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Ducks to salute military families

By Helene Elliott
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The Ducks will play host to about 200 members of military families from the Southern California chapter of Operation Homefront today at the Honda Center. That will cap a two-day event that treated the families to a private practice, a barbecue and various events in which players participated.

The family members will be recognized in the arena during the game and during the TV broadcast on FSN Prime Ticket.

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Operation Homefront is a nonprofit that assists military families around the country.

Fans interested in supporting military families through Operation Homefront can visit its website for more information.

--Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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