 Hello everybody, it's Brian Lett. I'm coming to you live from DAV's National Headquarters in Cold Spring, Kentucky And the reason for that today is I want to discuss our fuel-to-flags campaign. It actually started on flag day on June 14th It's its third year running it will go through September 11th or Patriot Day and real quick I'd also like to thank Triple Crown products who sponsored or helped us actually sorry They match the first ten thousand dollars that we raised off to our right here It's a little too far for us to show or even really get to but that's where our fuel-to-flags is There's currently 1,200 flags in that field each one of those flags represents a gift to DAV of $25 or more And when you think about that each dollar donated to DAV represents $40 and direct benefits to veterans That's $1.2 million. That's just off to our right in that field for services for veterans and their families now before we go Any further to my right? I have our national adjunct Mark Burgess to my left is our immediate past national commander Delphi Metcalf Foster And if you do donate $100 or more you'll be a part of our national commanders package What we do then is we will take your flag will raise it above on this flagpole at DAV headquarters And then send that to you as a way of saying thank you for your contribution a thank you for your support and also just as a way to Just well just say thank you it does so much for veterans and their families now before we leave here today We will briefly show you one of these flags being raised but before we get to that I want to ask our immediate past commander Metcalf Foster as a veteran yourself. What does the flag mean to you? Good morning. The flag means to me patriotism for all the men and women who have served this great country No, I understand that one and then I'm gonna turn my attention to mark our national adjunct the donations that we receive What type of impact does that have for DAV veterans their families and DAV's ability to continue the services that we provide? Thank You Brian each and every year DAV helps over a million veterans in life-changing ways And of course we can only do that with a generous public so to have a community out there That's willing to stand up and be counted and recognize the service and sacrifice that the men and women have served Is necessary for an organization like ours to provide those free programs and services? No, I think mark said it perfectly and just as a reminder this does not end till September 11th Please check out fieldofflags.org You still have time to donate and on that note I'm gonna let our immediate past national commander and our national adjunct get one of these flags up on that flagpole