The Flight is Filling Up!

As of just a few minutes ago, we have 86 WWII veterans signed up and ready to go for the inaugural West Georgia Honor Flight departing Columbus, GA Metro Airport on September 22nd. That leaves just 14 more seats for veterans. If you have an application, please mail it or drop it by the Community Foundation as soon as possible. Since we received 27 applications this week, and 37 the week before, I don't think its reaching to say that the flight will be full by July 4th.

We won't know exactly how many guardians we will need until we have received all 100 veteran applications due to the fact that we have to understand what mobility issues we will need to address on the flight. We assign 1 guardian to every 3 veterans, but in the case of a veteran that will need a wheel chair for all or most of the day, we assign 1 guardian for 1 veteran. However that said, I think we are probably down to our last 3 or 4 guardian slots.

What if I don't make this flight? We have said from the beginning that we will carry WWII veterans to visit their memorial as long as we have veterans that want to go, and financial support from the community to send them. We still have about $6,000 more to raise, but as soon as we have flight #1 paid for, we will begin making plans for flight #2. The Honor Flight Network only allows flights from March - October due to weather concerns, so if we decide to do another flight in 2009, we are going to have to push to raise the needed money.

Do you belong to a group, civic club or church that would consider helping raise the money needed to support a flight? Please give us a call at (706) 507-9944 and let's discuss how your group can be involved. Most of our donations are less than $100, so don't feel like you have to raise the entire $70,000 on your own. Every dollar counts. Remember that just 20 people donating $20 sends 1 veteran on the flight. We can do this!!!