$28,500 raised for Never Forgotten Honor Flight by the Bike For Honor Crew and sponsor First Weber Foundation

Mike and Dawn Spranger, organizers of the Bike For Honor Flight 2011, would like to thank all riders and sponsors for enabling the event to raise an amazing $28,500 for the Never Forgotten Honor Flight program. The Never Forgotten Honor Flight is an organization that sends veterans on trips to visit the memorials built in their honor.

Several veterans were present at the event.

Vets who came to check presentation

Riders could choose 100 mile, 50 mile or a Fun Ride.  Riders of all ages participated and gathered pledges for the cause.

 

50-Miler 83 year old WWII Veteran

 

 

   

 

Mike and Dawn Spranger returning from the ride

 

Sponsors include:

First Weber Group Foundation – Squad sponsorship

Riverview Family Center, Element Mobile, Casper Linnehan and Gaynor Cranberry – Team sponsors

Veteran sponsors: Brings Cyclery & Fitness; Elks Lodge #693; Solarus; Paper City Savings; New Page Corporation; Povdin Law Firm; Rice Lake Elks Lodge #1441 and Valley Communities Credit Union

 

Thank you to all who helped make this event so very successful: bikers, sponsors, support staff and volunteers. Your efforts resulted in a very large and well deserved check being presented to the Never Forgotten Honor Flight cause.

 

Mike Spranger presenting check

 

 

For more information on First Weber’s involvement in the Bike for Honor/Never Forgotten Honor Flight please see this previous article written by the event organizer and one who accompanied the veterans on an honor flight, Mike Spranger.

For information on other events the First Weber Foundation is involved in, please see our Foundation category on this blog.  For information on real estate for sale in Wisconsin, please see firstweber.com

 

Thanks for reading the First Weber Wisconsin real estate and Wisconsin living blog about the Bike For Honor fundraiser to benefit the Never Forgotten Honor Flight. First Weber Foundation and all its contributors, which include agents, owners and employees, are all proud to support this event.  If you liked this article, please share!

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