Flags For Heroes campaign underway
Again, 550 American flags are flying on Kings Highway outside the Cape Henlopen School District administration building.
The Stars and Stripes are there thanks to Flags For Heroes, the Lewes-Rehoboth Beach Rotary Club’s annual charitable campaign.
The Rotary is selling medallions for $50 apiece that will be attached to the flags in honor of a loved one who served.
Heroes can be from any walk of life or relationship: veterans, active military, family members, teachers, doctors, nurses or first responders.
All proceeds go to nonprofits in eastern Sussex County.
The annual Veterans Day ceremony will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 11, at the flag display. CoastTV meteorologist Paul Williams will serve as the keynote speaker, and other elected officials and community leaders have also been invited to attend.
For more information and to donate, go to flagsforheroes-lrrc.com.
The Lewes-Rehoboth Beach Rotary announced its 2025-26 board of directors Oct. 27.
Dave Keller will serve as president, succeeding Janine Fitzgerald in 2026, with Andrew Ratner as treasurer, Lisa Groom as programs chair, Michael Damiano as community services chair, Cathy Melfi as public relations chair, George Jarvis as club director and Jeff Kitchen as foundation chair.
Bill Shull has been covering Lewes for the Cape Gazette since 2023. He comes to the world of print journalism after 40 years in TV news. Bill has worked in his hometown of Philadelphia, as well as Atlanta and Washington, D.C. He came to Lewes in 2014 to help launch WRDE-TV. Bill served as WRDE’s news director for more than eight years, working in Lewes and Milton. He is a 1986 graduate of Penn State University. Bill is an avid aviation and wildlife photographer, and a big Penn State football, Eagles, Phillies and PGA Tour golf fan. Bill, his wife Jill and their rescue cat, Lucky, live in Rehoboth Beach.
