BY ROD ZOOK
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Vieyra Honors Foundation (VHF), in collaboration with Downtown Hutch and United Way for Reno County, are launching a new Veterans Honor Banner Project that will debut in Downtown Hutch this coming spring.
“The project is offering the community the opportunity to honor a family member or friend with an honor banner,” VHF Board President Marla Booher said. “This would be for someone who has served in the military or is serving.”
Each banner will be individualized to honor a specific veteran with his or her name, branch of service, conflict they served in, and a photograph. The banners are $200 and will be on sale soon.
“The banners will be sold from Nov. 5th through the holidays and into the springtime,“ Booher said. “The first group of banners will be put up Memorial Day through the 4th of July.”
The honor banners are becoming a popular display all around Kansas since it got its start in Emporia.
“The first city in Kansas to do it was Emporia and they’ve been helping cities in Kansas roll it out,” Booher said. “It has been a pay it forward program throughout the state and so we’d like to see it get completely rolled out to the entire state.”
The event is also being sponsored by the United Way who is working to help establish assistance for veterans in need around the area. The inaugural event for the foundation will be the Vieyra Honors Foundation Veterans Fun Run on Saturday, November 6 from 10 a.m. to noon at Rivers Banks Orchard Park in Hutchinson, KS.
The Vieyra Honors Foundation was formed to support veteran programs in the community and provide resources through fundraising and awareness initiatives. For more information on the Honor Banner Project or to register for the Vierya Honors Foundation Veterans Fun Run visit vieyrahonorsfoundation.org.
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