Programs

  • Program 1 [2018]

    85 VETERANS FROM WWII, KOREA AND VIETNAM BOARDED A PLANE FOR THEIR FINAL TOUR WITH HONOR ON AUGUST 22 FROM SIOUX FALLS, SD TO WASHINGTON DC. THE TRIP BEGINS WITH A CELEBRATORY SEND-OFF, INCLUDING A PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS, AND VOLUNTEERS CHEERING AND WAVING FLAGS. THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO COMPRISE THE VERTERAN GROUP WEAR THEIR MIDWEST HONOR FLIGHT SHIRTS AND HATS, OFTEN WITH THEIR WAR MEDALS PINNED TO THEM. THEY BOARD A COMMERCIAL JET AND HEAD TO DC FOR A ONE DAY TRIP THEY WILL TALK ABOUT FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. ALL VETERANS WILL VISIT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETARY TO WITNESS THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS. SOME TOURS MAY BE GRANTED THE HONOR OF PARTICIPATING IN THE WREATH LAYING CEREMONY, FOUR MIDWEST HOROR FLIGHT VETERANS LAY A WREATH AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS. VETERANS WILL ALSO SEE JFK'S BURIAL SITE, THE ARLINGTON HOUSE AND THE IWA JIMA MEMORIAL(MARINE CORPS WAR MEMORIAL). TIME AND WEATHER PERMITTING, A TRIP TO FDR IS ALSO DONE PRIOR TO OUR RETURN.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $342.5K

  • Honor Flight for Veterans

    FLIGHTS TO WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR VETERANS. MIDWEST HONOR FLIGHT IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROVIDING VETERANS WITH RESPECT, HONOR, AND CLOSURE WITH AN ALL-EXPENSE PAID TRIP TO OUR NATION'S CAPITAL SERVING THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND AREAS OF NW IOWA, NE NEBRASKA, AND SW MINNESOTA.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $1.2M