GEORGETOWN, Texas (Mar. 3, 2015)
Georgetown, Texas-based Sport Clips Haircuts announced today its primary sponsorship of Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation (AADF) to fund flight experiences for veterans living in long-term care communities. In its second year of supporting AADF, Sport Clips will help make 520 flights possible in cities across the U.S. this year…up from last year’s 436 flights in a restored 1940’s Boeing Stearman bi-plane. The first flight of the season will take place in Kissimmee, Fla. on March 13.
“It is so meaningful for these veterans to experience the thrill of boarding a plane that was used to train military aviators in the late ‘30’s and early ‘40’s, and take to the skies for the flight of a lifetime,” says Gordon Logan, founder and CEO of Sport Clips, himself an Air Force veteran. “This is a vestige of their military service, and to see the memories flooding back when they climb into the passenger seat is priceless. Making these flights possible is just one more way Sport Clips can say ‘thank you’ to those who have served our country.”
AADF “Dream Flights” are made possible through sponsorships, such as Sport Clips’, the nation’s leading men’s and boys’ haircare provider with more than 1,300 locations across the U.S. AADF is a non-profit dedicated to honoring seniors and United States military veterans with the mission to “Give Back To Those Who Have Given.”
For more information about AADF and Sport Clips-sponsored flights, visit agelessaviationdreams.org.