FARGO, N.D.– Credit union professionals from North and South Dakota meeting here as part of the Credit Union Association of the Dakotas’ (CUAD) annual New Ideas Conference honored the meeting’s theme of “Dakotas Giving Back” in several ways by doing good deeds.
As part of the event, CUAD and the Red River Chapter of credit unions collected donations for the WDAY Honor Flight program in exchange for a chance to win prizes in a “bean bag toss” game.
The Honor Flight mission is to fly as many World War II and Korean War Veterans as possible to see their memorials in Washington, DC at no cost to them. To date, the WDAY Honor Flight has flown more than 1,000 area Veterans on six Honor Flight. The next Honor Flight is scheduled for October, 2016. The WWII and Korean War Veterans and their guardians will fly from the Fargo Hector International Airport directly to Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.
Some $730 was raised in just two hours, and every penny will help support this important organization that honors our veterans who have given so much, the CUAD said.