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About Us

Mission Statement

To honor America's senior veterans with a trip to Washington D.C. to visit the nation's memorials.

To help them share their stories.

To celebrate and affirm their service and homecoming.

Honoring Our Senior Veterans

 

Honor Flight Columbus is a nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring America’s veterans with a trip to Washington DC to visit their service and war memorials.  These trips are free of charge to any qualified veteran. We strive to help veterans share their stories with future generations, as well as celebrate their service to our country with a proper homecoming that many of them never received. With the conclusion of the 2024 flight season, we have successfully flown 138 missions that totaled over 10,170 veterans. Our organization is funded entirely by donations from various businesses, foundations, school organizations, and other grateful Americans.

 

Honor Flight Columbus accepts applications from America’s Senior Veterans: Currently, these are the men and women, age 65 and over, who served at least one day of FULL TIME active duty (outside of any basic training/boot camp and initial training). Veterans with combined active duty and guard/reserve service of over 20 years are also eligible. For scheduling, top priority is given to WWII, Korea and terminally ill veterans. We proudly serve Veterans in all 40 counties of our territory as well as any eligible Veteran who can get themselves to the CMH airport.

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Veterans are placed on a waiting list and are booked in the order that we receive their applications. WWII, Korea and terminally ill veterans receive priority and are booked on the first available flight.​

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Our Territory

Adams

Athens

Belmont

Brown

Carroll

Columbiana

Coshocton

Crawford

Delaware

Fairfield

Franklin

Gallia

Guernsey

Harrison

Highland

Hocking

Holmes

Jackson

Jefferson

Knox​​

Lawrence

Licking

Marion

Meigs

Monroe

Morgan

Morrow

Muskingham

Noble

Perry

Pickaway

Pike
Richland

Ross

Scioto

Tuscarawas

Union

Vinton

Washington 

Wyandot

Board of Directors & Staff

Founded: 2006

Board Members and Staff:

Executive Committee

  • Todd Kasper, Chair

  • Phil Bronsdon, Vice Chair

  • Ezra Escudero, Secretary

  • Franz Messner, Treasurer

  • Jim Barnett

  • Dave Bear

  • Jason Black

  • Roger Dyer

  • Charlotte Harden

  • Heidi Hrabcak

  • ​Michael Schoedinger

  • Chrishonda Smith

  • Terri Swank

  • Jill Taylor

  • April VanDervort

  • Bobbi Richards, Emeritus Director

  • Bill Richards, Emeritus Director

Staff​

 

  • Beth Johnson

Executive Director

Email: beth@honorflightcmh.org

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  • Megan Jacob

Director, Veteran Operations

Email: megan@honorflightcmh.org

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  • Haley Wilkinson​

Director of Outreach

Email: haley@honorflightcmh.org

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  • Celeste Bradshaw​

Director of Volunteer Operations

Email: celeste@honorflightcmh.org

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Board of Directors
Need A Speaker?

We have knowledgeable speakers who are glad to meet with members of your organization.

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Just call 614-284-4987 or e-mail us at info@honorflightcmh.org to schedule a speaker.

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Honor Flight Columbus is affiliated with Honor Flight Network - honorflight.org. 

 

Honor Flight Columbus never charges a vet!

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