Flags for Heroes seeks donations
The Lewes-Rehoboth Rotary Club’s annual Flags for Heroes campaign is underway. The organization is asking for donations to help support its largest fundraiser of the year.
Flags for Heroes volunteers will be putting up hundreds of American flags in front of the Cape Henlopen School District offices on Kings Highway in Lewes, starting Monday, Nov. 4. The flags will be lit at night.
The Rotary is selling medallions for $50 apiece that will be attached to the flags in honor of a loved one who served.
Chuck Ward, Lewes-Rehoboth Rotary Club past president, said they hope to raise $70,000 this year. Ward said the money is distributed to a long list of local nonprofits.
The annual Veterans Day ceremony will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, Nov. 11 at the flags. Ward said Dr. David Tam, Beebe Healthcare president and CEO, will be the featured speaker.
He said elected officials and other special guests will also speak at the ceremony.
For more information and to donate, go to flagsforheroes-lrrc.com.
Bill Shull has been covering Lewes for the Cape Gazette since 2023. He comes to the world of print journalism after 40 years in TV news. Bill has worked in his hometown of Philadelphia, as well as Atlanta and Washington, D.C. He came to Lewes in 2014 to help launch WRDE-TV. Bill served as WRDE’s news director for more than eight years, working in Lewes and Milton. He is a 1986 graduate of Penn State University. Bill is an avid aviation and wildlife photographer, and a big Penn State football, Phillies and PGA Tour golf fan. Bill, his wife Jill and their rescue cat, Lucky, live in Rehoboth Beach.
