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Your Support Keeps These Trips
Completely Free For The Veterans

Honor Flight Network is a Federal Nonprofit 501(c)3 Organization. Donations are Tax Deductible.

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All donations to our federal, nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization are tax deductible. Contributors should consult their tax advisor concerning the financial benefits of making such a donation.

Flight Sponsorship

The cost to conduct an average Honor Flight Network (HFN) trip out of Ohio (Cleveland, Dayton, Columbus, and Cincinnati) is now approximately $12,000 to $15,000, due to increased airline costs. This is the HFN cost associated with transporting about 40 World War II veterans, roundtrip airfare, meals, rental of a 56 passenger deluxe motor coach in the Washington, D.C. area, tee/sweat shirts for the veterans, insurance, etc. The guardians pay their own way. The costs associated with flights originating in other states vary based on airfare costs and whether overnight lodging is required. The cost for charting an entire aircraft (from Air Bus 320 to Boeing 747) varies from state to state and charter carrier, but can range from $45,000 to $75,000 or more. If you would like to sponsor a commercial or charter flight, please contact the founder of Honor Flight Network, Earl Morse at founder@honorflight.org.

Sponsorship of a flight gives the contributor(s) the following:

  1. Membership of the organization can be at the flight send-off and will be recognized to the veterans and the press in attendance.
  2. Two (2) members of the organization can go on the flight as guardians for free.
  3. The organization can provide literature about their organization, which will be included in the in-flight packages given to the veterans at the beginning of the flight.
  4. The organization can conduct the "Welcome Home" ceremony.
  5. The organization will be included in all advertising and publicity of the sponsored flight and will be included on the Honor Flight Network Web site.

For more information on sponsoring a flight, please contact our offices at 937-521-2400 or by e-mail at donations@honorflight.org.

2008 Sponsorships

The following organizations and individuals have graciously sponsored the indicated 2008 flights:

BILL AND SANDY GUNLOCK

Sponsoring the Dayton, Ohio / November 15, 2008 Flight

HOLLY HASSETT

Sponsoring the flight from St. Louis, MO / October 22, 2008.

GEORGEHEAD FAMILY FUND

Sponsoring the Honor Flight Bluegrass / October 8, 2008 Flight

GREENER PASTURE FOUNDATION:  RANDY AND VICKI GUNLOCK

Sponsoring the Dayton, Ohio / October 4, 2008 Flight

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
1031 Ride for Honor Flight

Sponsored the Dayton, Ohio / September 20, 2008 Flight

The VFW is an American organization whose members are current or former members of the US Armed Forces. They work on behalf of American veterans by lobbying Congress for better veterans' healthcare and benefits. They also assist veterans with their VA disability claims. The VFW also donates time and money for community service.

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)

Sponsored the Honor Flight Bluegrass / September 10, 2008 Flight

The VFW is an American organization whose members are current or former members of the US Armed Forces. They work on behalf of American veterans by lobbying Congress for better veterans' health care and benefits. They also assist veterans with their VA disability claims. The VFW also donates time and money for community service.

Fraternal Order of Eagles, Lebanon, Ohio

Sponsored the Dayton, Ohio / September 6, 2008 Flight

The Eagles are an International fraternal organization whose mission is "to make human life more desirable by lessening its ills, and by promoting peace, prosperity, gladness and hope." Sponsoring the July flight is in honor of the 101st birthday of the Aerie.

Rotary Club of Dayton, OH

Sponsored the Dayton, Ohio / August 16, 2008 Flight

PIK CREW

Sponsored the Dayton, Ohio / July 12, 2008 Flight

Ohio AT&T Telecom Pioneers

Sponsored the Columbus, Ohio / July 12, 2008 Flight

Hastings Middle School, Upper Arlington, OH

Sponsored the Columbus, Ohio / May 3, 2008 - Flight

Eighth graders in House A at Hastings Middle School
Hastings Middle School in Upper Arlington, Ohio appreciate the sacrifices and service of all veterans, but are especially grateful to World War II veterans. The annual Veterans Day program allows students the chance to honor veterans and then meet with them in small groups to hear stories and ask questions. This living history opportunity helped students focus their efforts on raising funds to send World War II veterans to Washington, D.C. on Honor Flight.

The Hastings Boys Golf Team hosted the first annual "Par-a-thon" and raised more than $4600 for making putts and birdies, setting the bar for other students!

Many students responded to a challenge for each House 8A classmate to donate $20; some students went far beyond that target. Friends worked together to rake leaves and bake treats to sell, and raised $560. Individual students contributed money from allowances and from babysitting, shoveling sidewalks, and walking dogs. The 8th grade Boys Basketball Team had a father-son competition, raising $600.

One student donated a pair of OSU/Wisconsin football tickets for a raffle; the winner returned the tickets to be resold, bringing in even more money!

As a class project, students staged "The Wave Café", serving breakfast to the school community on 4 days before school. The crew arrived daily at school at 6:15 a.m. (a real sacrifice for 8th graders!) to set tables, flip pancakes, wait tables, and wash dishes. Many Hastings students, teachers and families paid to eat breakfast at 7 or 7:30 a.m. The Café raised a considerable amount of money and publicity surrounding the event encouraged community citizens to donate.

Students also wrote letters to veterans that will be put into the packet given to the veterans at the end of the trip, and also prepared breakfast bags, and will come to the airport to send off or greet the The Honor Flight Network veterans.

Dow Chemical

Sponsored the Saginaw, Michigan / May 21, 2008 Flight

Noland Health Services

Sponsored the Birmingham, Alabama Inaugural / April 30, 2008 Flight.

Bible Baptist Church out of Wilmington, OH

Sponsored the Columbus, Ohio / April 19, 2008 Flight