PROJECT SUMMARIES

December 9, 2009

To all those Patriotic Folks and especially all of our WWII Veterans and their families.

Thanx to all for the attendance and interest in our December 5th Veterans reception in Great Bend. Things went really well Saturday, and a huge thanx to LaVeta Miller, Duane Rea, and the printers ~~~ They did an awesome job on flight #6 and #7 Tabloids. I have attached the 2009 Central Prairie RC&D Council's Annual Report, and a flyer about what you can do. Many people call and ask. Right now the same 10 people are volunteering for this tremendous burden without compensation carry the Honor Flight Project forward. Last year at this time we emptied our resources and started soliciting donations, again. We doubled the number of people flown in 2009.

This year, 365 days later, We are looking at 2010. We have twice as many waiting for Spring weather and a flight date, we have Guardian donations for some to go but we still have a huge mountain to climb and we need your help. The same people are still carrying the yolk of this project. We really need volunteers to step up, provide, leadership, brainpower, connections, computer skills, networking, arms, legs, and energy to fly in 2010.

As of right now we're announcing these Dates for 2010 Spring Flights: Keep in mind we have donations for some Guardians, and some Veterans but they fly in the order we receive donations... Today, we do not have enough for one of these flights to leave the ground. We have only the funds for about 8% of the Veterans on our wait list. Remember, Last year at this time we didn't have the resources either...."People said it couldn't be done" This was impossible ~~~ Since starting, in the past 21 months we have sponsored eight wonderful flights taking 721 WWII Veterans and their Guardians to DC and back. We have to rise up again and raise the money, spread the word, and FLY them before it is too late... We don't want to leave anyone behind and we need to approach every avenue to make these flights occur.

Dan Curtis-Project Coordinator
Central Prairie RC&D
1817 16th Street
Great Bend, Ks. 67530

Off. 620-792-6224 - Cell 620-786-9896 - Fax 620-792-4875 - Email: dan.curtis@ks.usda.gov

www.centralprairiehonorflights.org