 February 11, 2010
Appleton,
WI -- Old Glory Honor Flight announces that all 5 Wisconsin Honor Flight hubs have teamed up with Kwik Trip stores to raise
funds for the Honor Flight programs statewide. This promotion will last from February 12-25, 2010. Old Glory Honor
Flight will receive the proceeds from all participating Kwik Trip stores in Northeast and East Central Wisconsin.
Kwik Trip will be offering name cards to their customers for a donation to the Honor Flight programs. These name cards
will be displayed around the stores. Some locations will also have donation containers available.
Honor
Flight hubs benefiting from this fund-raiser are Old Glory Honor Flight (Appleton), Stars and Stripes Honor Flight (Milwaukee),
Badger Honor Flight (Madison), Freedom Honor Flight (LaCrosse), and Never Forgotten Honor Flight (Wausau).
"We
at Old Glory Honor Flight would like to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone at Kwik Trip for their generosity and appreciation
for our World War II veterans. This program is certain to give many of these Wisconsin heroes the Tour of Honor they
have earned." says Ron Lecker, a spokesman for Old Glory Honor Flight.
February 8, 2010
Old Glory Honor Flight is proud to announce the date of our next
flight to Washington, DC carrying approximately 100 World War II veterans from Northeast Wisconsin. It will be held
on Thursday, April 8, 2010 and will again originate from the Outagamie County Regional Airport
in Appleton.
In addition to this, Old Glory Honor Flight has released a 10 minute video of the flight in October
2009, available on our website. All WWII veterans are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as we currently have over 400 veterans on our waiting list.
Old Glory Honor Flight also today unveiled "Operation
Legacy" which involves publishing a book of stories from WWII veterans from Northeast Wisconsin. We also hope to
bring our mission to the attention of young students by uniting area schools with veterans who participated in our program.
A fund-raiser at Kwik Trip (February 12-25) and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle raffle and ride at Waverly Beach
in Menasha (July 24) were also announced today.
October
29, 2009
Old Glory Honor Flight would like to thank everyone
who made our first trip such a great success! Not even the pouring rain could stop these heroes from the "Greatest
Generation" from having one of the most memorable experiences of their lives.
We would like to offer a special
note of thanks to WBAY Channel 2 and the Appleton Post Crescent for providing such wonderful coverage of this event from start to finish. Some of the most memorable experiences from
that day will live on forever in the hearts and minds of the veterans and their families, and it is so important that others
hear about our organization so that they too may take part in one of our future flights.
Thank you so much to Candlewood
Suites in Appleton for their hospitality to our veterans and others going on this flight. Thank you to everyone at Outagamie
County Regional Airport for their dedication, long hours, and everything else they did to make this day a success. We
simply couldn't have done this without you.
Thank
you to Rich Langan for volunteering your time and energy to ensure we had such wonderful photographs of our first big event.
Please take some time to click the Photos tab and view our photos on Picasa web albums.
Thanks also to former Senator
Bob Dole and Congressman Steve Kagen for taking time out of your busy schedules to share in this experience with our northeast
Wisconsin WWII veterans.
And finally, thank you to everyone who came out on Tuesday night to show your support
for our National Heroes. This event, to say the least, was one of the most heart-warming experiences these veterans
have ever had.
In the coming weeks, please
watch this website for photos and videos of the event and please feel free to download our veterans and guardian applications
if you wish to join us next year.
October 26, 2009 The first Old Glory Honor Flight takes off tomorrow!! Thank you so much
to everyone who contributed their time, money or anything else to make this trip possible.
Please come out
to the Outagamie Regional Airport in Appleton to welcome these veterans home Tuesday night.
Their flight is scheduled to return at 9:45 PM. It will be a magical moment you will not
want to miss!
This is the least we could to thank those who risked their lives so long ago so
that we may enjoy the freedoms we have today. See you there!
October 17, 2009
10 days to go!!!
Old
Glory Honor Flight is making its final preparations for the maiden flight on October
27.
Please help us with our last push for donations before the flight.
Every little bit counts! When you watch the news that Tuesday, you will see what your donation was for. Our national heroes
getting the trip of a lifetime!!! Take a moment to watch some of the videos below from Stars and Stripes
Honor Flight in Milwaukee. Then click donate to the
right or mail your check to the address above. Thank you!
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