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Upcoming Events
Nathaniel's Hope Big 10 Make 'm Smile June 2, 2012
Saturday June 2, 2012 from 7:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
A community festival that celebrates kids with special needs (VIP kids) and their families and features a Buddy Stroll around Lake Eola. 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
Boy Scouts Visit at Angel Flight Southeast Headquarters June 5, 2012
Tuesday June 5, 2012 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Angel Flight Southeast Headquarters
Florida Aviation Trades Association (FATA) Annual Conference June 11-13, 2012
Monday June 11, 2012 at 8:30 AM EDT -to- Wednesday June 13, 2012 at 10:30 AM EDT
FATA is a leader in promoting and protecting aviation in Florida. Part of our advocacy is taking the message to the non-aviation community about the positive economic and quality of life effects aviation brings to their community.
Four Seasons Resort, Palm Beach, FL
Mercy Flight Southeast 3-way raffle!
Friday August 31, 2012 from 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM EDT
Mercy Flight Southeast is holding a special raffle to help raise money for our life-saving mission of coordinating free air transportation for children and adults with medical or compelling humanitarian needs. The funds make sure the "lights stay on" to answer phone calls 24 hours, 7 days per week; even when calls come in the middle of the night!
Mercy Flight Southeast Headquarters
Angel Flight Annual Leesburg Golf Tournament & Pairing Party November 11, 12, 2012
Sunday November 11, 2012 at 7:30 PM EST -to- Monday November 12, 2012 at 4:00 PM EST
Join us at Beautiful Arlington Hills Golf Club for a a dinner and "pairing party" the evening of Sunday November 11, then on Monday, November 12 (Veteran's Day) 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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Pilot tele-forum
For feedback, suggestions
and questions answered regarding missions
First Tuesday every month at 7pm
Next forum is WEDNESDAY June 6th
(712) 432-0080
949489# via join.me
These have been really well-received! Please send future agenda items to steve.purello@mercymail.org
Wings
Region-wide Wing meeting for Wing Leaders and interested parties:
2nd Tuesday of every month 7pm (712) 432-0080
Next one June 12
949489# via join.me
This will be for our wings to
be able to share best practices and learn how we can do a better job with local outreach and fundraising in our communities.
For more information on our monthly meetings, call the office at
(352) 326-0761
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| Channel 6 Orlando interview | |
Great interview this week with Jim Jordan, Steve Purello, and Channel 6. And a big THANKS to Ken and Adam for presenting a grant check for $2500 on behalf of Enterprise Rent-A-Car! Looking forward to the next 5K already!!
This segment will be aired on "Making a Difference" on WKMG Orlando soon. Keep your eyes out if you're local, and we'll send a link to everyone when it's available online.
Pilot Jim Jordan, Ken & Adam from Enterprise Rent A Car, Channel 6 reporter and Steve
Enterprise Rent a Car grant check with Ken & Adam
Channel 6 WKMG News truck
Jim Jordan's Cherokee 6 
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| Welcome AeroCapital! | |
We have a very special offer to help Angel Flight Southeast do some creative fundraising and save our pilot/aircraft owners some of the expense of flying. Johnny Pineyro, one of our board members, has participated and is saving over $600 per month as a result of this partnership with Aero Capital.
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Maurice Gogarty is still looking for pilots
Hurricane Katrina study
We are looking to Angel Flight™ Southeast to assist in finding twenty (20) Angel Flight™ Southeast pilots who flew volunteer rescue or relief missions into New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Interested study participants will be asked to participate in a one-on-one telephone interview with the researcher to discuss individual experiences regarding their activities in support of Hurricane Katrina relief or rescue activity in New Orleans. Another objective of the interview will address societal awareness of the public benefit flying industry and Angel Flight™ Southeast along with the prevailing shortage of volunteer pilots. Questions will be provided to participants in advance of the interview. The interviews are expected to be conducted in the June / July 2012 time period and each will last approximately 45 to 60 minutes in duration. The interviews will be recorded and subsequently transcribed for inclusion in the study. In some instances, there may also be the possibility of a brief, follow-up conversation, but only for clarification purposes.
Identification of study participants is anonymous and confidential. As well, study participants will be asked to sign a release form indicating voluntary participation in the study, and acknowledging participant rights, including the right to withdraw from the study at any time.
My very best regards,
Mo
Maurice M. Gogarty (Mo)
Student Doctoral Studies
(937) - 572-5350
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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
Ted Satcher Gerald Kenny Charles George x2 David Walker Alan Hoffberg x2 Jack Alexander Harvey Moore Bob Wall Kirk Cianciolo
38 mission legs were coordinated 5/26 - 6/1
Pilot Alan Hoffberg, Janina, Mom & Dad
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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.
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| 6 Hours of free training! | |
Jim Hendricks of Naples Flight Simulator Center has a very special offer for Angel Flight pilots:
LIMTED TO ONE ANGEL FLIGHT PILOT PER MONTH
Jim would like to offer 6 hours of dual instruction in either a simulator or ground school
Use those hours for your next IPC, BFR, towards a new rating, or any other skills training you'd like; no strings attached.
Thanks very much to Jim for this very generous offer!
To qualify, we'll be doing a drawing of any pilot who has volunteered for a mission in the month of June. The drawing will take place July 5, 2012 and be announced in the weekly update.
This is a brand-new program, and based upon feedback we receive, we may be expanding it. Please let us know what you think.
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| We need volunteers for the following events: | |
A Tuesday in June or July at 12:00 at the Newnan Country Club Newnan, GA (Speaker needed)
Jun 12 - Palm Beach, FL. FATA 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, have one, need another!)
Nov 11, 12 - Leesburg, FL. Arlington Ridge Golf Course. (We have 8-12 so far, but need about 30!)
If you can help with any of these events, please email to info@mercymail.org, or call (352) 326-0761 x1500 (have nine, need more!)
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| 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 our org in their will?
- Do you work for a company that does planned giving, such as payroll deductions?
- Want to give monthly automatically? We can handle that!
- Want to donate a car, boat or airplane? We can handle that too!
Any leads are greatly appreciated! Please call the office at (352) 326-0761 x1500
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| May missions way up! | |
Compared to last year, we flew 45% more missions this year!
Thank you pilots, donors, coordinators, hotline reps, media outlets, case managers and all of our supporters! We couldn't do it without you!
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