Politics & Government
Maine Township donates to Honor Flight Chicago
The Clerk's Department has donated $1000 per year to the group that runs trips for veterans to see war memorials in Washington D.C.
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Shown here at the Dec. 26 meeting of the Maine Township Board are, l to r, Trustee Susan Sweeney, Trustee Kimberly Jones, Clerk Peter Gialamas, Ron Wolflick of Honor Flight Chicago, Trustee Claire McKenzie, and Trustee David Carrabotta.
For the past 5+ years, the Clerk’s Department of Maine Township has donated $1000 per year to help support Honor Flight Chicago, a non-profit organization dedicated to taking veterans from World War II and more recently the Korean and Viet Nam wars to Washington DC. The one-day trips take groups of veterans to view the war memorials in our nation’s capital. Along the way and back, the veterans are honored by families, friends, various military personnel, and others in recognition of their service to our country, says Peter Gialamas, Clerk of Maine Township.
Funds come from the processing fees the Clerk’s Department collects for processing passports, Gialamas says.
For more information about Maine Township, visit www.mainetown.com or call 847-297-2510.