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The Royal Canadian Airforce will have a pre-game flyover.

“The flyover gets a lot of people hyped up,” Harris said.

The Eskimos will bring members of our local Canadian Armed Forces and their families to the game, and you can help through the “Support Our Troops Bobblehead Packages.” Buy a Bronze Game Ticket for $59 with the promo code “HARRIS,” receive a Trevor Harris Bobblehead, and a Bronze Game Ticket will be donated to the Canadian Armed Forces.

If you already have a ticket to the game, you can still obtain a Trevor Harris Bobblehead with a $30 donation and the promo code “ARMEDFORCES” that will provide a Bronze Game Ticket for the Canadian Armed Forces.

“They did a good job,” Harris said about the bobblehead. “They made me look tanned. They made me a little bit better-looking than I am in real life, so it’s a good thing.”

The Eskimos, partnered with EPCOR, will also be selling limited-edition bandanas at the Winnipeg game. They will be available at the gates and in the concourse with a suggested minimum donation of $5. Proceeds will go toward the Edmonton and area Military Family Resource Centre (MFRC) through the Support Our Troops Fund.

In addition, to providing direct support to MFRC, funds may also be utilized to support additional programs and services that may benefit the military family constituency in Edmonton and the surrounding areas.

Harris, who has several cousins in the military in the United States, said he’s “a big supporter of the military.”

“It’s something that we should be grateful for every morning – the country that we live in, the freedoms that we have,” he said. “The military is a big part of that.”

Harris said he and his younger brother, Cody, have done a lot of reading and research on the Navy Seals.

“We’re just intrigued by the toughness, the mental fortitude that they have,” he said. “Obviously, we just have tremendous amounts of respect for who they are and what they do. Not only that, the training they go through.”

This story was supplied by The Edmonton Eskimos Football Club.