I was up early this morning to be on hand as WLTZ NBC 38 kicked off their weeklong telethon in support of the West Georgia Honor Flight. Calvin Floyd has dedicated his "Rise and Shine" show this week to help raise money to help local WWII Veterans take their Honor Flight to the WWII Memorial in DC.
6 o'clock comes early and so did the donations. In the space of an hour, Calvin's viewers had donated $1,600 to Honor Flight. To put that in perspective, in that short period of time we raised enough money to be able to pay for 4 WWII Veterans to take the flight to DC.
Special guests on this morning's show included Mayor Jim Weatherington and Teresa Tomlinson. Both left personal donations for Honor Flight as they left the studio. Great people! "My Mechanic" was also there but instead of his usual monday morning topic of taking care of your car, he announced a special this week where he is matching contributions from his customers and donating the money to Honor Flight. The good folks at Tires 1st also called in with a $100 donation.
Join Calvin and the entire staff of WLTZ this week as they raise money for the West Georgia Honor Flight. The telethon airs each morning from 6-7 am and again from 12 noon -1 pm.
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