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WISCONSIN ARMY NATIONAL GUARD SGT. KELLY BOURGEOIS
TO BE RECOGNIZED SUNDAY FOR 'OPERATION FAN MAIL'
Wisconsin Army National Guard Sgt. Kelly Bourgeois and her family are guests of the Packers and Festival Foods at Sunday's game for 'Operation Fan Mail.'
Bourgeois (pronounced boar-JWAH), a resident of Oshkosh, Wis., just returned from an 11-month deployment in Camp Taji, Iraq. Previously, while deployed to Ft. Bragg, N.C., from 2002-2003, she spent four months in Afghanistan. She has been a member of the Wisconsin Army National Guard (1157th Transportation Company) for 11 years. Prior to her current assignment, she served 6 years in the Minnesota Army National Guard. An automated logistics sergeant, Bourgeois coordinates the shipping, receiving and tracking of all vehicle parts for the company's vehicles.
Kelly will be accompanied Sunday by her husband, Mike, son Chris, 8, and daughter, Josie, 6.
New this season, 'Operation Fan Mail' is a program in which the Green Bay Packers and Festival Foods recognize a military family at each home game.
To choose families, the Packers and Festival Foods are asking interested families, or friends of eligible families, to submit an essay, 500 words or less, on why a particular family should be saluted. Essays can be sent to: Operation Fan Mail, P.O. Box 10628, Green Bay, WI, 54307-0628. Essays also can be submitted online.
Families intended for recognition are those that have a member serving on active duty away from home. The family member can be a mother, father, son, daughter or sibling.
In addition to being recognized on-field prior to the game, selected families will receive four tickets to the game, a $100 gift certificate to Festival Foods and a care package from the Packers and Festival Foods.
Another feature of the program invites the public to write letters of the support to the troops. The letters can be dropped off at any Festival Foods location and then will be sent to members of the military on active duty.