Honor Flight Meets with Volunteers in OS

OCEAN SPRINGS -- Mississippi Gulf Coast Honor Flight organizers have about three weeks to gather final monies needed to send some 90 veterans to the nation's capitol May 11.

The call for more volunteers garnered about 30 residents at a meeting Wednesday night in this city, according to reporter Harlan Kirgan at www.gulflive.com/themississippipress.

"Basically what this meeting is about is fundraising," said MGC Honor Flight President Kim Foster. "all the money to be raised needs to be raised by April 1."

She said $15,000 has been collected in the last two weeks.

Honor Flight Ramps Up Fundraising