Special Movie Night - Heartwarming film, HONOR FLIGHT

Friday, February 27, 7 p.m. in the Sanctuary Unity of Delray Beach Reception to follow in Mary Kupferle Fellowship Hall
By: Unity of Delray Beach
 
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - Feb. 9, 2015 - PRLog -- Honor Flight is a heartwarming documentary about four living World War II veterans and a Midwest community coming together to give them the trip of a lifetime. Volunteers race against the clock to fly thousands of WWII veterans to Washington, DC to see the memorial constructed for them in 2004, nearly 60 years after their epic struggle. Unity of Delray Beach will screen the movie with no admission fee. A love offering will be collected.

     Janet Hoose a congregant at Unity of Delray Beach has organized the event , and the reception after which will honor some veterans who will be present.

   The trips are called “Honor Flights” and for the veterans, who are in their late 80s and early 90s, it’s often the first time they’ve been thanked and the last trip of their lives. The 24-hour journey is full of surprises that deeply moves all who are involved. It’s uncommon for World War II veterans to talk about the War, but the Honor Flight experience brings their stories out. Many veterans say, with the exception of their wedding day and the birth of their children, the trip is the best day of their life.

    However, success is all but ensured. 1,000 World War II veterans die every day and getting them on an Honor Flight in time is a constant battle. The film features Orville Lemke, a former plumber and beloved father of nine, who fights to hold off terminal cancer so he can make the trip, and Julian Plaster, an 89-year-old poet who has survived almost all of his friends and family.

        Honor Flight also chronicles the stories of veterans Joe Demler and Harvey Kurz. They raise money for and promote the Honor Flight program to help fly as many of their fellow veterans as possible. Joe, a soft-spoken retired postmaster, was famously pictured in Life magazine as “the Human Skeleton” upon his liberation from a German POW camp. Days from death, he weighed just 70 lbs. His comedic sidekick, Harvey, saw the iconic flag go up at the Battle of Iwo Jima, unbeknownst to the shoppers he bags groceries for at the local Pick n’ Save.

    As the Honor Flight trip unfolds, Orville, Julian, Joe, Harvey and others share their stories and wisdom. While the Honor Flight program is meant to give something back to these humble heroes, the sheer goodness they embody and their profound appreciation for life in freedom, transforms the lives of everyone they meet.

         Helping fly veterans on Honor Flights is one way to get involved; capturing vets’ stories is another. Through its Veterans History Project, the Library of Congress has collected and preserved over 80,000 personal accounts of American war veterans.

Learn more about the project at www.loc.gov/vets.

The Honor Flight Network is a nonprofit organization that has flown over 100,000 veterans to Washington, DC. It consists of 117 hubs across the country. If you’d like to get involved or donate to the cause, please visit: the cause, please visit: http://www.honorflightsefl.org

    The Southeast Florida Honor Flight hub is based in Stuart Florida and covers Palm Beach, Martin, St Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee Counties.   Learn more about them at:

http://www.honorflightsefl.org

About Unity of Delray Beach

Unity of Delray Beach is a non-denominational church welcoming visitors and guests of all faiths to join in all of the activities offered.
         There is

§  No admission charge to any events; a free will love offering is collected

§  Reservations are not usually required.

§  Classes at times require a fee for books or supplies, which will be announced when registering in advance or on site.

Church website with audio Sunday services:   www.unityofdelraybeach.org
A 24 hour prayer line for inspiration and to receive your prayers:  561-900-2559.
Weekly Wisdom Inspirational Messages:         www.nancynorman.net

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Unity of Delray Beach is in Delray Beach, Florida, and is located between Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale on the northwest corner of 101 NW 22nd St. at Swinton Ave., 22 blocks north of Atlantic Avenue.

For more information call the church office Mon. through Thurs., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 561-276-5796. Phone messages are monitored daily.

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