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2018 Honor Flight Maine telethon raises more than $179K

NEWS CENTER Maine's third Honor Flight Maine telethon raised at least $164,123.

PORTLAND and BANGOR (NEWS CENTER Maine) โ€” Thanks to numerous donations provided by the good people of Maine and beyond, NEWS CENTER Maine's third annual Honor Flight Maine telethon raised more than $179,000.

Here's a breakdown of all contributions:

Donations: $179,000

(includes telethon day online donations, Rowe & Eldridge Lumber donations, and donations made between Nov. 8-30)

The total $179,000 is enough to cover the cost of 256 veterans going to Washington, D.C.

In past years, final contribution counts were $138,000 in 2016 and $141,133 in 2017.

The phone banks in Bangor and Portland were open from 5 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Honor Flight Maine, with its first flight in May of 2014, is a non-profit organization solely created to transport Maine veterans to Washington D.C. for tours of the memorials built to honor their service.

Your donations can make a difference and have made a difference.

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In Maine, there is an estimated 1,200 World War II veterans. Honor Flight Maine needs $700 to fund a veteran roundtrip journey to D.C.

With your generosity NEWS CENTER Maineโ€™s 2016 and 2017 Honor Flight Maine Telethons have raised over $279,000 allowing more than 400 Maine veterans to visit their war memorials. With your help, we want to continue to send Maine veterans on a trip of a lifetime.

Visit HonorFlightMaine.org for more information on this organization.

You can stream our telethon live throughout the day here and on Facebook.

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