In June, The Giving Project, our collaboration with KGUN9, soars as we spotlight Honor Flight Southern Arizona, a nonprofit that helps veteran residents of the region travel to Washington D.C. to experience our nation’s memorials to their service.
The next Honor Flight is set to leave Tucson Nov. 1 with 25 veterans and their 25 guardians on a single commercial flight. But Honor Flight Southern Arizona’s Ed Dunlap says his goal is to raise enough funds to book a charter flight instead.
“If we can do a charter we can take three times the amount of veterans on one flight, and that’s what we’re shooting for,” Dunlap said.
The need has never been greater for Honor Flight Southern Arizona. The nonprofit’s lengthy waiting list includes two World War II veterans and 16 Korean War vets—so time is of the essence.
Explore more from KGUN9’s The Giving Project Story for June here,
To learn more about Honor Flight Southern Arizona, visit them on the web at https://honorflightsaz.org/.