How to Help a Freshman During the Year

peskemom
Thu, 22 May 2008 18:28:40 +0000

in addition to all of navy10’s great ideas…

send cookies or other baked goods once in a while! Since you too will be a student it may be hard for you to bake on your own - but a small batch of homemade cookies would, I bet, happily be much received.

I also made sure to stock my Plebe mid with lots of snack foods that could be shared…jerkey,peanuts, bottled juices, microwave soups, powdered stuff to put in bottles of water, individual tuna cans w/crackers…etc. My mid and her roommate actually dedicated one small closet in their room to the ‘pantry’ and they got alot of their company-mates to stop by when they were free to pick out a food item. For Plebes at first this isn’t always easy - so this may have to wait until you find out about your friend’s individual Company rules - but an occasional stored food item YOU provide either in the mail or in person ( let’s admit - GeorgeTown isn’t that far away from USNA) will go a long way in cheering up a Plebe!