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Office
Margaret Padgett
Executive Secretary
Rotary District 7690
114 Willoughby Park
High Point, NC 27265
Office: 336-885-7690
Fax#:
336-841-7690
Margaret@Rotary7690.org
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August
20, 2010 Based on the overwhelming veteran interest and support
from our communities, we have closed out our fall 2010 flights on September 18,
October 6, and October 30. Over the last 13 months, we have received applications
from more than 1,200 local WWII veterans and over 500 individuals that want to
be guardians. By the end of 2010, we will have sent 800 WWII veterans to see their
Memorial in Washington, DC. We are seeking volunteers to help at Piedmont Triad
International Airport (PTIA) on the day of the flights. If interested please call
our information line at 336-285-8847. While we have not scheduled
specific dates, we will continue the program in 2011 with flights beginning in
the spring and are now accepting sponsorships for veteran spots.
March 24, 2010 The Triad Flight of Honor is getting ready
for the 2010 flying season! After our very successful flights in the fall, we
have chartered six (6) flights in 2010. Since July 2009, we
have received applications from nearly 900 WWII veterans that want to see their
Memorial in Washington, DC. As a service project of District 7690, our Rotary
clubs have played a key role in the success of this program and have provided
grassroots support for identifying and sponsoring veterans in our communities.
Thank you for giving them this opportunity and the homecoming they never received
while paying tribute to their courage, valor, and sacrifice. There
will be six flights in 2010:
April 17, May 11, May 22,
September 18, October
6, October 30
| The
following organizations make the Triad Flight of Honor possible . . . 
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- To learn about the
support and involvement of WXII12-TV click
here
- Contact
- PDG
Mitzi Ellis
- Donations
can be made at any area Bank of America branch office
- TFOH
Flight Director Jeff Sims is honored by the
West Point Society of the Piedmont
DG Mike 'escorts'
the Andy Griffith Show's 'Thelma-Lou'
(Betty Lynn) after the trip to Washington. Click on photo to see what Mike's club
thought of that! | 
Howard Allred thanks
WXII-12 for their efforts on behalf of Triad Flight of Honor.
(Howard, PDG
Don Allred's dad passed away 10 days later. He was the last of the "brothers"
who met weekly for breakfast. "Brother's Breakfast" became an institution
when the leadership of District 7690 started meeting with the Allred brothers
in December 2004)
(click on photo to enlarge) |
Rotary District 7690 Triad Flights of Honor - photos 
- Photos
taken by Phil Morris and Terry Titus
- Photos
taken by Paul and Scott MacKenzie:
Listed
below is an email from Paul MacKenzie who along with his brother have done an
outstanding job capturing pictures from all our flights. Please see how you can
download and save pictures from your flight as a reminder of this amazing experience.
"My
brother Scott and I have been photographing the departures and arrivals of all
five of the Triad Flights of Honor (and the actual trip itself for Flight #2 on
October 28, 2009), and we'd be very happy to share the pictures with any of the
veterans, guardians, and their families and friends who want them. They can be
viewed on these sights: To
get the photographs, all you have to do is -
1) scroll over the picture
with the mouse. A popup menu will appear on the right side of the screen.
2)
click on "original". This will give them the best quality. It's a large
file, so it will take a few seconds to load.
3) when the picture fully loads
on the computer, scroll over it with the mouse and right-click.
4) left click
on "save picture as".
5) Name the picture whatever you wish, and
click "save."
6) That's it! |
The
Triad Flight of Honor Experience Changes Lives: -
A narrative
by Kyle Swicegood - October 4, 2009
- More
from Kyle Swicegood - May 22, 2010
October
28, 2009
Press
Release West Point Society of the Piedmont
The
West Point Society of the Piedmont announced today that Jeff Sims will receive
its Leadership Award at its annual Founders Day dinner on March 20, 2010.
Jeff
is being honored for his outstanding leadership of the Triad Flight of Honor program
having served as Flight Director for the flights. The Triad Flight of Honor is
a service project of Rotary District 7690, which includes the 11 county region
of the Piedmont. Rotarians and other community organizations and businesses are
united to honor World War II veterans for their courage, valor and sacrifice to
our country. In 2009, the Triad Flight of Honor conducted two flights sending
200 WWII veterans plus volunteer guardians and support personnel to Washington,
D.C. to visit the WWII Memorial. Through Jeff's leadership, there will be an additional
six flights in 2010. A total of 800 veterans are expected to take the trip and
the fundraising total will exceed $500,000 to defray the costs of the flights.
The timing of these flights is critical since many of our WWII veterans, now in
their mid 80's, have never had the opportunity to visit their Memorial, which
was opened in 2004. Jeff Sims is a Vice President/Commercial Loan Officer
for Bank of Granite. He is a 1989 graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill. Jeff and his wife Sandra and their two children live in Greensboro. In addition,
Jeff is a Major in the North Carolina Army National Guard with 25 years of service
and deployed to Iraq in 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In announcing
the award, Bill Trivette, the President of the West Point Society of the Piedmont,
commended Jeff on his outstanding leadership and his admiration and respect for
our WWII veterans, which he has exhibited in every interaction with the volunteer
committees, various speaking engagements, and fundraising efforts. Bill also commented
on the similarities in the West Point motto of "Duty, Honor, and Country"
and the Rotary motto of "Service Above Self". |
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