LE ROY Raffles for gift items valued altogether at about $10,000 will highlight another fundraiser to benefit local veterans.
The Neosho Lodge No. 27 (Le Roy Masons) is teaming with Southern Coffey County High School as part of the fundraiser to pay for another Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C.
Organizers hope to raise $75,000 for this years endeavor.
Among the items up for grabs are four processed half-beefs, three whole processed hogs, three guns, debit cards, Kansas City Royals tickets, a quilt painting, a Ducks Unlimited print, and the centerpiece, a Henry Arms .22 rifle open only to a veteran or somebody active in the U.S. Armed Forces.
The 2019 drawing will be held Dec. 5 at a SCC basketball game.
The SCC Honor Flight program has led to 16 flights taking a combined 430 veterans to Washington to observe monuments and other sight-seeing opportunities.
