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Shop And Give To AFMA

Jim — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:50:46 +0000

We have partnered with Give Back America to help raise money for our organization, all at no extra cost to our supporters.

GiveBackAmerica.com is an online shopping mall created to raise money for local and national charities. The concept is simple, every time you shop online from one of the participating retailers on GiveBackAmerica.com (ex. Target, Amazon, Walmart, Home Depot, Expedia, Staples); a percentage of each purchase goes to Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic. To begin raising money click here.

Shout Outs to Angels

Jim — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:49:02 +0000

Angel Flight depends on angels, and we would like to recognize two extraordinary groups that have recently raised funds to provide wings for patients in need.

Dave and John’s Remembrance Golf Tournament. This year’s golf charity to benefit Angel Flight, held at Newport News (Virginia) Golf Club at Deer Run on October 22, exceeded last year’s record donation of $8,500. The hard-working committee, spearheaded by Joel Carrillo, raised $11,985. After the tournament, participants gathered at RJ’s Sports Pub and Restaurant where they were treated to a buffet luncheon followed by award presentations and a live auction. You’ve earned your halos, and we are so very grateful for this gift.
Exxon Mobil Corporation. ExxonMobil Employees’ Favorite Charities Campaign and Exxon Mobil Corporation work together each year to support local health and human services organizations and have again funded Angel Flight with a grant of $1,741 that represents donations from employees that are matched by the corporation. We appreciate the benevolence of a big business with big-hearted employees!

Steve Hambrecht runs for Angel Flight

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:24:29 +0000

It’s hard to say which gives off more energy—his passion for Angel Flight or his prowess as a runner. But when you put them together, as Steve Hambrecht did when he ran the Rock and Roll Half Marathon on Labor Day weekend in Virginia Beach, the result is powerful:

Steve raised over $2,200 by attracting sponsors in his run for Angel Flight. Thanks, Steve, for running the race for the patients who rely on Angel Flight for travel to distant, specialized medical care.

Hambrecht is a member of a committee that has been working hard for the past several months planning the Third Annual Dave and John’s Remembrance Golf Tournament. This will be on October 1 at Deer Run Golf Course in Newport News. It’s not too late to sign up! Go to Event web site. As in prior years, the event benefits Angel Flight with last year’s contest netting over $8,000. “My personal goal is to do it again next year and exceed this year’s contributions,” Steve said.

Michigan Pilot of the Year

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:50:12 +0000

Ken Grakauskas, the Michigan Pilot of the Year, is featured in the news article found here.

Make Your Vote Count

admin — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:26:57 +0000

Here’s your chance to help AFMA become the beneficiary of a $10,000 grant from the Lightspeed Aviation Foundation. The top five selected charities will each receive no less than $10,000. Click here and vote for Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic.

Inspiring Documentary Now Available

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:38:11 +0000

Where do you get help when you’re sick and spent down, when medical treatment is far from home? The gift of flight is the subject of this inspiring documentary that showcases a small office in Virginia whose motto is, “No patient left behind.”

Veterans, children, cancer patients, burn victims—all these and more find hope and healing

View the full version of the documentary here

Order the DVD of this powerful new documentary, filmed as a gift to us by Cross and Flag Productions — yours for a $25 donation (includes shipping and handling).

Pay using credit card by clicking “Buy Now” button below

Or send check payable to:

Mercy Medical Airlift (designate “Film”):

4620 Haygood Road, Suite 1, Virginia Beach VA 23455.

Questions? Call Suzanne Rhodes at 757-271-2299

WHYY Broadcast, “Delaware Tonight,” July 1, 2009

admin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:14:33 +0000

Angel Flight pilot Brett Lunger, Delaware’s Pilot of the Year, is spotlighted in this excellent news feature, along with his co-pilot and wife, Caroline Lunger, as they transport a patient, helping her “rise above the burdens of illness” in the words of a WHYY news anchor.

Angel Flight featured on Today Show

admin — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:37:35 +0000

Watch this deeply moving Today Show segment with Katie Couric as she meets an Angel Flight pilot and passengers—a teenaged boy afflicted with an inoperable brain tumor and his tender-hearted father.

NBC’s Today selected Angel Flight for a special “Who We Admire” series. Volunteer pilot Richard Love transported 14-year-old Mitchell and his father, Jack, to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as their last best hope for treatment. Couric met them on the tarmac at the Teterboro airport near New York City for the interview. Sadly, Mitchell passed away a few weeks later.

Angel Flight teams with Victory Junction

admin — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:36:54 +0000

n our public service announcement, Richard and Kyle Petty explain how Angel Flight and Victory Junction Gang Camp team together to change the lives of children with special needs.

The camp, with its NASCAR theme, offers a week of exciting activities including horseback riding, swimming, fishing, hot air balloon rides and other fun for children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses. A medical staff is available at all times. Angel Flight pilots give free airplane rides to and from camp for children who have no other way to get there.

Richard and Kyle Petty care about the race, as you will see in our public service announcement. NASCAR and the human race inspired the Pettys to create Victory Junction Gang Camp for special needs children, and Angel Flight pilots make sure they get there for the fun.

Our Pilots, Our Heroes

admin — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:24:48 +0000

Angel Flight and Airlift Hope pilots enjoyed a banquet in their honor on April 18 during the second annual Gathering of Eagles in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Pictured in the photo above (back row, left to right) are Ron Calugar, Doug Robinson, Kenny Hardin, Dan Dedona, John Pilkins, and Jan Greenberg, Dale Shymkewich. Middle row: Chris Noonan, Jim Loncella, John Sullivan, Samuel Pais, Cleve Benedict. Front row: Tony Schmidt, Charlie Poll, Dave Pride.

For outstanding service in their respective states in 2008, the following were named Pilots of the Year: Cleve Benedict (WV), Dale Shymkewich (VA), Doug Robinson (MD), Charlie Poll (OH), Dan Dedona (PA), Dick Lawrence (MI), Brett Lunger (DE), Tony Schmidt (KY), Huston Simmons (DC), Kenny Hardin (NC), and Dave Pride (TN). Pride was also named Pilot of the Year for the Mid-Atlantic region. Congratulations to all of our volunteer pilots—both named and unnamed—for their selfless service in helping patients to find “the shortest distance between home and hope.”