Independence Day is just around the corner, but while we’re planning that backyard barbeque or watching that baseball game, we should take a moment to think about the brave men and women in our Armed Forces who are deployed overseas in harm’s way.
The Pennsylvania National Guard is represented by about 6,000 men and women that are currently deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of these brave soldiers have strong ties to those of that work here; they are our coworkers, our friends, relatives, and our neighbors. In support of those individuals, Turkey Hill Dairy and Turkey Hill Minit Markets have teamed up for something we are calling “Operation Hometown Hello.”
The operation is pretty simple: There’s a box at each of the 250 Turkey Hill Minit Markets throughout eastern, central and southern Pennsylvania. The purpose of the box is to collect donated items to be sent to the soldiers overseas. They can be items you purchase in the store or items you bring from home. When the box is filled (hopefully often), Turkey Hill Dairy and Turkey Hill Minit Markets will ship it 6,000 miles around the world to those Pennsylvania National Guard members serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Unfortunately we can’t send Turkey Hill ice cream or iced tea to the soldiers (trust us, we tried to think of a way to do it), but below is a list of the top 10 most requested items by the troops. Next time you’re in a Turkey Hill Minit Market, why not send a Hometown Hello by purchasing one of these items for the box?
1. Individual size peanut packets
2. Single-serve beef jerky products
3. Packs of gum
4. Non-chocolate candies
5. Pens and pencils
6. Pocket-sized notebooks
7. Single-serve bags of flavored sunflower seeds
8. Individual packs of pretzel rods
9. Protein and energy bars
10. Granola bars
For more information about Operation Hometown Hello and other Turkey Hill outreach efforts, visit TurkeyHillCares.com. And, for a good laugh, check out Stephen Colbert and Tom Hanks attempting to put together a care package for the troops (which includes ice cream and puppies).
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NEXT STOP: 30,000!
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009For awhile now, the Ice Cream Journal has been creeping up on 20,000 total comments since it was created in November 2006. That’s a lot of comments. When we first started the blog, we never dreamed we’d get 1,000, much less 20,000.
In all the excitement of the spring, we forget to keep checking to see when the magical number was reached. We usually read the comments the same way you do (on each individual entry), but when we looked at the comment log today, we realized number 20,000 had arrived almost a month ago! It was posted by Lorraine P. on the entry about visiting your local ice cream shop. Here’s what Lorraine had to say:
“We do have many local ice cream shops. In fact we just visited one this past weekend. Water ices and Cream ices are a big thing on Long Island. Lots of ice cream in the freezer. Always a staple in our house. Thanks Turkey Hill for making a “great” product.”
Thanks for helping us reach our milestone, Lorraine! In honor of your place in ice cream blogging history, we’ll send you coupons for a one month supply of Turkey Hill ice cream! Thanks also to those of you who left the other 19,999 comments. We read every single one of them and appreciate them all!
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