United Way is helping recruit volunteers for a telethon to raise funds for Honor Flight Maine. Honor Flight Maine, with its first flight in May of 2014, is a non-profit organization solely created to transport Maine veterans to Washington D.C. for tours of the memorials built in their honor. The first annual Telethon raised over $120,000. It costs $700 to send one veteran on a trip.
On Thursday November 16th NEWS CENTER is holding its 2nd annual Honor Flight Maine Telethon. Phone lines will be open from 5:00 a.m. through 7:30 p.m. to take donations. We will have a phone bank at WLBZ 2 on Mount Hope Avenue in Bangor.
Sign up times are as followed....5am-9am with arrival at 430am for training.....9am-2pm with arrival time at 830am for training....2pm-730pm with arrival time at 1:30 pm
Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be provided...with snacks and water throughout the day.
There will be time for breaks during a shift to walk around and stretch.
Volunteers can wear logoed apparel of non-profit agency if they wish.
All we ask is that anyone willing to work the phone bank is comfortable with a laptop.
