Frank Kimler elected to serve as member and treasurer
WALDEN, N.Y. (Feb. 6, 2020) — Hudson Valley Honor Flight is pleased to announce that current board Chairman Frank Kimler, a Tax and Accounting Manager with Nugent & Haeussler, P.C. of Montgomery, has been elected to serve on the national board of directors for the Honor Flight Network. Kimler will serve as a board member and treasurer for a term of two years.
“The national board of the Honor Flight Network is thrilled to add Frank Kimler as a new board member and treasurer,” said Meredith Rosenbeck, CEO of Honor Flight Network. “Frank’s experience professionally as an accountant, as well as his years of service with Hudson Valley Honor Flight, will be a wonderful asset to our national organization.”
The Honor Flight Network is a national network comprised of 125 independent hubs working together in furtherance of the Honor Flight mission. Of the 125 hubs the Honor Flight Network oversees, Hudson Valley Honor Flight is one. All of the hubs together have escorted 222,123 veterans from all across the United States.
“All of us at Hudson Valley Honor Flight are so excited for Frank. We have no doubt he will do great things for the Honor Flight Network, as well as continuing the amazing work he does for HVHF,” said Jennifer DeFrancesco, Executive Director of Hudson Valley Honor Flight. “Under Frank’s exceptional leadership HVHF has been able to honor 1,872 veterans, as well as earn the love and respect of veterans and volunteers alike.”
Hudson Valley Honor Flight (HVHF) is a local nonprofit based in Walden which honors Hudson Valley area veterans for all their sacrifices by bringing them to Washington, D.C. to visit their respective war memorials at no cost to them. HVHF is also the local hub of the National Honor Flight Network, which has more than 100 independent non-profit “hubs” nationwide.
HVHF is currently seeking sponsorship for future missions, as there are many worthy and eligible veterans and HVHF wants to continue honoring them. To learn more, call 845-391-0076 or visit: http://hvhonorflight.com.
ABOUT HUDSON VALLEY HONOR FLIGHT
Hudson Valley Honor Flight (HVHF) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization which “Honors American Veterans” for all their sacrifices. HVHF transports these heroes to Washington, D.C. to visit their memorials at no cost to them. It is the local hub of the National Honor Flight Network (which consists of more than 100 independent non-profit “hubs” across America). HVHF flies multiple times a year out of Stewart International Airport and Westchester County Airport. It serves veterans from the following counties: Orange (N.Y.), Ulster (N.Y.), Dutchess (N.Y.), Westchester (N.Y.), Rockland (N.Y.), Sullivan (N.Y.), Putnam (N.Y.), Pike (Pa.), Bergen (N.J.), and Fairfield (Conn.). Veterans from other surrounding counties are considered as well. Top priority is given to those of the Greatest Generation, that of World War II, and terminally ill veterans from other wars. HVHF plans to take ALL veterans from other wars on future flights. Applications are kept on file. For more information, visit http://hvhonorflight.com.
