The Addison Trail Veterans Support Organization (ATVSO) is gearing up for its 2026 Flags for Addison project, and all residents and businesses are invited to participate.
Through the fundraiser, community members can make a donation of $50 ($52.18 if paid online) to have a flag placed in the yard of their business or home. Flags are placed from sunup to sundown on Memorial Day, Flag Day, Fourth of July, Sept. 11 and Veterans Day.
Proceeds benefit the groups that help deliver the flags and also help fund a scholarship to send Addison Trail students to Washington, D.C., for educational programming. Payment can be made online or by check. For details, go to www.dupage88.net/FlagsForAddison2026. The deadline to register is April 30.
ATVSO members recently spoke with Village of Addison Mayor and military veteran Tom Hundley about Flags for Addison, and he made a live donation to the program. They were interviewed by Village of Addison Public Relations & Marketing Assistant Jenna Witt at the Addison VFW Post 7446. To view the segment, click on the video above.
In the three years since the program was implemented, ATVSO has deployed nearly 100 flags throughout Addison. In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary this year, the group has set a goal to deploy 250 flags!
For questions or more information, contact Addison Trail social studies teacher and ATVSO adviser LeVonne Cescolini-Boyer at lcescolini@dupage88.net or 630-628-3347.
ATVSO helps with other initiatives and charity work as well, including assisting the Addison VFW Post 7446, being part of the Ronald McDonald House Pop Tab program, collecting food and hygiene items for active members of the military and helping with Addison Trail’s Veterans Day event.