All day today, we are humbly asking for donations for the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight. Founded in 2008, this incredible organization has flown 56 missions to take more than 7,600 local veterans on one-day trips to Washington DC to visit memorials, salute their comrades-in-arms, and receive the honor that they so richly deserve.
Stars and Stripes Honor Flight is an all-volunteer organization with no paid staff and no office. This means that 97 cents of every dollar donated goes directly to flying veterans, while the remaining three cents covers related expenses such as liability insurance and financial services fees.
The cost of a “full” Honor Flight (roughly 100 veterans and their guardians) is approximately $50,000, and each flight is fully funded by your donations.
To donate right now, call 1-833-920-0192 or visit StarsAndStripesHonorFlight.org, and to hear how your donations impact the lives of Wisconsin's heroes, listen to these five amazing veterans tell their stories.