Honor Bell Foundation

09/22/2026

🚨⛳ WE ARE ALMOST SOLD OUT! ⛳🚨

The Patriot Golf Classic is nearly at capacity — and there are only:

🏌️ 1 FOURSOME LEFT
🏌️‍♀️ 3 SINGLE GOLFER REGISTRATIONS LEFT

That’s it!

REGISTER: https://HBPatriotGolf.givesmart.com

And after receiving so many calls from Veteran-owned small businesses and Veteran Service Organizations asking how they could be part of this incredible day…

🇺🇸 YOU ASKED — WE LISTENED!

We just opened a BRAND-NEW Veteran-Owned Business / Veteran Service Organization Hole Sponsorship for only $250!

This special sponsorship includes:
⭐ Your organization or business featured on a tournament hole
⭐ Sponsor signage
⭐ The opportunity to set up a table at your hole and connect directly with golfers and guests
⭐ A meaningful way to stand alongside us as we honor the service and sacrifice of America’s Veterans

Only a few sponsorship holes remain, and with the tournament nearly SOLD OUT, we expect these to go quickly too!

⛳ Grab the final foursome.
⛳ Claim one of the last three golfer spots.
🇺🇸 Or reserve your Veteran/VSO hole sponsorship and be part of this very special day.

We’ll see you on the course!

09/22/2026

Calling all Patriot Classic volunteers! ⛳💜

Join us tonight at 4:30 PM on Zoom for our final volunteer meeting before the Honor Bell Patriot Classic! We’ll walk through the run of show, volunteer assignments, registration and check-in, games, add-ons, silent auction logistics, and everything you need to know to help tournament day run smoothly.

Message us for Zoom link!!

And a HUGE shout-out to Jordon and our incredible volunteers who have worked so hard to build an absolutely amazing silent auction. The generosity pouring in from our community has been incredible, and we cannot wait for everyone to see what is waiting on those auction tables!

Yes, you can bid on the silent auction, even if you are not planning to attend! https://HBPatriotGolf.givesmart.com

This tournament is truly a team effort, and we are so grateful for every person giving their time, energy, connections, and heart to make it special.

Volunteers — we’ll see you tonight at 4:30 PM!
Let’s make this an unforgettable day of honoring our Veterans, heroes, and families.

09/22/2026

THE SILENT AUCTION IS OPEN!

You do not have to be playing in the Honor Bell Patriot Classic to get in on the action.

We’ve got some INCREDIBLE golf foursomes up for bid — and even more auction items are still being added!

The auction stays open through the lunch and awards ceremony on Thursday, September 24, so start bidding now, keep checking back, and don’t let someone else win your favorite item.

Every bid supports the Honor Bell mission and helps us continue honoring our nation’s Veterans and their families.

BID NOW: https://HBPatriotGolf.givesmart.com

Bid big. Bid Often!
Honor their service. Remember their sacrifice.

09/13/2026

A beautiful blue sky wonderful day as the Honor Bell Foundation (HBF) Pikes Peak Honor Bell (PPHB) was requested to attend the Rocky Mountain Submarine Veterans event at the Grayling Memorial at Sloan's Lake in Denver Colorado today.

The PPHB has a very special Submarine veteran artifact (US navy MM2 Richard "Dick" L. Meyers Sub Dolphins) that was cast into the bell June 3rd 2025 in the Pikes Peak Honor Bell.

The HBF Honor Bell team attending were Karen (HBF Exec Dir), Eldon PPHB Gurad & Driver, Pat (Fort Logan Bell Guard and driver) and Larry Peterson HBF Board Member & PPHB Team Leader.

Photos by Larry Peterson HBF.

09/12/2026

Honor Bell Foundation Pikes Peak Honor Bell at Mt Carmel Patriots Day 11SEP2026. Photos By: Larry Peterson Honor Bell Foundation Board Member and Pikes Peak team leader.

09/12/2026

Patriot Day: Honor Bell in second video, click right arrow

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center's motto is to ensure "that no veteran falls through the cracks." But the

09/11/2026

25 Years Later — We Remember

The night before September 11, 2001, America went to bed believing tomorrow would be an ordinary Tuesday.

Parents tucked children into bed.
People packed lunches, set alarms and laid out clothes for work.
Travelers checked flight times.
Firefighters rested between calls.
Service members stood watch.

And 2,977 people had no idea they were living the final hours of their lives.

By the next morning, our world had changed forever.

We remember the planes.
The smoke.
The towers.
The Pentagon.
A quiet field in Pennsylvania.

But twenty-five years later, we also choose to remember what happened next.

People ran toward one another.

Firefighters climbed stairwells while others were desperately trying to get out.

Police officers, paramedics and ordinary citizens moved toward danger.

Strangers carried strangers.

People gave blood. Opened their homes. Held one another in the streets. Stood in endless lines simply because someone else needed help.

