Mattheus and Kiersten Schrawyer greet Sesame Street's Elmo during a picnic at Lake Ogawara near Misawa Air Base, Japan. 'Sesame Street' charaters will will visit more than 40 military installations this year to entertain families with a free one-hour show. (courtesy photo)

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'Sesame Street' to visit Wright-Patterson AFB

Published June 30, 2008
By AFPN
445th Airlift Wing

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB -- Beloved "Sesame Street" characters like Elmo and Grover will visit more than 40 military installations this year to entertain families with a free one-hour show. Mark you calendars early, the show will perform at Wright-Patterson AFB on October 23-24.

The production, sponsored by United Service Organizations, travels across the country with the first show July 8.

The tour is part of Sesame Workshop's Talk, Listen, Connect initiative, a military outreach program, which launched in 2006. The initiative provides support and offers significant resources for military families with young children experiencing the effects of deployment, multiple deployments or when a parent returns home changed due to a combat-related injury.

Military families who attend the experience will see a live character performance and receive giveaways and outreach materials from Talk, Listen, Connect and other partners. For more information, visit www.sesamestreet.org/tlc.