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Icon sale at Festival could raise thousands for Freedom flights
Fund-raiser for veteran flights lasts until July 8th
One dollar here, five dollars there.
Small donations to the Freedom Honor Flight program in La Crosse could add up quickly in the next two weeks, during a Festival Foods icon sale.
The new president of the local Honor Flight group, Dave Larsen, says the Festival promotion around the 4th of July raises about $20,000.
The average cost of sending about 100 local veterans on a day trip to Washington D.C. and back is around $100,000.
The next flight from La Crosse will be Saturday, September 15th.
Veterans will be contacted in early July about taking that flight.