Contact: Lori Kaye Lodes, 920-593-3423
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Green Bay, Wis.- (Aug. 29, 2007)- The Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce announced this year’s recipient of the Chamber’s Community Service Award - Green Bay Packers linebacker Brady Poppinga - at its annual Welcome Back Packers Luncheon on Tuesday, Aug. 28.
Poppinga is extremely involved in his church, acting as a youth leader, giving hour-long motivational and moral lessons weekly and supporting other youth activities. He lent his support to the Green Bay Packers/American Family Insurance Military Cap Campaign, attended a fund-raising event at the Howe Resource Center in Green Bay and participated in Kids Day on behalf of Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt. Poppinga supported the Boy Scouts of America by producing a public service announcement in English and Spanish, and further showed his community support through the donation of hundreds of dollars of new toys to a local nursery, and autographed items to an event that benefited the memorial of Arnie Wolff, a fallen Green Bay firefighter.
“Poppinga exhibits all the community-oriented traits we strive to honor with the Community Service Award,” said Paul Jadin, president of the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber’s Community Service Award has honored one Packers player or coach for his contributions to the community for the past 20 years.
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Established in 1882, the mission of the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce is to promote economic and community development. Chamber programs include Advance, Partners in Education, Leadership Green Bay, Brown County Teen Leadership, Current--the Young Professionals Network, Good Government Council, the International Business Development Consortium, and the Small Business Council.
