Christmas Epaulets Raise Funds for the Snowball Express, Other Charities
The holiday Christmas epaulet drive for the Gary Sinise Foundation’s Snowball Express and the Chetek-Weyerhauser Scholarship Foundation honors former Northwest Airlines captain and U.S. Army veteran JohnKnutson.
The Christmas epaulets come in stripes for first officers as well as captains. [Photo: Stephen Yeates]
Key Takeaways:
"Christmas epaulets" are festive red and green pilot epaulets created by Mary Knutson in memory of her late husband, veteran pilot John Knutson.
These epaulets are sold as a holiday fundraiser, with proceeds split evenly between the Gary Sinise Foundation’s Snowball Express (supporting families of fallen military veterans) and the Chetek-Weyerhauser Scholarship Foundation.
The initiative has raised over $130,000 to date, with the $20 epaulets available for purchase online.
