More than $330,000 in Prizes Awarded to Military Community in 2017
DALLAS – The fun continues in 2018 as the Army & Air Force Exchange Service, together with its vendor partners, offers Soldiers, Airmen, military families and Veterans the opportunity to win prizes in sweepstakes throughout the year.
The Exchange, in partnership with vendors, gave away more than $330,000 in prizes to service members and their families in 2017 through worldwide sweepstakes. Prizes included a car; several motorcycles; a cruise; trips to Hawaii and NASCAR; TVs; barbecue grills; tools; college scholarships; and more than $130,000 worth of Exchange gift cards.
“I don’t think people realize the number of prizes the Exchange gives out, and I don’t think enough people enter,” said Staff Sgt. Richard Ziedenburg, a Fort Hood Soldier who won a 2017 Volkswagen Beetle Dune, valued at $29,395, after being randomly selected among 20,000 entrants worldwide. “Not a lot of places give away that much for free.”
All authorized patrons 18 and older are eligible to enter Exchange sweepstakes online, including honorably discharged Veterans who were welcomed home to their family on Nov. 11 last year with a lifelong online military exchange shopping benefit.
Eligible participants can check for current sweepstakes and enter online at www.shopmyexchange.com/sweepstakes. Free Friday giveaways are exclusively on the Exchange’s Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/shopmyexchange.
“The Exchange and our vendor partners love to give away prizes to service members and their families who do so much for all of us,” said Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Luis Reyes, the Exchange’s senior enlisted advisor. “The prizes are fantastic, and seeing our military families win is a win for us.”
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Since 1895, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (Exchange) has gone where Soldiers, Airmen and their families go to improve the quality of their lives by providing valued goods and services at exclusive military pricing. The Exchange is the 56th-largest retailer in the United States. Its earnings provided $2.4 billion in dividends to support military morale, welfare and recreation programs over the last 10 years. The Exchange is a non-appropriated fund entity of the Department of Defense and is directed by a Board of Directors. To find out more about the Exchange history and mission or to view recent press releases please visit our Web site at http://www.shopmyexchange.com or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ExchangePAO.
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Media Notes:
For more information or to schedule an interview with an Exchange representative please contact Sgt. 1st Class Tim Meyer, 214-312-2132 or [email protected].