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Donations can be mailed to:
P.O. Box 505
La Crosse, WI 54602-0505 |
EVENTS
Kwik Trip fundraiser for Freedom Honor Flight
In addition to a generous $50,000 corporate donation, Kwik Trip, Tobacco Outlet, Hearty Platter and Kwik Star stores will serve as collection sites for donations from February 12 to 25.
Country Style Pork Rib Dinner
Sons of the American Legion Squadron 52
4 to 8pm, Tuesday, March 9.
American Legion Post 52
Sixth and Market, La Crosse
$10. All proceeds go to Freedom Honor Flight.
Tickets may be purchased in advance from members or at the Post.
Casino Night and Silent Auction
Sponsored by Holmen American Legion Post 284 and Holmen VFW Post 7908
Casino style gambling, local celebrity dealers, silent auction, door prizes.
7:30–10pm, Saturday, March 27.
Holmen American Legion Post 284
419 First Avenue East, Holmen
$20 advance; $25 at the door. All proceeds go to Freedom Honor Flight. Call 608-526-4444
Bus Tour to Washington DC area
Sugar Creek Bible Camp in Ferryville is leading a bus tour September 12 to 18, 2010 to Washington DC and nearby areas of interest. The tour includes visits to the WWII Memorial. For details call 608-734-3113.
NEWS
Kwik Trip to sponsor 4th flight on May 8, 2010!
A generous donation by Kwik Trip, Inc. will fund the next Freedom Honor Flight. Veterans and guardians assigned to the May 8 Kwik Trip Freedom Honor Flight will be notified by officials by March 15.
GM Classics employees donate $1,000
Thank you to our second year sponsor, GM Classics Inc, for a check for $1,000. This is the second year employees have donated the proceeds of their Christmas Party raffle to Freedom Honor Flight!
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ABOUT US
Freedom Honor Flight is a La Crosse- based organization formed in April of 2008. Our goal is simple: to fly every World War II veteran who is able and willing out to Washington to visit "their" memorial before all our veterans of that war pass away. We are an affiliate of the national group Honor Flight Network, which began this activity in 2005, and began flying with commercial charter aircraft in 2006 from Dayton, Ohio. There are now about 40 "hubs", or cities from which flights originate, around the country. National Honor Flight Network provides us with technical and travel support, and helps arrange activities in Washington D.C.
Veterans must fill out an application form, which can be found and printed or downloaded here. All veterans on a flight are accompanied by trained volunteer Guardians, who assist veterans for the day. Volunteers can apply to be a Guardian by downloading or printing the form available here.
We are supported by various private and commercial donors. We are supported by many veterans organizations in the region. We have no paid staff. Our volunteers organize the veterans for travel, arrange the travel both to and from Washington, and arrange all transportation, activities and meals in Washington. The trip is typically all in one day, spending several hours at the World War Two Memorial, and visiting other Washington landmarks such as the Korean War Memorial, Vietnam Wall, Lincoln Memorial or the Marine Corps War Memorial.
At the current time, for obvious reasons, priority is given to World War Two veterans. If a veteran is certified terminally ill by a doctor but able to travel, he or she moves up the priority list no matter what their era of service. We hope to launch at least one flight per year and perhaps more, providing we get enough support. Anyone interested in donating can do so here.
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