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Palm Coast Elks Lodge veteran committee presents donation to Teens-In-Flight

The veterans committee donated $2,500 to the local nonprofit.

  • By Jerry DiMenna, Palm Coast Elks Lodge veterans committee
  • | 5:00 p.m. December 12, 2025
Palm Coast Elks veterans committee members Steve Gallagher and David Valinski, Exalted Ruler Pete Lehnertz, Teens-In-Flight student Elijah, Teens-In-Flight founder and Elk Col. Jack Howell, veterans committee chairman Jerry DiMenna and committee member Sean Reardon. Courtesy photo
Palm Coast Elks veterans committee members Steve Gallagher and David Valinski, Exalted Ruler Pete Lehnertz, Teens-In-Flight student Elijah, Teens-In-Flight founder and Elk Col. Jack Howell, veterans committee chairman Jerry DiMenna and committee member Sean Reardon. Courtesy photo
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The Palm Coast Elks Lodge #2709 veterans committee donated $2,500 from its fundraising efforts to Teens-In-Flight, Inc., a local nonprofit.

Teens-In-Flight provides aviation training to teens from military and first responder families, as well as at-risk or financially underserved youth. Founded by Col. Jack Howell, a retired U.S. Corps naval aviator, the program grew from his understanding of the unique challenges faced by military children and their families.

Many of the graduates go on to successful careers in the military, as first responders or in commercial aviation.


 

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