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3/1/24 - UPDATE: Plans are for a Virtual Honor Flight in mid to late May with a small Charter flight in June. These will serve multiple purposes.

The Virtual will allow Veterans who physically can't travel or just do not want to go to the actual Monuments a way to still be Honored and get a feel for the day. It will allow the Staff to get a better idea of what will be involved on a real flight. It will give the Public a taste of the Specialness of the day and hopefully get more volunteers. It will help possible donors to see what their funding will be going towards. The mini-flight will enable us to do a Dress Rehearsal/Test Run of a larger Flight in the Fall.

Also, new forms are being worked on and will be uploaded soon. On-line form completion option will also be available for Guardians and Volunteers.

10/28/23 - waiting for National to approve a Spring date. They have to coordinate several groups of people on their end after we arrive there. We thought we had an open date in April, but got an email last Friday saying may have to wait until May. Will post again as soon as we know. In the meantime, still several Fundraisers going on. And, still need Guardians and Volunteers. The Ruck March & Family Day on Veterans Day event is growing rapidly. A great team of Volunteers are working 7 days a week to make this first annual event a HUGE sucess! It's already exceeded expectations by two-fold and still going!

9/17/23 - in keeping with trying to let people know what is going on, it looks like we will have to wait until early Spring to make the first flight, and hopefully catch party of the National Cherry Blossom Fesitval. Although we have some people who have been really working on it, overall, the needed funds just haven't materialized. Several Grants have been applied for, but even though they say they WANT to donate, the paperwork process takes awhile and some only do it once a year (two in particular won't donate until mid 2024 which will work for a future flight). I based the Fall "Hope For" date on what was raised in 2009-10 for the local flights, but many of those large donors just haven't this time around. We still have several fundraisers going on currently (Talladega Auctions) and Auburn-Mississippi tickets. We had some successful ones that we just completed (Ruck March & Gun Raffle) which will be tweaked and done again soon! The Montgomery Vietnam Veterans have joined in with us and we will be working together to get this done. Hang tight and I will be updating this website over the next week (yes, I actually have to work my day job as well).

THANK YOU for your patience!!

Traveling Vietnam Wall was in the Wiregrass from Sept. 7 - 11, with the Escort bringing it in on Sept. 6th.

We'll upload photos and stories from it on that site soon!

Sweat4Vets Fundraiser 11-11-23

On Veterans Day, the Ruck March had over 200 participants. The Family Day had venders, games, food trucks, and bands. Then at 11:00, we had a Parade FOR Veterans after a short Ceremony with the Bells of Peace at 11:11.

ruck march

Veterans Day - 11/11, we will have an 11.11 Ruck March as well as a 5 K Ruck March. Carry packs, or just walk with the Family! Click HERE for info and to register.

Marvin's fundraiser 10-28-23

As part of the annual Customer Appreciation Day, Marvin's Hardware store in Ozark gave out hot dogs and hamburgers cooked by the DAV & DAV Auxiliary. We collected enough to send a Veteran. THANK YOU to Barbara and Bill and Bobby and all who helped!