Warwick Valley Rotary Club's Flags for Heroes raises $6,500 for charity

WARWICK — The Warwick Rotary Club would like to thank all those who sponsored flags this year as a way of honoring their heroes.
The second annual Flags for Heroes this fall raised almost $6,500, which included donations received at the Warwick Farmers Market.
The Warwick Rotary Club is part of an international membership organization with a commitment to enhancing communities and improving lives by encouraging and fostering the ideal of service.
The proceeds will be used for charitable programs such as the American Cancer Society, Meals on Wheels, Backpack Snack Attack, Garden of the Child, Warwick Valley Community Center, Warwick and Florida Food pantries, the Senior Barbecue, SADD, Beautiful People, Literacy Orange, the Warwick Humane Society and many more.
There were 203 flags flown for three-weeks, an increase of 78 flags over last year.
Each flag was three-foot by five-foot on a 10-foot flagpole and the entire display on the front lawn of The Chateau Hathorn was lit at night, courtesy of Allied Excavating.
With a donation of $50 a flag can be dedicated on a plaque to your hero who could be a member of the military, police, fire or other first responders as well as a teacher, coach, mentor or anyone else who has been a hero in your life.
Next year's event will take place from Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, to Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019.
For information on how to reserve flags for the 2019 event, visit: http://www.warwickvalleyrotary.org/
- Roger Gavan