oh, the irony

I slept a LOT this weekend (a really, really, REALLY lot). It was good, lots of sleep that I clearly needed.

However, it's now 2:56a, and I have to "get up" in just over two hours, to GO TO WORK...and clearly I am not asleep.

*sigh*

Honor Flight, on this Memorial Day

I saw this on the news today, and wanted to share it with all of you. I know many of you have to have family members -- uncles, grandfathers, fathers, and so on -- who served in WWII.

Honor Flight is a non profit organization created solely to honor America's veterans for all their sacrifices. We fly our heroes to Washington, DC to visit and reflect at their memorials. Top priority is given to the senior veterans - WWII survivors along with those other veterans that may be terminally ill. Honor Flight first flew in May 2005 with six small planes flying 12 WW II veterans, departing out of Springfield, Ohio. In 2006, with a waiting list of veterans expanding rapidly, we transitioned to commercial airline carriers to accomodate the maximum number of veterans as possible. Partnering with HonorAir in Hendersonville, North Carolina and Hero Flight in Provo, Utah, we formed the "Honor Flight Network." Together, we are aggreesively expanding our programs to other cities across the nation in 2007. Based on recent statistics, we are losing WWII veterans at the rate of 1200 per day. Honor Flight will continue to do whatever it takes to fulfill the dreams of our veterans and, very importantly, our senior heroes travel absolutely free.

Subsequent to the WWII veterans, our efforts will then focus on our Korean and then Vietnam veterans, honoring them similarly.

This organization depends largely on donations. If you have a little extra you can give, please donate to this very worthy cause.

Honor Flight