NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Kansas Honor Flight is holding a fundraiser event on Saturday in Hutchinson.
"Red, White and Stew, it's going to be at the Stringer Fine Arts building at Hutchinson Community College," said John Hooker with Honor Flight. "It's from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the 28th. The public is welcome. Veterans eat free. If they bring their wife or significant other, we ask for a $7 donation."
Veteran Jeremy Ehart will speak and there will be a quilt raffle and a bake sale as well. The Kansas Honor Flight is an all-volunteer organization that works to honor Kansas Veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam Era Veterans by providing them with an a FREE 3 day trip to visit their memorials in Washington, D.C. They also get to visit Arlington National Cemetery, Fort McHenry and several other memorials.
"When I came back from being overseas in Vietnam, we did not receive the welcome that those from other wars had received," said Tom Angel with Honor Flight. "This is a way of kind of making up and giving us closure on what we missed out on. The experience is something that, it's very hard to describe. I was somewhat hesitant in the beginning on going, but now that I've gone, any Veteran should go and see the memorials that have been erected for them."
Kansas Honor Flight has been able to send thousands of Veterans to Washington, D.C.
"3,865 Veterans have taken this flight," Angel said. "The Veteran, the cost to the Veteran is nothing. We see a lot of father-son, father-granddaughter, taking their grandparents along. The smiles on their faces, when they see how their Veteran lights up. It's a three-day experience they'll remember the rest of their life."
The flight is chartered from Wichita to Baltimore, so you don't need to worry about the flight being canceled or delayed. Honor Flights happen four times a year.
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