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June Flights…coming to your area
We have lots of flights lined up in June. Come say hello…
- 6/6-9 Local Rides St. Cloud, MN Luke / Pam IV
- 6/6 Lisa Pearson’s Memorial Flight St. Cloud, MN Luke / Pam IV
- 6/9-10 Summer Fest & Salute to Veterans Fergus Falls, MN Jodi / ? III
- 6/23-25 Tigard Festival of Balloons Tigard, OR Luke / Pam V
- 6/28 Country Manor Independence Day Parade Sartell, MN Steve S. III
- 6-30 St. Cloud ROX Military Appreciation Night St. Cloud, MN Steve S. IV
- 6/30-7/4 America’s Freedom Balloon Fest Provo, UT Luke / Pam V
See the full event schedule.
2023 Online Auction Fundraiser
St. Paul Winter Carnival Fun!
Fun at Saint Paul Winter Carnival Torchlight Parade representing POW/MIA and Freedom Flight – Lost but not forgotten. Special guest Geno Okok and his wife Snoti (Snow). Geno designed this year’s SPLWC Buttons. A great time! Check out Geno Okok on FB @Geno4Art.
John and Suzanne Terry
2023 Event Schedule
2023 is looking good! We have some great events lined up including the upcoming winter carnival in St. Paul. Visit the Winter Carnival site.
Flying at the Murray County Fair
Our pilot Steve flew at the Murray County Fair in Slayton, MN on Wednesday, August 17, 2022. The fair was a tethered event and around 150 guests took a ride on the Freedom Flight balloon that evening.
Freedom Flight extends a huge thanks to everyone!
Thank You! Our 2022 Fundraisers were a great success
Because of you we sent an all-time record for our annual online fundraiser. So thank you!
Thank you to the many people, organizations, and businesses that supported our missions with donations for the online auction. Also a big THANK YOU for all those that helped us reach our monetary goal to be able to take all 4 of our balloons to the 50th anniversary of the Albuquerque International Balloon Rally starting October 1st. This fabulous rally lasts for 9 days and is the most photographed event in the world, hosting 650 Hot Air Balloons and over 1 million visitors. It would be a good place to meet us this fall.
Thanks to John Pearson who was the fundraising chair and spearheaded ticket sales.
Raffle Results
For those of you that participated in our raffle we were able to sell all 2,500 tickets. Again, thank you for participating! The winning numbers are as follows:
- 1731
- 2119
- 1425
- 2500
- 0045
- 2472
- 2208
- 2290
- 1465
- 1331
Congratulations to all the winners and thank you all for your support.
Questions or comments? Contact Luke Cesnik by email – luke@freedomflight.org – or call or text to 320-267-5481.
Pilot Glen Terry Lighting it Up
Check out Pilot Glen Terry in the Sauk Rapids Herald this week! Freedom Flight participated in the Sauk Rapids Parade of Lights December 18, 2021.
Gun Raffle – Enter by April 2, 2022
Support Freedom Flight. $10 Raffle tickets available now.
Enter for your chance to win. Contact John @ 320-267-5588 for ticket information. The drawing will be held on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 9:15 pm at the VFW Granite Post 428 (9 18th Avenue North, St. Cloud).
New changes!

We are under construction. We have new board members, getting a new website and working on events! Sorry for the mess!