{"id":79862,"date":"2016-09-14T06:35:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T11:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=79862"},"modified":"2016-09-15T07:03:04","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T12:03:04","slug":"honor-flights-raise-160000-avangrid-donates-10000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/09\/14\/honor-flights-raise-160000-avangrid-donates-10000\/","title":{"rendered":"Avangrid gives $10,000 to Honor Flights"},"content":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n

Avangrid Renewables Blue Creek Wind Farm in Paulding and Van Wert County, Ohio presented a $10,000 check to Paulding Putnam Electric and Northeast Indiana Honor Flight Chapter on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Shown are (from the left) Bob Myer with Northeast Indiana Honor Flight, Matt Fulton with Avangrid Renewables (also a United States Navy veteran, Sandie Myer with Honor Flight, Isaiah Preece with Avangrid Renewables (also a U.S. Air force veteran), Neil Voje with Avangrid Renewables (also a U.S. Navy veteran), Paulding Putnam Electric Co-op President George Carter, and Dennis Covert and Nellie Keltner with Honor Flight.<\/strong> (photo submitted)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Paulding Putnam Electric Co-op (PPEC) spearheaded the fundraising campaign to sponsor two full flights. Those flights are happening this fall, one on September 22 and the other on October 12.<\/p>\n

With Avangrid\u2019s large donation, it brings the total funds raised by PPEC to a little over $160,000. One flight costs between $65,000 to $70,000.<\/p>\n

When asked why Avangrid decided to join Paulding Putnam Electric\u2019s efforts, Blue Creeks Plant Manager Neil Voje explained: \u201cLike many Americans, my father served in the Navy during World War II and my brothers served in Vietnam. In my 20-plus years of Naval service, they visited me at many of my duty stations around the world. My father\u2019s stories and those of his generation have instilled in me a deep sense of pride and service.<\/p>\n

\u201cHelping with Honor Flight is repaying a small portion of the enormous debt we owe them,\u201d Voje added. \u201cAvangrid Foundation is proud to help Paulding Putnam Electrical Coop with the funding for these great warriors to see some of the tributes built at our Capitol to honor their sacrifice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paulding Putnam Electric\u2019s CEO George Carter attended the check presentation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been amazing how the region has stepped up for this great cause, but not surprising at all,\u201d Carter said. \u201cNortheast Indiana\u2019s Honor Flight Chapter has a tremendous vision for their organization and the veterans it serves.\u201d<\/p>\n

As of right now, approximately 40 World War II veterans are participating in the September 22 Honor Flight. That number is up from recent years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile our main goal was to raise funds for Honor Flight, it was also to raise awareness regarding this program and to encourage World War II veterans, while still alive, to make this journey to see their memorial built for them,\u201d Carter said. \u201cThey deserve this trip and more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paulding Putnam Electric Co-op, located in Paulding, is an electric utility cooperative serving more than 12,900 members in Paulding, Putnam, Defiance, Van Wert, and Allen counties in Ohio, and Adams and Allen counties in Indiana. For more information about the cooperative, visit http:\/\/ppec.coop<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information Avangrid Renewables Blue Creek Wind Farm in Paulding and Van Wert County, Ohio presented a $10,000 check to Paulding Putnam Electric and Northeast Indiana Honor Flight Chapter on Monday. Paulding Putnam Electric Co-op (PPEC) spearheaded the fundraising campaign to sponsor two full flights. Those flights are happening this fall, one on September […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 23:14:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}