Palatine Couple Spreads Good Will Overseas
Pat and Mac McCoy have sent thousands of care packages to U.S. troops and collected beanie babies to help promote good will as our men and women in the military serve and protect.
Pat and Mac McCoy of Palatine began a mission of their own when their son Rick was a Staff Sargeant Green Beret with the 20th Special Forces and was ultimately deployed five times. That mission included starting a non-profit organization called The Yellow Ribbon Support Group, and spreading good will in times of foreign conflict overseas. They have sent care packages and beanie babies to accomplish this task. "We collected beanie babies to create good will for the foreign nationals, our troops would have to go into these towns in times of conflict, and it scared the native children there," said Pat McCoy. "There is almost always a language barrier, and by saying the word for friend, then handing a frightened child that beanie baby-I've …
