News from Angel Flight Southeast

For over 29 years, we've been coordinating free air transportation for
children and adults with medical or compelling humanitarian needs

Weekly Update August 31, 2012

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Upcoming Events

Wing n Wheels

Saturday September 8, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT

Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport (JAXEX) and Chapter 193 of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) will host the second annual event. This free, family-friendly event is for aviation and car enthusiasts of all ages. Event Highlights: -Static Aircraft Displays -Car Show -Plane Rides -Food

Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport (JAXEX)

Health Care Champions

Thursday September 27, 2012 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT

The 3rd annual Health Care Champions award luncheon celebrates various organizations, health care professionals and volunteers that have exceptionally served the Treasure Coast area. Presented to you by Seacoast National Bank and Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, the event highlights and promotes excellent health care service and awareness

Port St. Lucie Civic Center

Angel Flight Southeast Event

Saturday October 6, 2012 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM EDT

The Unity in the Community Fest is a one-day family extravaganza. Central Florida is rich in cultural diversity. The purpose of this event is to celebrate community unity and raise awareness of the diversity of the various cultures in Central Florida area. There will be entertainment, various exhibitors & vendors, and food vendors.

Clermont's Waterfront Park

Angel Flight Bahamas Fly-In & Dinner Cruise October 6 & 7, 2012

Saturday October 6, 2012 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT

Angel Flight Fundraiser & Dinner Cruise Two nights Freeport Grand Bahama Buy your tickets with your credit card using our PayPal account

Freeport, Bahamas

Salute America Airshow Event Paulding Northwest Atlanta (PUJ)

Saturday October 20, 2012 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM EDT

Salute America 2012 Salute America 2012 is a historical celebration of aviation history and heritage. You can expect a day full of excitement and high flying family fun! Air Show acts and performances begin at 10:00 am and last until 3:30 pm

Paulding Northwest Atlanta (PUJ)

Pilots

Pilot tele-forum

For feedback, suggestions

and questions answered regarding missions

Moving to quarterly

Next to be announced

(712) 432-0080

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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 September 12

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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

Vote for us! 20 seconds could equal $10,000!

This year we are listed as our National affiliation "Air Charity Network"

Your Vote Counts!
Click to Vote.

Hurricane Isaac

Thanks to those who have offered to help. We are in touch with the various authorities and have only had one request for aerial photo reconnassiance so far. We will communicate to everyone if we receive any further requests.

Health Care Champion Award Treasure Coast- We're a finalist!

Thanks to Bill Brooks (and others), we received a nomination for the 2012 Health Care Champions award.

Dear Mr. Purello,

Congratulations, not only have you been nominated as a Health Care Champion, you are a FINALIST!

Bill Brooks nominated you in the category of 'Emergency Services' earlier this summer and an esteemed panel of judges from hospitals and health care agencies have selected YOU as a finalist.

Be sure to save the following date for the awards luncheon:

Health Care Champions Award Luncheon sponsored by Seacoast National Bank

Thursday, September 27th 12 p.m. until 2 p.m.

Port St. Lucie Civic Center, Port St. Lucie.

An invitation will be sent to you, for you and one guest to attend the luncheon. In the meantime, should you have any questions, please call me at the number below or visit the website at www.TCHealthcarechampions.com

Inez Frid

Marketing Coordinator

Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers

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Angel Flight on the radio

We recently had an interview with Obie Young, Obie S. Young, President of the National Aviation Safety Foundation
and Florida Aviation Network Producer. Obie is involved in promoting Aviation and Aviation Saftey through Television and Radio over the airwaves and via the internet. Thanks for the exposure, Obie!.

Listen here by going to the Angel Flight site and clicking "Listen here"

Congratulations!

To Pilot and supporter Bob Showalter for receiving an Outstanding Achievement Award in Public Benefit Flying -
Bob Showalter and Showalter Flying Services
For committed support of public benefit flying organizations in times of national and international crisis, such as relief work following the Haitian earthquake and Hurricane
Irene.

Full article

Pilot spotlight

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

Dr. Moorehouse x4

Harvey Moore

John Mitchum

Lucas Worthen

Dave Walker x2

David Rivero x3

Charles Gould

John Toohey

34 mission legs were coordinated 8/25 - 8/31

Angela (Patient), Connie (Mom) and Alan (Pilot)

Angela (Patient), Connie (Mom) and Alan (Pilot)

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.

Last day! Get your tickets!

Raffle ends August 31st.

LAST DAY!

The winner will choose between:

Air-to-Air simulated combat

or
A bombardier-seat ride on FiFi, the historic B29 bomber

A day of Skip Barber Racing school!

LAST DAY!

Tickets are $20 each, or 6 for $100

For more information, or to buy tickets, click here

Would you like to help sell tickets for us? You can print out the brochures or post electronically from this files:

Brochure
Brochure with page-turner

Volunteer opportunities:

Sep 25 9:30-12:30pm Fort Walton Beach, FL CFC Event

(Need booth help)

Oct 6 Clermont, FL Unity in the Community, Clermont's Waterfront Park (Need booth help)

Oct 20 - Melbourne, FL Florida Institute of Technology - AVIATION DAY 2012 9am-4pm (Booth help)

Nov 9 - 11 - Stuart Air Show, FL. Witham Field (KSUA). Stuart Air Show. Nov.9-11 (Have 3, need more)

And the winner is.....

Mark Snead of Ft. Lauderdale, FL!

Mark has won 6 hours of dual instruction in either a simulator or ground school valued at $1,100!

Mark just started flying for us and has already flown a number of missions this year, including four in July.

Thanks very much to Jim Hendricks of the Naples Flight Simulator Center for this very generous offer!

To qualify for August, we'll be doing a drawing of any pilot who has volunteered for a mission in that month. The next drawing will take place September 6, 2012 and be announced in the weekly update.

See details below:

6 Hours of free training!

Jim Hendricks of Naples Flight Simulator Center has a very special offer for Angel Flight pilots:

This will be limited to one 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.

We now have a PR agency (at no cost to us)- help us tell our story!

Hi Volunteer Pilot. As you have already been told Barton Gilanelli would like to promote the charitable flying organization you volunteer for. We have found reporters and editors are more likely to do a story about a "person" than an "organization." For this reason we would like to put you forward to the press and have you tell the story of the organization you fly for.

We will provide you with talking points and, if it would make you more comfortable, we could do some coaching with you. Once you have answered the questions below the rest is a piece of cake.

Remember, the story is about the charitable organization and your story introduces the reporter to the wonderful things that the organization does through volunteer pilots like you.

Pilot info for media outreach

Question, comments or concerns?
Contact us at (352) 326-0761
or email us at info@mercymail.org