Navy veteran Chris Borowicz was recently named Cheboygan County’s Hometown Hero for the month of June.
According to the Cheboygan County Veterans Subcommittee, Borowicz served for six years as a boiler technician before returning to his hometown of Cheboygan, where he has continued serving his community in many ways.
Borowicz works as a custodian and bus driver at Cheboygan Area Intermediate School. He is also active in labor representation as president of USW Local 9998 and serves as adjutant of the Cheboygan VFW Post 3623.
Members of the community can nominate a veteran to receive the award by filling out a form. These forms need to contain the veteran’s name, their branch of service, what years they served in the military and why the nominating person feels the veteran should be honored.
These forms can be picked up at the Cheboygan County Veterans Services Office in Room 122, on the lower level of the Cheboygan County Building. The form can also be found online.
Completed forms can be returned to the veterans office, or by mailing them to Hometown Heroes, Cheboygan County Veterans Service, 870 S. Main St., Room 122, Cheboygan, MI 49721.
— Contact Jillian Fellows at jfellows@petoskeynews.com.
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Reporting by Jillian Fellows, Cheboygan Daily Tribune / Cheboygan Daily Tribune
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