Class makes cookies for Army Member

For years, the home economics department has worked to touch others with their handiwork. In the past several years, home economics is striving to not only benefit members of the school and community through their work, but to stretch their reach beyond the bounds of Fresno County.

Friday, Nov. 21, both periods of home ec. whipped up piles of cookies for a noble cause. Home ec. teacher, Sharon Scharf, has connections to a member of our Army member LTC Eric Ogborn, and decided to support his cause through her work on campus.

The batches of cookies were sent to LTC Ogborn, who is currently stationed in Germany but deployed in Afganistan. Scharf explains how the cookies were made.

“We made 16 dozen cookies,” Scharf said. “We use a recipe I have that uses coconut and the coconut keeps them fresh and prevents them from breaking up. Then, we wrap each one individually in aluminum foil, which cushions them and keeps them fresh.”

Scharf and her home ec. crew began shipping out their treats thirteen years ago. The tradition started with her nephew, who was stationed in Afghanistan.

“We started making cookies in 2001,” Scharf said. “The first set was to my nephew who was with the 82 airborn. He was one of the first ones to go into Afghanistan. When LTC Eric Ogborn gets the cookies he distributes them to all of his men. By sending the cookies it gives the men and women who are over there the feeling that they are being supported, and people are thinking of them.”

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