“Elsie Honors” is the name of her campaign. “Her role has always been to hand out the dog tags and welcome veterans home off the Honor Flight, and she’s welcomed home over 900 veterans and she’s wanted to take it a step further,” Chris said. “I told him that I wanted to go on a flight and he was like, ‘alright, well if you raise $50,000 then you can go on a flight and then you can sponsor it.’ And I was like, ‘alright, game on,'” Elsie said.Ĭhris Van Beek, Elsie’s mom, says her daughter has served as the “patriotic princess” for Midwest Honor Flight since the organization’s start in 2017. It all started with a conversation between the siblings. soon, and a teenager has raised over $30,000 for the organization over the past year.Įlsie Van Beek, sister to the organization’s president and CEO Aaron Van Beek, has been raising money since June 2021. (KELO) - Midwest Honor Flight is preparing to send more veterans to Washington, D.C.
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