And across this nation, something fierce awakened.

Flags appeared on porches, over highways and in front yards.

Neighbors checked on neighbors.

And thousands of young Americans raised their right hands and said:

Send me.

Many of you reading this were among them.

You served.
You deployed.
You stood watch.

Some came home carrying wounds the world could see.

Others came home carrying battles no one else could see.

And some never came home at all.

So today, we remember far more than a single morning.

We remember the 2,977 lives taken on September 11.

We honor all heroes who ran toward danger.

We honor the men and women who answered our nation's call to serve in the years that followed.

And we remember all those we lost along the long road afterward—our service members, veterans, first responders, families and friends whose lives were forever shaped by that day.

At the Honor Bell Foundation, remembrance is not simply something we speak about.

It is a promise we keep.

Our Honor Bells have now stood watch at nearly 9,000 final honors and remembrance ceremonies, beside families saying goodbye to someone who once raised a hand and promised to serve this nation.

And every time the Bell tolls, it says something words never quite can:

Your life mattered.
Your service mattered.
Your name matters.
And you will not be forgotten.

But perhaps the greatest tribute we can offer twenty-five years later is not only to remember how people died.

It is to remember how people chose to live.

With courage.

With sacrifice.

With compassion.

With a willingness to cross every difference between us and simply say:

You need me. I'm coming.

That may be the legacy of September 11 that our country needs most today.

To run toward one another again.

Toward the veteran who is struggling.

Toward the widow sitting alone.

Toward the first responder carrying memories they cannot put down.

Toward the neighbor who needs groceries.

Toward the stranger who needs kindness.

Toward the person who simply needs to know that somebody sees them.

If September 11 still lives painfully in your heart today, you do not have to carry that weight by yourself.

If you served because of that day, we are grateful for you.

If you lost someone, we remember with you. We stand with you.

If you still carry wounds from the years that followed, visible or invisible, you belong here.

You are loved.

And you are worth running toward.

Twenty-five years later, may we honor the 2,977 not only with our grief, but with the way we live.

May we be a little kinder.

May we serve a little more.

May we hold one another a little closer.

And when someone beside us is hurting, may our instinct still be the one America showed the world in its darkest hour:

Run toward them.

Today we remember.

Tomorrow we keep the promise.

United in purpose.
United in service.
United in love.

We will never forget.

09/09/2026

We are honored to join Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center this Friday, September 11, for their Patriot Day Give Back Food Distribution.

The Honor Bell will be there for the 8:00 AM opening ceremony, including a special flyover, as we pause to remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, honor those who answered the call to serve, and stand together as a military and Veteran community.

And for our Veterans, service members, and military families — this is also an important opportunity to receive food and essential resources. Mt. Carmel is preparing for a significant distribution, and we encourage anyone who may benefit to register and come out.

Patriot Day reminds us that remembrance is not only about looking back. It is also about how we continue to serve, support, and care for one another today.

📅 Friday, September 11, 2026
🕗 Opening Ceremony: 8:00 AM
📍 Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center
530 Communication Circle, Colorado Springs

Please see Mt. Carmel’s original post below for registration information.

Join Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center on Friday, September 11, 2026, for our Patriot Day Give Back Food Distribution.

This event helps ensure veterans, service members, families, and community members have access to essential food and resources. To help us serve everyone efficiently, please register in advance.

📅 September 11, 2026
🕗 Opening Ceremony: 8:00 AM
📍 Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center 530 Communication Circle, Colorado Springs, CO

✅ Sign up today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/patriot-day-give-back-food-distribution-tickets-1995949035294?aff=oddtdtcreator

Together, we honor the spirit of service, remembrance, and community on Patriot Day.

09/09/2026

This Thursday, September 10, we are honored to join the Colorado Freedom Memorial for An Evening of Change, a special tribute recognizing the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001.

Twenty-five years later, we remember the lives lost, the families forever changed, the first responders who ran toward danger, and the generations of service members who answered the call that followed.

The Honor Bell will stand among them—tolling in remembrance, gratitude, and honor.

All are welcome to join us for this meaningful evening.
Colorado Freedom Memorial
Ceremony begins at 5:30 PM

Bell Guards are also needed. If you are available to serve with us for this special tribute, we would be honored to have you stand alongside the Bell.

Some moments ask us not only to remember history—but to stand together because of it.

We remember. We honor. We never forget.

Join us for a solemn evening of remembrance as we honor the brave firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11 and our Colorado military who gave their lives as a result of that fateful day.

A piece of the North Tower, presented to the CFM by the Freedom Flag Foundation, will be on display. We’ll be joined by Aurora Fire Rescue, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado National Guard and the Honor Bell Foundation.

A static photo display of the tragedy of 9/11; playing of bagpipes and tolling of the Honor Bell; a civilian flyover and more will make the event unforgettable. Bring your chairs, and your prayers, and join us on 9/10