Honor Flight Syracuse invites you to honor the memory of your personal hero.  So many Veterans passed away before they could fly on their Honor Flight to Washington.  We warmly welcome families or friends of deceased Veterans to submit an application now for “Flags of Our Heroes” on Mission 20, April 27, 2024.  We invite …

On behalf of Honor Flight Syracuse, President Kevin Bradley and Philanthropy Director Jeff Bastable recently accepted a generous estate gift from the Jean M. Breed Trust.  The gift is in memory of Jean’s beloved husband, World War Two Army veteran Clifton E. Breed of Central Square.  Serving with the Army’s 716th Tank Battalion in the …

Honor Flight Syracuse wants to offer a heartfelt thanks to Maria DeSantis and the DeSantis Orchestra for a stirring and emotional Veterans Day concert of patriotic and big band-era songs on Saturday, November 11, at St. Charles Church on Orchard Road. Upwards of 150 people filled the pews for the inspirational musical salute to our veterans.  Not …

Weedsport got an early jump on celebrating Veterans Day, and this is a school community that knows how to celebrate our veterans in style!  USO style!    35 veterans were on hand this year at Weedsport Elementary School and more than a dozen of them had flown on an Honor Flight mission to Washington!   Four of …

A heartfelt THANK YOU to the Miller and Sikora families for their generous donation, once again, to Honor Flight Syracuse!  $3,659.50 was raised for Honor Flight during their 4th annual Caring for Carson Benefit Ride held at the Mattydale Post 3146 Veterans of Foreign Wars.  On December 10, 2019, Carson Sikora lost his life to suicide.  …

A big Honor Flight Syracuse thanks is going out to the Liverpool Elks Lodge. Last Friday, September 15, they hosted the 4-th annual Running with the Elks Run and Walk to benefit Honor Flight.  130 runners and walkers hit the pavement on a beautiful evening of racing, walking and enjoying each other’s company with music, …

What do you get when 43 Vacation Bible School children and 5 generous churches share their love for veterans ?    You get an outpouring of support for Honor Flight Syracuse. This summer, Mission 18 alum Glynn English, who served us in Vietnam, told his VBS kids about the Honor Flight experience and asked  them to …

They did it again !  Natalie Dodson and her team set another record for funds raised at the Whitney Foundation Poker Run in Constantia.  The proceeds for Honor Flight Syracuse from this year’s event total $16,337.17 !  Every year, the Poker Run outdoes itself compared to the year before.   Since 2015, this annual event has …

We want to give a huge thanks and shout out to CENTRO for inviting us to its quarterly “Reaching Productivity Milestones (RPM)” awards program at its Cortland Avenue facility in Syracuse on July 27.  The program recognizes teamwork, communication and appreciation for diverse abilities across all employee groups.  CENTRO CEO Brian Schultz and other executives …

TOMRA, the global recycling company, today presented a check to Honor Flight Syracuse from the proceeds of the overwhelming community response to a massive bottle and can drive held this spring from April 14th-17th. The gift totaled $24,993.46, representing the generosity of the Central New Yorkers who surrendered their bottles and cans that weekend at Destiny USA and at TOMRA redemption centers throughout the greater Syracuse area.  It’s one of the …