KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Operation Honor Guard received a big donation on Friday. Knoxville Wholesale Furniture donated $10,000 to the nonprofit organization that provides honorably discharged military service members with funeral honors free of charge.
“We are so blessed and lucky that we could donate to this incredible group of people,” Knoxville Wholesale Furniture owner Tim Harris said.
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Operation Honor Guard says it cost about $125 to serve at a funeral.
“It will pay for new uniforms for our members,” David Caldwell, president of the Volunteer State Veterans Honor Guard, said. “It will pay for the upkeep of our van, gas, maintenance, and insurance. It will also pay for our weapons and maintenance on them.”