MILITARY STAR Annual Sweepstakes Pays Off $47,000 in Holiday Bills for Military Community

Members of the military community had nearly $47,000 in bills paid off in the 10^th annual MILITARY STAR Your Holiday Bill Is on Us sweepstakes, including five lucky grand-prize winners who had their entire balances wiped clean.

The grand-prize winners were:

• Retired Staff Sgt. James Mabry, a Desert Storm Veteran who had his $8,000 bill paid off in a presentation at the Fort Eisenhower BX.
• Retired Navy Chief Petty Officer Patricia Brooks, who received her prize in a ceremony at the JBLE-Langley BX.
• Air Force Veteran Bart Spencer, who shops online at ShopMyExchange.com, using the lifelong online shopping benefit available to all honorably discharged Veterans.
• Retired Master Sgt. James Bryant, who served 26 years in the Air Force.
• Retired Navy Petty Officer 2^nd Class Clark Kunz, who served 20 years.

During November and December, shoppers worldwide automatically earned an entry in the Your Holiday Bill Is on Us Sweepstakes every time they used their MILITARY STAR card—totaling nearly 5 million entries this year. In addition to the five grand-prize winners who had their MILITARY STAR balances paid off (or received a statement credit if their balance was below $2,500), 10 second-place winners received $1,000 statement credits and 25 third-place winners received $500 statement credits—totaling more than $46,800.

Since the annual sweepstakes began 10 years ago, MILITARY STAR has paid off nearly $400,000 in balances for members of the military community.

From left: Fort Eisenhower Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Aaron Rose, MILITARY STAR Your Holiday Bill Is on Us sweepstakes grand-prize winner retired Staff Sgt. James Mabry, Fort Eisenhower Exchange General Manager LaToya Harris, Fort Eisenhower Garrison Commander Col. Reggie Evans.