Volunteers offer 'Treats for Troops'

By Lance Cpl. Connor Hancock | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms | December 8, 2015

Preston Herrera, 4, son of Master Sgt. Manuel Herrera Jr., faculty advisor, Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group, and Raija Ginder, 3, daughter of Zachary Ginder, college counselor, Base Programs Office, color Christmas artwork for service members at the Frontline Restaurant, during Treats for Troops, Dec. 8, 2015. Volunteers made approximately 50 hand-colored pieces of artwork during the event. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Connor Hancock/Released)

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS --

They baked 2,200 cookies for the event and more than 2,000 were decorated within the first hour and a half of the event.

Volunteers from MCCS plan to give out 1,900 cookies to service members during the Santa Extravaganza at the Combat Center’s Marine Corps Exchange, scheduled Dec. 11, 2015.