Honor Flight

Hon­or Flight of South Car­oli­na is part of the Hon­or Flight Net­work, which takes World War II vet­er­ans to Wash­ing­ton, D.C., to see and expe­ri­ence… Con­tin­ue Read­ing What is Hon­or Flight of South Car­oli­na?

The next sched­uled Hon­or Flight, spon­sored by The Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tives of South Car­oli­na, will depart Colum­bia, S.C. on April 11, 2012. The flight leaves Colum­bia… Con­tin­ue Read­ing When is the next trip?

Any Amer­i­can vet­er­an who served in the armed forces dur­ing World War II who has not pre­vi­ous­ly been on an Hon­or Flight. Pref­er­ence will be… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Who is eli­gi­ble?

Elec­tric co-ops in S.C. have donat­ed the mon­ey to make this trip pos­si­ble.

There is no cost to vet­er­ans. The flight is fund­ed through dona­tions by South Car­oli­na’s elec­tric coop­er­a­tives.

Yes. Arrange­ments can be made for most spe­cial needs, includ­ing wheel­chair bound and oxy­gen depen­dent indi­vid­u­als. Sev­er­al physi­cians will be on the flight to assist… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Can I go if I have spe­cial med­ical needs?

No. How­ev­er, vet­er­ans may have a guardian. Guardians are the care­tak­ers of the vet­er­ans for the day. Spous­es are not per­mit­ted to be guardians, but… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Can my spouse par­tic­i­pate?

Yes. A child, grand­child, niece, nephew, or oth­er fam­i­ly mem­bers or friends are encour­aged to apply to be guardians.

You may mail in the appli­ca­tion print­ed in the Jan­u­ary edi­tion of South Car­oli­na Liv­ing Mag­a­zine, or you can apply online at scliving.coop.

Yes. The flight will depart from the Colum­bia Met­ro­pol­i­tan Air­port. You will be respon­si­ble for your own trans­porta­tion to and from the air­port.

There is room for approx­i­mate­ly 100 vet­er­ans on the flight.

Appli­ca­tions will be accept­ed on a first-come, first-served basis. Hon­or Flight per­son­nel will con­tact you soon after your appli­ca­tion is received.