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Maine Township Helps Support Honor Flight for Veterans
Using fees collected for processing passports, Maine Township is able to help support the Honor Flight program for WWII veterans.
Maine Township Helps Get Veterans from WWII and Korea to See Washington DC Monuments
Maine Township presented a check for $1000 to Honor Flight Chicago on May 24. The funds were dedicated from fees collected by the Clerk’s office for processing passports.
Here, l to r, are Robert Provenzano, Highway Commissioner and Army veteran, Mark Weller, a volunteer from Honor Flight Chicago and senior Paramedic with the Addison Fire Dept., and Gary K. Warner, Township Clerk and Army veteran. The Honor Flight program is best known for taking World War II veterans at no charge to the WWII Memorial in Washington D.C. for a full day of celebrating their service.
Recently, the program has started taking Korean War veterans to see their memorial in Washington D.C. as well.
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The township has provided funds to the Honor Flight since May, 2011, for a total of $6000.
