<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hello Cookie Lovers,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">We are moving into the final round of the "Great Cookie Challenge"  Have you tried your hand at some awesome cookie recipes?  It's not too late!  In the meantime, continue voting for your favorite cookie.  Will the sugar cookie come out on top against chocolate chip, an all time favorite?  It is up to you to make the decision!  Here are the results from last week.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Chocolate Chip 87%   * moving to finals</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Ginger Snap 13%</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Sugar  69% * moving to finals</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Snickerdoodle 31%</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Which cookie will be crowned, LBPD 2020 "Great Cookie"?  Move your cookie to the #1 spot.  <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Simply cast your vote and follow "The Great Cookie Bracket" at </span><a href="https://bit.ly/LBPDCookieChallenge" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">https://bit.ly/LBPDCookieChallenge</a><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">.  </span>You have until 6:00 p.m. next Monday, December 21st to cast your vote. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Also, Take the Great Cookie Challenge!  <span class="gmail_default">Post and share </span>your <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">favorite</span> <span class="gmail_default">cookie </span>recipes, videos of you being <span class="gmail_default">"</span>Martha Stewart<span class="gmail_default">"</span> in the kitchen, or just fantastic pics of your favorite indulgence.<span class="gmail_default">  </span><span class="gmail_default">Then c</span>hallenge <span class="gmail_default">your </span>friends, family, coworkers, businesses, or even your worst enemy to post their favorite cookies<span class="gmail_default"> too.  </span>  Be sure to tag us using the following social media handles. <span class="gmail_default">Use the following hashtag:  </span><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">#LBPD2020Cookie</b></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Instagram: <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span> @MDLBPD</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span>Twitter: <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span>@MDLBPD</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Facebook: @MDLBPD</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Best, </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">LaShawn</span><br></p></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:12.8px;border-collapse:collapse;border:none"><tbody><tr><td width="102" valign="top" style="width:76.5pt;border-top:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-right:1pt solid windowtext;padding:0in 5.4pt"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:5pt"><br></span> <img src="cid:ii_14e8cd7de7082e4b" width="90" height="96"></p></td><td width="234" valign="top" style="width:175.5pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">LaShawn Myles </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="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