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Badger Honor Flight Pt. 2 with Chairman Brian Ziegler · Ask The Experts

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  Speaker 1: Thirteen ten, Wiba Madison In the morning, Sean along with
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  Speaker 1: Katie in a familiar voice, joining us this morning one
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  Speaker 1: only Brian Ziegler with bad Runner Fly chairperson, Brian, how
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  Speaker 1: you doing this morning?
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  Speaker 2: I'm doing really great. I can't put you know, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: in a bad position with all those nice weather we're
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  Speaker 2: having you.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you got really lucky with this with kind of
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  Speaker 1: this the weather, the way that it's been holding up. Now,
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  Speaker 1: correct me if I'm wrong. And Katie, you had your
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  Speaker 1: recent flight. You guys did have some right, didn't you, Katie?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, we did later half of the day and it
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  Speaker 3: was very hot.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, so this stuff, this weather's probably little nicer. The
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  Speaker 1: cool thing too, Brian, is you guys with the Badge
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  Speaker 1: Runner flight. You guys are prepared for everything, aren't you.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we are, and Katie will attest we had honchos
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  Speaker 2: that we broke out numerous times, along with umbrellas.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I bet, and I guess it's probably the probably
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  Speaker 1: the military background and and very prepared for these type
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  Speaker 1: of things. You guys have an upcoming flight coming up
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  Speaker 1: October eleventh, so it's just a few days from now.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about that flight and future flight says, well,
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  Speaker 1: I know last time we talked, the big push for
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  Speaker 1: you was to make sure that that veterans became aware
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  Speaker 1: of the opportunity. You really want to get those get
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  Speaker 1: those flights filled, don't you, Brian.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we do. We are actively working on twenty six
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  Speaker 2: plans right now and we are looking to get more
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  Speaker 2: veterans signed up for our flights next year.
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  Speaker 1: How does that how does that process work? What's what's
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  Speaker 1: the best way for veterans to do that?
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  Speaker 2: The easiest way is to go to our website bedgrounniflight
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  Speaker 2: dot org or the applications page. A couple of routes
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  Speaker 2: you can do still the one online or you could
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  Speaker 2: print off a PDF copy, fill it out and then
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  Speaker 2: mail it into us. And if anybody else just needs assistance,
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  Speaker 2: will be more than give us a call, email us.
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  Speaker 2: We'll be more and glad to help you out with
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  Speaker 2: one of our volunteers. We want to glad to do that.
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  Speaker 2: You know what, we also go ahead?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I was going to say, I was going to say.
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  Speaker 1: One of the things that that's really impressive about your
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  Speaker 1: organization is you guys really do everything to make sure
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  Speaker 1: that that vets are able to do this stuff, bending
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  Speaker 1: over backwards, going through extreme lengths to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: that they're able to do that, And I just wanted
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  Speaker 1: to I want to highlight that. What were you going
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  Speaker 1: to say there, Brian.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, because we also are being very active out there.
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  Speaker 2: We've had a lot of great response to the request
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  Speaker 2: that gone out. We're setting up a lot of information
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  Speaker 2: boosts at at festivals, or we've got car shows that
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  Speaker 2: we've been studying up. So those are really great opportunities
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  Speaker 2: for us to meet veterans, their families, get veterans signed up,
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  Speaker 2: listen to stories of veterans who have gone on a flight.
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  Speaker 2: Oh if anybody you know, those are other opportunities for
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  Speaker 2: veterans to get signed up.
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  Speaker 1: So again, a lot of opportunities out there. Mentioned the
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  Speaker 1: website your Honor Flight dot org. That's bad your Honor
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  Speaker 1: Flight dot orgon one of the great things too that
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  Speaker 1: comes of this. Obviously, most of the time the volunteers
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  Speaker 1: and the and the and the guardians are our family members.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes they're not. They're not necessarily either. They're just folks
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  Speaker 1: that are that are along to help and and able
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  Speaker 1: to do that. Katie, you had that opportunity and one
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  Speaker 1: of the cool things that comes out of this is
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  Speaker 1: is kind of getting to know a vet, getting getting
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  Speaker 1: a perspective that you may not have had. And I know,
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  Speaker 1: take Katie on your flight, You and your veteran had
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  Speaker 1: a really good time, and really you had a great
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to learn a little bit, didn't you.
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  Speaker 3: I did. Yeah, So I I had never met him
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  Speaker 3: before the day of the flight. We just had a
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  Speaker 3: phone conversation a few days before, and then Yeah, went
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  Speaker 3: in and met him that morning. Bill and I just
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  Speaker 3: I knew from the first second that I sat down
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  Speaker 3: next to him that we were gonna have a really
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  Speaker 3: good time together that day. We definitely clicked. He was super,
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  Speaker 3: super sweet. I saw parts of both of my grandpa's
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  Speaker 3: in him, lots of similarities. Like one of my grandfathers
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  Speaker 3: was in the Air Force. That's where he did most
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  Speaker 3: of his time. He knew everything there was to know
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  Speaker 3: about airplanes, so he was teaching me things all day.
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  Speaker 3: It was really really great time. And he hadn't been
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  Speaker 3: to DC since the sixties. I think he'd only been
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  Speaker 3: one time, as he said, in the sixties, and I've
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  Speaker 3: been four or five times, and so it was kind
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  Speaker 3: of it worked out well that I could really try
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  Speaker 3: to take the time to show him everything he really
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  Speaker 3: wanted to see and not have to worry about myself
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  Speaker 3: as much because it was a little more been there,
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  Speaker 3: done that for me. But I really got to just
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  Speaker 3: make the day all about him and what he wanted
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  Speaker 3: to see and going at his pace and things like that.
