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Upcoming Events  

Mercy Flight Southeast Board Meeting Feb 9

Saturday February 9, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST

Our Q4 board meeting in Leesburg, held at our regional headquarters.

Leesburg Regional Headquarters

Venice Municipal Airport Open House

Monday February 25 2013 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM EST

Venice Municipal Airport Open House Saturday, Feb. 25, 10am 4pm Airplanes, Food, Bounce House, Fun Free parking and admission

Venice Municipal Airport (KVNC)

Donor by choice...not by accident

Friday March 1, 2013 from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EST

Angel Flight will be presenting at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL. Rider Links, Inc. is on a mission to promote Organ and Tissue Donation to newly licensed drivers through High School Driver Education, Motorcycle Endorsement Classes, and Experienced Driver Safety Education.

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood

Angel Flight Southeast Texas Hold'm: Saturday March 16, 2013 Leesburg

Saturday March 16, 2013 from 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT

Texas Holdem Tournament To Benefit Angel Flight Southeast (AFSE) Where: Gator Harley-Davidson Lots of Great Prizes!!! $40 Including food (purchased in advance) Great Prizes!

Gator Harley-Davidson Leesburg, Florida

Run for the Angels 5K Event April 5, 2013 Orlando

Friday April 5, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT

The Orlando Executive Airport, is having a 5K run/walk April 5th to benefit Angel Flight Southeast! We are limiting the 5K Run to the first 250 runners/walkers that want to sign up and support Angel Flight SE. ! A unique run on taxiways and a runway to support a great cause!

Greater Orlando Aviation Authority Community Bldg.

Pilot tele-forum

For feedback, suggestions 

and questions answered regarding missions

Next date TBA 5pm

(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

Next one: TBA

(712) 432-0080

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

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

Stan Shaw

Daniel Barreto

Dr. Hahn

Richard Kendel

Harvey Moore

John Hanselman x2

Don Bradford

David Walker

Steve Purello x2

Steve High

Ed McDonald

Don Roberts x2

Mike Alger

Ed Patenaude x2

Mark Nowicki

35 mission legs were coordinated 1/19/13 - 1/25/13

 

Warren Cheatham

Rick Sorrell

Dave Walker

Lee Sewell

John Hanselman

Dr. Kushner

Dr. Bryan

 

22 mission legs were coordinated 1/26/13 - 2/1/13

 

Ken and Ace with Pilot Ernest Burdette
 

 

Aubrey and mom Andrea in Steve High's airplane 

 

Mom Andrea, baby Aubrey and pilot Steve Purello 

 

 

 Aubrey sleeping in the plane 

 

 

 

Aubrey and Mom

 

 

 

Dear Alan,

 

   First of all I want to thank you with all my heart for you flying me down to West Palm Beach & the extras that you did that day. I'm just sorry you couldn't get a chance to see your daughter.

   It was an experience being in a small plane at the steering wheel and dials. I'm still nervous about big planes, but this felt different. EXCEPT when you gave me the wheel. I'm not up to that level just yet!

   Talking to my youngest son Zach, I told him all about it 'cuz he goes to school at AMI for learning how to work on planes & jets. He's al most done with school & I am SO proud of him for he was an auto mechanic first, but wanted to go on. He's great working with his hands & figuring out puzzling things. He told me that they work on a Cessna (172?) the type you had. So he was very familiar with all the things I described to him.

   I have decided to have the fixator surgery. I have made the commitment to the 4-6 months of time. It will give me time to catch up on my reading, sewing and painting; the first thing I'm going to paint is my crutches! I figure I can always have the amputation later on if need be. And once it's done like sewing or carpentry, you can't put something back when you've cut it (too small in many cases!).

   So that's my decision, and I hope I get you as my pilot. I really enjoyed the time spent with you & hearing about your daughters. So perhaps our paths will cross again. I have at least 6 more times (if all goes well) to travel to W. P. Beach and I spoke to Kathy * she OK'd that.

   So now all I have to worry about [is] getting from airport to Paley Institute & back, and staying overnite in a nearby hotel. They told me I won't be admitted to the hospital until after the surgery.

   I need a facilitator to figure all this stuff out. I do hope they have one. So it's going to be Valentine's Day (Feb 14) as there was only one [opening] in January that I couldn't make, & that [is] the 1st [opening] in February.

   I hope I run into you; it would be very pleasant to continue our friendship. [If] we can't then that'd be a shame!

   Oh yes; thank you SO much for mailing my sweater. It's my favorite & comes in handy on those COLD mornings

Many thanks, again,

Linda 

 

 

 

Challenge Air pilots 

Civil Air Patrol with Steve Purello, Tom Powers & Ken Langley

Grant writing- We really need more help!

Hotline specialists- These special people help the initial coordination of the missions