Two Veterans, Two Companies, Two New AC Units – WBAY

NORTHEAST, Wis. (WBAY) - Central air conditioning is a luxury not a necessity. But, after serving their country two local veterans are being treated to new units.

At the home of Adam DeJardin in Bonduel, a fan and a window unit provide some relief from the heat.

According to DeJardin, "It gets pretty warm up there in summertime, last week has been pretty rough."

Jordan Polzin from Green Bay had central air, sort of. He says, "Last year it would work probably, maybe about 60% of the time and this year it was barely working."

But thanks to two different Green Bay heating and cooling companies, that were running separate contests to give a deserving veteran a new AC unit on Flag Day, neither man needs to worry about how they'll keep themselves and their families cool anymore.

"A guy from Brown County Veterans Services called me, told me I was one of the finalists and then Bay Area Services came out and told me I won basically," says DeJardin.

Polzin adds, "I was nominated by Andy Bussiere from the Wisconsin Desert Vets and I was selected."

A crew from Bay Area Services showed up early this morning to begin the installation of Dejardin's new Trane unit.

"It's just great to give back to deserving veterans. We like to help anybody that we can, anytime that we can," says Shannon Beyersdorf from Bay Area Services.

Bay Heating Service along with American Standard had Polzin's old unit out and the new one in before noon.

According to David Drews from Bay Heating, "He does a lot for the veterans in the community and we really wanted to give back to him because he gives back so much."

And while neither man served their country to receive recognition, they're touched by the cool opportunity.

Polzin says, "I'm the second VP of the Wisconsin Desert Vets and we help other people out and me being helped out is, I just didn't expect it."

"It's going to mean a lot, save a lot of money. It's about $3,000 that they're putting in to this for us, so appreciate that a lot," adds DeJardin.

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