Banners of Honor, with the help of Dekra-Lite, intalled ninety-three banners on light-poles on Katella Ave. and Lexington Ave. on Jan. 18-19. The new banners replaced worn out ones from Walker Street to the 605 Freeway, and on Lexington Ave. leading up to the Joint Forces Training Base. Los Alamitos residents, local businesses, schools, and organizations sponsored the banners.
Banners of Honor, with the help of Dekra-Lite, intalled ninety-three banners on light-poles on Katella Ave. and Lexington Ave. on Jan. 18-19. The new banners replaced worn out ones from Walker Street to the 605 Freeway, and on Lexington Ave. leading up to the Joint Forces Training Base. Los Alamitos residents, local businesses, schools, and organizations sponsored the banners.
“Thank you loyal sponsors, thank you active Military and Veterans. Because of your service, we are able to enjoy our freedoms in our little town of Los Alamitos,” said Nancy Karmelich, who’s President of Banners of Honors Inc.
Banners of Honor will also be donating 31 banners to decorate the JFTB.
Karmelich founded the non-profit organization Banners of Honor in 2011. Karmelich says the organization’s purpose is “to show respect to those who protect the freedoms which come at a selfless price, where freedom is not free.”
The program began with what it calls phase one where 22 banners were installed on light poles in Los Alamitos. Phase two in 2012 saw 71 more go up on Katella Ave. leading from the 605 Freeway up until Walker Ave.
Karmelich says the program used money raised through the program to donate the banners that will be installed on the base. Showing appreciation to our Nation’s Military is what Karmelich says the program is all about.
“Banners of Honor is the middle-man to connect those that want to express their appreciation to our military through the patriotic banners,” said Karmelich.
With the support of individual sponsorship, the program has 83 banners on Katella and 10 banners on Lexington.
Sponsors got their choice of a military character word being displayed on the front-side of the banner along with their name at the bottom of the banner(s) they sponsored. Words such as Allegiance, American, Brave, Citizen, Committed, Courage, Defends, Devotion, Duty, Excellence, Faithful, Freedom, Gallant Hero, Honor, Integrity, Liberty, Loyalty, Patriot, Pride, Protects, Reverence, Sacrifice, Selfless, Service, Valor, were available. Sponsors also chose between two designs for the backside. The sponsored banners will remain on the light poles for 3 years, says Karmelich.
Following this is a list of sponsors of the program: Arrowhead Products, Rotary Club of Los Alamitos/Seal Beach, Los Alamitos Unified School District, American Legion Post 716, American Legion Sons Squadron 716, Nick’s Deli/Zampino Family, Spaghettini, Shenandoah at the Arbor, St. Hedwig Catholic Church, Greg and Patti Evanoff, Los Alamitos Medical Center, Global Experience Specialists (GES), Southland Credit Union, Josh Wilson and the Wilson Family, Paul Henrichs LTC US Army, Nancy Karmelich; Banners of Honor, Silvia & Jaime Flores /Palos Rodriguez Family, Karmelich Real Estate Appraisals, Rob, Debbie, Elana, and Stefanie Feldman, The Family Plumber, Leone Electric, Inc., Rosemary Murray/ U.S. Marines, US Marines, Kidnastics, Matt Herrick and the Herrick Family, Norm, Jeff, Thomas, and Ashley Frantz, Griffins Grill, Alamitos Podiatry Group, Don’s Turf Motel, Patient Preferred Dermatology, Sixty Minute Spectacles, Cottonwood Church, William C. Poe V, DDS, Acme Tax, Dean and Wendy Grose – In God We Trust, OCFA Benevolent Association, James Urie and Donald Williams, Alamitos Physical Therapy, Association of the United States Army, Simply O Organic Juice Bar & Coffee, Play It Again Sports/ Los Alamitos, Chanin and Matt Alexander in honor of LCPL Kyle W. Burns, Eddie Kesky–General Contractor, In Honor of “Richard Ruiz”, The Hasselbrink Family, Orange County Breeze, Friends:Rosemary, Sharon, Rita, Linda, Sandy, Lucie, Judy, Kerry, Mary Kay, Angela & Nancy, The Landworth Family, Law Office of Vincent Purinton, In Honor Of “Morton Bilowit,” Gianna & Dylan Maggiore/The Brew Kitchen, McAuliffe Middle School, Senator Janet Nguyen, Sean McCann USMC/Penny Sells Homes, Morton Bilowit WWII Army Air Corps, RADM D.G. Ramsey/The Ramsey Family, Mighty Kitchen, Law Office of Vincent Purinton, APS-Development, Sea Air Federal Credit Union, Hopkinson Elementary, Brandon, Stacey, & George Evanoff, In Honor of Richard Ruiz, GL Howard Inc, CPAs LLP, Bill & Barbara Graham & Family, Peter Patrucci USMC The Gallegos Family, Denny Family, MD Graphic Installers, Los Alamitos Youth Baseball, Brew Kitchen Alehouse, James L. Crismon WWII, Korea, Vietnam, McKenzie Legal & Financial, California State Military/ Military Reserve, Marian Last, LMFT/ Long Term Care, The Farren Family, Rockenmacher Chiropratic, WWII-Thank You 442nd Combat Boys, Kumon Center of Los Alamitos, Friday Night Lights, Chang Orthodontics, Los Alamitos Police Department, Alamitos Oral Surgery, South Coast Supply, Myla & Isabella Karmelich, 1st Marine Division Los Almitos Post 716, Liewald CPA Acctg / We Support Classrooms.