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TOMRA expands bottle and can fundraiser to year-round opportunity!  Make your local TOMRA Bottle and Can Redemption Center a regular stop with your empties all year long and support our next mission.  Go to any of the locations listed below and let them know you want your nickel deposit to go directly to Honor Flight…

What brought this 5-th grader and her classmates together with Honor Flight veteran Jim Mason on Flag Day?

Every year, Honor Flight Syracuse receives generous contributions from all types of businesses, organizations and individuals, which help us accomplish our mission to honor America’s veterans by transporting them to Washington, D.C. to visit the national memorials dedicated to their service and sacrifice.  From our large corporate sponsors to Veterans groups like American Legion and…

One Vietnam vet told us recently, “I’ve been an angry man for 52 years. After my trip on Honor Flight, I’m not angry anymore.” Read what these other veterans and family members had to say about their recent Honor Flight experience: “He finally received the recognition he earned as a veteran of the Vietnam war! …

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…

Baseball fans, this one’s for you!   Thanks to the Syracuse Mets, you can enjoy a great midsummer ballgame and support Honor Flight Syracuse at the same time!   On Wednesday, August 2 at 12:05 pm, the Mets host the Worcester Red Sox.  Buy tickets to this game with this special link https://fevogm.com/event/HonorFlight,  and $4 of each…

Our veteran of the week is Denny Fleishood, who flew Mission 18 in April.  He’s seen here with two other Honor Flight Syracuse volunteers at last Saturday’s Poker Run fundraiser in Constantia.   He’s flanked by a new volunteer, Maryrose Tucker and longtime volunteer Phil O’Neil.   Denny served with the Air Force in the Cold War…

Let’s put the volunteer spotlight on Natalie Dodson, and show how much we appreciate her by coming out tomorrow, Saturday July 15, for the Whitney Foundation Poker Run in Constantia. It’s a day of fun, chicken BBQ, live music, fantastic silent auctions and fellowship for those who love motorcycles, classic cars and our veterans! For…

Thank You Donors !  We’re talking about an untold number of Honor Flight Syracuse supporters in the greater Weedsport/Sennett area who stepped up this month at the request of Mission 18 veteran Glynn English.  Glynn ministers for the United Methodist Church and every year, during Vacation Bible School they decide on a mission.   “This year…