06/02/2026
We definitely felt the love at the meeting yesterday evening and celebrated a few birthdays.
Let’s begin with the birthdays. Mr.Rossi turned 102 at the meeting last night and Mr. Bender will be 100 on Thursday. We will be celebrating their birthdays on Friday, June 5 at 6:30pm at Mission BBQ in St. Lucie West. Come Join us! We also celebrated 2 of our board members birthdays, Marty and Susie-Happy Birthday!
We had 4 communities that held events and gathered donations on our behalf and to say Thank You will never be enough.
Kelly Weaver, Regent of NSDAR Henry Morrison Flagler Chapter, organized a Gala in April at Trump International and raised $12,000!
Chip Cruse from Kings Isle Community in St. Lucie West along with a previous SEFLHF veteran held a Health Fair Fundraiser and presented a check for $1,625!
Our very own board member Bobi Ryan organized a fashion show at Watercrest in St. Lucie West and raised $5,650 in donations!
And finally Don Lanman and Karen Christie with the Florida Veterans Foundation applied for and received a large grant. They are dividing the money between the 10 Honor Flight hubs in Florida and presented SEFLHF with $15,000 of that grant money. Like I said, Thank you is never enough to say to the community that continue to be gracious enough to organize and hold fundraisers on our behalf but please accept this heartfelt Thank You from all of us at Honor Flight and all the veterans in the future that you are helping to fly to D.C.
Barrett-Jackson will be donating $10,000 to SEFLHF as a portion of the auction of the Porsche that was auctioned at the West Palm Beach Fairgrounds.
The North and South Breakfasts are continuing to be a hit. The North breakfast is held at City Diner in Stuart on the last Monday of the month at 10:00am. The last breakfast fell on Memorial Day and in honor of that, Jimmy, the manager of City Diner picked up the tab for everyone present at the breakfast as an honor for the holiday. Thank you for being so generous, we know we can always count on you. The South breakfast is held in Boca Raton at the Irishman Pub the last Friday of the month at 8:30am.
The photos from the April and May flights will be available on the website soon.
Upcoming events and Fundraisers: This Thursday, June 4 at 6:00pm there will be a Quarter Auction and the Moose Lodge in Palm Beach Gardens, no membership needed for this event. Everyone is welcome.
June 18th is Military Appreciation Night at Clover Park ballpark with the St. Lucie Mets. Veterans and active duty can get a free ticket at the gate that night. Gates open at 5:15, game time is 6:10
July 3 is SEFLHF night at the ballpark. Sponsorships are available and volunteers are needed. Email Bobi at [email protected] if interested in either.
The next guardian training will be September 5 for the September 19 flight and October 24 for the November 7 flight.
The monthly meeting dates for the rest of the year are as follows: July 6, August 3, September 14, October 5, November 2, December 14, 2026 at 800 SE Monterey Rd, Stuart