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  Speaker 1: And Brian, that's really part of when it comes to
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  Speaker 1: badge your honor flight, something you guys really work hard
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  Speaker 1: to do, isn't it.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we do. And Katie, you did a great job
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  Speaker 2: that day. Thank you for remembering everything that we taught
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  Speaker 2: you in training. But yes, the day is all about
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  Speaker 2: the veteran and is their experience. I'm jealous of the
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  Speaker 2: stories you got to listen with Bill there so that
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  Speaker 2: I get some of those stories. But for you to
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  Speaker 2: have that intimate setting with him at any time, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we we. It's all about the veterans and what it
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  Speaker 2: means to them every veteran. We've talked about this in
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  Speaker 2: the past, sean is no veteran experience is the same,
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  Speaker 2: and that's what's unique about the program.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I want to ask you to Brian, as we
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  Speaker 1: talked this morning with Brian Ziegeler with Badger Honor Flight.
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  Speaker 1: What about volunteers for the events themselves, obviously the send
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  Speaker 1: off the return. I know you there's a ton of
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  Speaker 1: work you mentioned going out into the communities and getting
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  Speaker 1: folks signed up. That requires a lot of a lot
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  Speaker 1: of leg power, a lot of leg work, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of a lot of bodies, And I know you guys
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  Speaker 1: look for volunteers as well, and that's something that for
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  Speaker 1: folks that are interested maybe sharing experience or or really
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  Speaker 1: helping get the word out. You guys have some great
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  Speaker 1: up tunities for folks as well, don't you.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we do. We have. As you mentioned, the stend
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  Speaker 2: Off Welcome Home are two great opportunities for veterans to
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  Speaker 2: get signed up. We've talked about working at our helping
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  Speaker 2: trying to raise fun and Badger on a flight awareness
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  Speaker 2: before Badger football teams manning these information tables, but we
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  Speaker 2: also need folks to help with all the administrative work,
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  Speaker 2: and we're actually looking to One of our board members
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  Speaker 2: is stepping away at the end of the year, so
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  Speaker 2: we're actually if anybody wants to become a part of
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  Speaker 2: the board, we have an opening there as well.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, that is fantastic. All the details available Badger Honor
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  Speaker 1: flight dot org. That's Badger Honor flight dot org. Before
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  Speaker 1: we conclude this morning, Brian, I did want to ask
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  Speaker 1: about fundraising in general. And one of the things that
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  Speaker 1: I think is really really great that you guys do
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  Speaker 1: is there's a lot of different opportunities for putting, whether
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  Speaker 1: it's sponsoring a specifics part of the whether it's the
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  Speaker 1: lunches or other things. You guys really have a number
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  Speaker 1: of opportunities sponsorship opportunities for folks or businesses that are
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  Speaker 1: so inclined, don't you.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we do. We have everything from sponsoring the snacks
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  Speaker 2: on the trip or sponsoring the lunch the dinners. One
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  Speaker 2: that I really want to call out is that this
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  Speaker 2: next flight, as we talked, last flight was sponsored by Copies.
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  Speaker 2: This next one is the group out of stock Prairie
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  Speaker 2: called Here's for Honor. This will be the fourth flight
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  Speaker 2: that they will have their flight, their name on a
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  Speaker 2: flight sponsorship. They have raised half a million dollars plus
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  Speaker 2: in the stock Prairie community in the past ten years
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  Speaker 2: for us.
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  Speaker 1: That is incredible, That is amazing. That is great to hear.
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  Speaker 1: And do you get as we talk about groups that
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  Speaker 1: kind of come together, whether maybe it's office office team
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  Speaker 1: or other things. Do you get individuals or groups that
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  Speaker 1: kind of get together on their own and say, we're
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  Speaker 1: going to put together a fundraiser. Maybe it's a a
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  Speaker 1: weekend event or something like that where they kind of
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  Speaker 1: pool stuff together to donate.
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  Speaker 2: Too bad Your on a Flight, Yes, I do, and
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  Speaker 2: that is actually really starting to increase for us, which
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  Speaker 2: is great because it's toothful raises funds for us, but
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  Speaker 2: more importantly brings awareness to our program and exposes us
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  Speaker 2: and we get better and signed up and we raise
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of money. That's a win win for both.
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  Speaker 1: It's such a fantastic organization, great day to day. If
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  Speaker 1: you are in the position to make a monetary donation,
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  Speaker 1: maybe you're looking to do a little fundraising, maybe you'd
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  Speaker 1: like to volunteer, maybe you've got some experience helping with organizations.
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  Speaker 1: They've got an opportunity on their board as well. You
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  Speaker 1: can learn more online the website for Badgeer on a Flight.
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  Speaker 1: It's just that Badger Honor Flight all one word Badger
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  Speaker 1: Honorflight dot org. All that information online and Brian, I
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  Speaker 1: know you guys have a flight coming up on the eleventh,
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  Speaker 1: should be perfect weather. Should be a great, great trip.
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  Speaker 1: Look forward to seeing all the pictures, all the smiling
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  Speaker 1: faces and hearing some of those stories as well. Brian
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  Speaker 1: Ziggler with Badger on a Flight, Thank you for all
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  Speaker 1: the work and you have a great day. Thank you, Sean,
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  Speaker 1: and again that website Badger Honor flight dot org. That's
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  Speaker 1: Badger Honor flight dot org. More of Madison in the morning.
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  Speaker 1: It comes your way next to here on thirteen ten
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