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Weekly Update May 11, 2012
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 MercyMiles mission of the week:

21202-1

Crestview, FL 

to Leesburg, FL 

Epilepsy

272 of 272 Miles remaining

 

Upcoming Events

 

Angel Flight St. Pete/Tampa Bay Wing Golf Tournament May 14 , 2012

Monday May 14, 2012 from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM EDT

Join us at the beautiful Feather Sound Country Club for a great round of golf including a helicopter ball drop, putting contest, silent auction, lunch, dinner and more to raise much needed money for Angel Flight! Register soon for early-bird discounts. It's easy to pay with your credit card using PayPal

Feather Sound Country Club

 

Health Care Heroes Awards Luncheon May 22, 2012

Tuesday May 22, 2012 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT

The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce is pleased to inform that Angel Flight Southeasthas been selected as one of the three finalists in the category of Institution/Program for the 2012 Health Care Heroes Awards, nominated by Mark Mirin, South Florida AFSE Wing Leader.

Jungle Island Treetop Ballroom

 

Nathaniel's Hope Big 10 Make 'm Smile June 2, 2012

 Enjoy free food, entertainment, prizes, and a chance to visit exhibitors that service the special needs community. This event is FREE of charge and happens RAIN OR SHINE!

Lake Eola in Downtown Orlando

 

Angel Flight Annual Leesburg Golf Tournament November 12, 2012

Monday November 12, 2012 from 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM EST

Join us at Beautiful Arlington Hills Golf Club for a great round of golf including a putting contest, full breakfast, lunch and more! Register soon for early-bird discounts. It's easy to pay with your credit card using PayPal

Arlington Hills Golf Club Leesburg, Florida

 

 

 

 

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For feedback, suggestions 

and questions answered regarding missions

First Tuesday every month at 7pm 

Next forum is June 5th

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Wings

   

West Palm Beach Wing

First Thursday 6:30pm 

 every month

Galaxy FBO

Galaxy FBO West Palm Beach International (KPBI)

 

St. Pete Wing/Tampa

Third Wednesday 

6:30pm every month

Next meeting is June 20   

Location varies

 

 

For more information on our monthly meetings, call the office at 

(352) 326-0761

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Angel Flight Charity Golf Classic on Monday!
 
Treat yourself to the day off. You deserve it.
 
We have dozens of players, but there's room for a few more! If you can't make it, you can always buy some raffle tickets for the helicopter ball drop. See you there!
The 2012 Charity Golf Classic is scheduled for Monday, May 14 11am at the Feather Sound County Club in Clearwater, FL. 
 Feather Sound Golf Course 
Register here, or for more information about sponsorships, contact Event Chairman, Bill Shivers at wnshivers@aol.com.


Gator Fly-in, Gainesville, FL
The great folks at University Air invited Angel Flight Southeast to their 2nd annual Gator Fly-in this year. There were muscle cars, fighter planes (an F18 flew right under us on our way in) with great food and entertainment. Water was the big item for us, and we raised a bunch of money giving out water, and receiving donations in return. Special thanks University Air, as well as Mike Winter and Bob Duncan for working the booth !

 

University Air staff at the Angel Flight booth 
Unviersity Air staff at Angel Flight booth 
Gator Fly in Shands Helicopter 
Gator Fly in Shands Helicopter 
Gator Fly in muscle cars 
Gator Fly in muscle cars 
Opa-Locka SAFEE Fly-in
A big thanks to Miami ATC and National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) for inviting us to their fly-in. We sold lots of bears and hats and gave out information and water at the two-day event where they had thousands of kids and a large number of static war-birds on display.

Angel Flight booth at KOPF
Angel Flight booth at KOPF
Our generous friends at NATCA Charitable
KOPF Fly in NATCA booth
 
Vote for us! 20 seconds could equal $10,000!
 
This year we are listed as our National affiliation "Air Charity Network"
 
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Pilot spotlight

These are the very special pilots that volunteered to take one or more of our many weekly missions.

 

Jerry Trachtman

Eddie Fullmer

Gary Eng

Dr. Shelton

Clayton Tapp

Marc Miller

Marc Snell x2

 

45 mission legs were coordinated 5/5 - 5/11

  

Claudia, Mark, Diamond , Mitsy & Steve on their way to Ft. Lauderdale from Leesburg, FL

Claudia Mark Diamond Mitsy & Steve 

Claudia, Mark, Diamond, Mitsy, Steve & 

supplies for the KOPF Fly-in

Claudia Mark Diamond Steve

 

 

Note from the editor to our pilots: Please take more photos so I can put them up here!
 
Pilots: Please send your photos via your smart-phones to: info@mercymail.org. We'll get them posted on our social networks so we get some additional PR. 
 
Thank you for all of your time and energy.

  

 

We need volunteers for the following events:
Saturday June 2, 7:30am-1pm Orlando, FL Lake Eola
Nathaniel's Hope- (Booth help & driving Amelia from Leesburg to Orlando) www.NathanielsHope.org

 

Saturday May 26 - Miami, FLKendall Tamiami Executive (TMB). Wings, Strings & Other Classics (Booth help)

 

A Tuesday in June or July at 12:00 at the Newnan Country Club Newnan, GA (Speaker needed)
 
Jun 12 - Palm Beach, FLFATA Annual Conference. 8:10 am - 9:30 am (Booth help)

 

Sep 8 - Jacksonville, FL. Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport (CRG). Wings 'n' Wheels 2012 (Booth help)

 

Nov 9 - 11 - Stuart Air Show, FL. Witham Field (KSUA). Stuart Air Show. Nov.9-11 (Booth help)

 

Oct 20 - Dallas (Atlanta), GA. Paulding Northwest Atlanta (PUJ(Booth help)

 

If you can help with any of these events, please email to info@mercymail.org, or call (352) 326-0761 x1500
We need some assistance!
The summer months tend to be especially lean for fundraising, and we are hard at work trying to find creative ways to raise much needed funds in this environment.

Here are some ways you can help, if you can't write a check yourself:
  • Do you know any Foundations you can recommend to us?
  • Do you know anyone who would be willing to put Angel Flight in their will?
  • Do you work for a company that does planned giving, such as payroll deductions?
Any leads are greatly appreciated! Please call the office at (352) 326-0761 x1500
 
Vehicle donations
Did you know Angel Flight Southeast accepts cars, boats and even airplanes for donations? A very special donor gave us his wife's old car as a donation to make sure we keep reaching out and letting people know of our services, answer the phones for emergency and non-emergency calls 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and coordinate and re-coordinate thousands of flight each year!
 
Ford Thunderbird

To donate a vehicle, just give us a call at (352) 326-0761
"Ramping up" our operations for Medical City, Orlando
Medical City in Orlando, Fl is a tremendous project which will give the City a number of new hospitals, and when complete create one of the most prominent medical facilities in the world. There is already a VA hospital being built, and teaching hospital which has been built, and a number of other hospitals planned including a cancer hospital, childrens hospital and more. Angel Flight recently met with the Edyth Bush Foundation, a prominent supporter of the Medical City and past/future supporter and partner of Angel Flight Southeast.
 
Va Hospital in Medical City Orlando 
Va Hospital in Medical City Orlando
Question, comments or concerns?
Contact us at (352) 326-0761
or email us at info@mercymail.org