsu Officers’ Club for the annual Cookie Caper. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jordyn Fetter/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Patrick Hoerle, 35th Fighter Wing paralegal, receives cookies from Senior Master Sgt. Audra Perkins, 35 FW public affairs superintendent, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Dec. 9, 2015. The annual Cookie Caper brought a tray of 10 cookies each to single and unaccompanied U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy, and Japan Air Self-Defense Force members on base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jordyn Fetter/Released)

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Cookie Caper brings treats to service members

Published Dec. 10, 2015
By Airman 1st Class Jordyn Fetter
35th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Misawa Air Base's annual Cookie Caper provided more than 20,000 cookies to approximately 2,500 single and unaccompanied U.S. and Japan Air Self-Defense Force service members here, Dec. 9.

The process began two days prior with a seven-hour baking session at the Misawa Commissary where more than 300 dozen cookies were made by volunteers. The cookie dough was donated by community members and the Commissary.

During a span of two days, the home-baked cookies were brought to the Mutsu Officers' Club for sorting and packaging by volunteers. First sergeants and unit members dispersed the cookies to members of their squadrons.