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Camas couple’s company launches ‘Cookies for Caregivers’ project

McTavish Shortbread, owned by Karen and Peter Wood, sends shortbread cookies to health care facilities, gives frontline workers a sweet morale boost

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(Contributed photos courtesy of McTavish Shortbread) Health care workers receive a shipment of McTavish Shortbread treats delivered by the Portland-based company's "Cookies for Caregivers" program, which launched this month to help thank caregivers working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company, owned by a Camas couple, has delivered 51 cases of cookies to 34 health care facilities across the country in just three weeks.

A company owned by a Camas couple is bringing some sweet joy to those working on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis. 

In just a few weeks, the Portland-based McTavish Shortbread, owned by Karen and Peter Wood of Camas, has donated 51 cases of shortbread cookies to 34 frontline health care locations. 

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