• Sawfly Ballistic Eyewear system (one of 10)
• Mercury Tactical Gear Campaign Deployment Pack (one of 10)
• 5.11 Havoc 30 backpack (one of 10)
• Valor Ballistic glasses (one of 10)
• Multicam 300 lumen headlamp (one of 10)
• Petzl TACTIKKA+ RGB headlamp (one of 10)
• Universal gun care kit (one of 20)
• All-weather pen (one of 20)
• Tactical cooling towel (one of 20)
“With 85% of associates sharing a military connection, the Exchange is family serving family,” said Wright-Patterson Exchange General Manager Jermaine Wilson. “It is an honor to serve those who serve, and the Exchange salutes the world’s greatest Army for 245 years bravely defending this great nation.”
Shoppers can visit www.ShopMyExchange.com/Sweepstakes for rules and an online entry form. No purchase is necessary to enter or win. The drawing will take place on or about July 17.
Honorably discharged veterans who have verified their eligibility to shop the Exchange online can enter the sweepstakes, too. Veterans can find out more on the Exchange's community Hub page at https://bit.ly/Vets4Life.
Shoppers generate $520,845.23 for Wright-Patt community
Airmen, retirees, veterans and military families know it pays to shop their Exchange. In 2019, authorized Wright-Patterson Exchange shoppers generated $520,845.23 of critical support for military quality-of-life programs in the form of earnings-based dividends.
The dividends help fund quality-of-life programs at Wright-Patterson, such as Armed Forces Recreation Centers and other programs that support the military.
100% of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service's worldwide earnings are invested in the military community, with 59% going to dividends supporting quality-of-life programs and the remaining 41% used to improve the experience in stores and at www.ShopMyExchange.com .
“Exchange earnings improve the lives of Wright-Patterson heroes and their families,” said Wilson.
The Wright-Patterson Exchange dividend is a part of the $217 million the Army & Air Force Exchange Service generated worldwide in 2019. In the last 10 years, the Exchange has contributed $2.2 billion to morale, welfare and recreation programs integral to Air Force recruiting, readiness and resiliency.
Part of the Exchange’s dividend was generated by veterans. On Jan. 1, 2020, 4.1 million veterans with service-connected disabilities and certain caregivers were welcomed with in-store shopping privileges. Since 2017, all honorably discharged veterans have been authorized to shop the Exchange online.
Despite the upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the ever-changing retail landscape, the Exchange remains dedicated to supporting troops and their families, wherever the military mission takes them.
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