PORTLAND/BANGOR, ME -- On November 16, NEWS CENTER held its second annual statewide Honor Flight Maine telethon to raise money in support of America’s veterans. As of this writing, NEWS CENTER’s 2017 Honor Flight Maine telethon has accepted donations from individual donors and sponsors totaling $119,642.
The money donated will help transport at least 170 veterans from Maine to Washington, D.C. where they will tour and reflect on the war memorials built in their honor. Top priority is given to senior veterans, World War ll veterans and veterans of all wars who are terminally ill. Volunteers from several organizations joined forces with NEWS CENTER to answer calls at the in-studio Portland and Bangor phone banks.
“It was the most exciting thing I ever did in my lifetime,” said Royce Wheeler, a World War ll veteran. “(We) were given a weekend that will be in my memory as long as I live.” Mr. Wheeler was on an Honor Flight Maine trip in July 2015. He visited the Honor Flight Maine Telethon phone bank in Bangor and shared his memories with Bill Green during a Facebook Live interview.
The opportunity to donate to Maine’s Veterans is still open. Visit Honor Flight Maine to donate to the Maine cause or visit Honor Flight Network to find and donate to an Honor Flight in another state. Thank you to our sponsors Rowe Auto Group, S.W. Collins Company, Friend and Friend and Newport Glass for helping to send our Maine veterans to Washington, D.C.
For the full story leading up to the telethon, CLICK HERE.
