(Colorado Springs, CO) – June 6, 2012 – El Pomar Foundation announced today that it has teamed with several community organizations to provide local military families with a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® experience. All of the tickets for the Saturday, June 9th 11am performance of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey presents Dragons, at the World Arena, have been distributed for free to military families in the area. This performance is not open to the public and all tickets have been distributed.

“In one small way, we hope this opportunity to attend the circus emphasizes the fact that we are extremely grateful for all that the service men and women and their families do,” said El Pomar Foundation Chairman and CEO William Hybl. 

Terrance McWilliams, El Pomar’s director of military and veteran affairs and Fort Carson’s former Command Sergeant Major, will host the performance as the Guest Ringmaster. 

This is the sixth consecutive year that El Pomar Foundation has teamed with other community organizations to sponsor a military family appreciation day at the circus. El Pomar’s internal Anna Keesling Ackerman Fund, the Henry Joseph Edmondson Foundation, United Way Military Family Assistance Fund and the World Arena Youth and Community Fund all contributed to make the event possible this year.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT TICKETS: All tickets for this performance have already been distributed and no tickets remain.

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