A local man, Jason Snow, has taken up a cause to help raise funds for the Women Air Force Service Pilots, better known as the WASP. These ladies were the first women to fly America’s military aircraft and forever changed the role of women in aviation.
The WASP are honored through the National WASP WWII Museum in Sweetwater which seeks to educate and inspire all generations with the story of the WASP. According to the WASP Museum website, there are 260 of the WASP still living. 17 of these attended a WASP homecoming in 2010. It is hoped that more will be able to attend the homecoming hosted in Sweetwater this year.
The fundraiser has been developed by Snow in order to help the WASP with their travel expenses. He enjoys getting to know the WASP personally and even drives a van to help the ladies get to their reunion each year. Snow, along with students of Highland High School (a Class A school 12 miles outside of Sweetwater) are putting on a performance of scenes from a play about Jacqueline Cochran, “The Fastest Woman Alive” will be held at the Brownwood High School Dorothy McIntosh Fine Arts Center on Friday May 6th at 7pm. (The auditorium is handicap accessible.) This is a one act play by Karen Sunde telling the life story of Jacqueline Cochran, who is credited with making the Women Airforce Service Pilots a reality.
Tickets are on sale at the Brownwood Area Chamber of Commerce, Big Country Ford and Wendlee Broadcasting. General Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for children 12 and under, with tickets available at the door. Special Dinner Banquet tickets are available for$20 with dinner served at the First United Methodist Church across from Brownwood High School at 5:30pm. Only 100 banquet tickets are available.
For more information please contact Jason Snow at 325-200-2204.
