The Crookston Masonic Lodge recently held a free-will breakfast fundraiser at the lodge for the Honor Flight to help send veterans to Washington D.C. to see the monuments. This was their most successful breakfast fundraiser to date as they raised $26,600 that will help send 16-plus veterans to Washington D.C.
“It all got started with a stop at Christian Brothers Ford, and I talked to Christopher Christian that we were going to do a breakfast for the Honor Flight, and before I got uptown, Christopher and his dad Todd (Christian) promised to give one ticket and more,” said Crookston Mason Lester Wilkens. “So we took the bull by the horns and got going with the fundraising.”
Wilkens was pleasantly shocked by the turnout and money raised. “I didn’t think we would get this much, and the Honor Flight thought we could get $6,000 to $8,000,” said Wilkens. “They couldn’t believe it, and even after we were done, more monies have come in, so we were able to get more money again. They were totally shocked when they saw the amount of money.”
The Masonic Lodge received matching funds from Masonic Charities to help push the total over $26,000. Wilkens was surprised by the large turnout at the check presentation.
The check presentation pictures are below.
