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"For over 30 years
, we've been arranging free flights so children and adults
can have access to the far-from-home doctors that can save their lives."
2012 Healthcare for Heroes award winner
2012 Healthcare Champions award winner |
Weekly Update June 21, 2013
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Online Charity Auction
Find some great deals and help raise some money for our charity! Pilots and non-pilots will find trips, watches, electronics, training and more!
Angel Flight Southeast/Conine Clubhouse Golf Classic
Monday August 26, 2013 from 7:30 AM to 2:00 PM EDT
Please join us at the beautiful Madison Green Golf Club in West Palm Beach for a fundraiser to benefit Angel Flight Southeast and the Conine Clubhouse for children at Joe DiMaggio Hospital! Inlcudes Green fee, golf cart, goody bag, hole-in-one prizes, closet to the pin & longest drive holes, breakfast & dinner.
Madison Green Golf Club
17th Annual Angel Flight Southeast Pilot Awards, Pairing Party & Golf Tournament
Sunday November 10, 2013 at 5:00 PM EST -to- Monday November 11, 2013 at 3:00 PM EST
Join us at beautiful Mission Inn Resort & Club for a dinner and "pairing party" the evening of Sunday November 10. Then on Monday, November 11 (Veteran's Day) a great round of golf at Arlington Ridge Golf Club including full breakfast, lunch and more! Register soon for early-bird discounts. It's easy to pay with your credit card using PayP
Mission Inn Resort and Arlington Hills Golf Club
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For more information on our monthly meetings, call the office at
(352) 326-0761
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Pilot spotlight
These are the very special pilots that volunteered to take one or more of our many weekly missions. Thank you!!
Jeff Lichterman
Dr. Steven Bryan
Rodger Knox
Jack Schuler
Dr. Dinshaw Sidhwa
Dr. Delbert Hahn
Kevin Mahoney
John Hanselman
Dave Walker x2
46 mission legs were coordinated 6/1/2013 - 6/7/2013
David Taisch
Ted Satcher
Marc Miller
George Robbins
Christopher Moffatt
Mark Nowicki x2
Dave Rivero x2
Alan Hoffberg x3
Dave Walker x2
Colin Rainey
Laurelin Strom
John Flynn x2
John Hanselman
Dr. Delbert Hahn
Dee Cross
Harvey Moore
70 mission legs were coordinated 6/8/2013 - 6/14/2013
Jim Jordan
Larry Miller
Masoud Hamidian
Jeff Lichterman
Dr. Patric Danzey
David Trilling
Mike Grimes
Jack Alexander x2
34 mission legs were coordinated 6/15/2013 - 6/21/2013
First flight with us for Pilot Ryan Fiorini and first time flyer Sandra with her husband Tom. Sandra is traveling to a Medical University for a pre-op appointment. She will have a pancreatectomy and islet cell transplant for severe chronic pancreatitis. 
Kathy's Thank You
Patricia travels to Moffitt, and will be receiving a bone marrow transplant 
Alan Hoffberg's Thank You from Anna Rosa (editor's note: Alan did not actually teach Anna Rosa how to fly, but we like that she thinks so)
Four and a half year old Haley is traveling to Children's Medical Center for an MRI and treatment options for recently diagnosed epilepsy. (apraxia/dyspraxia/epilepsy/brain tumor)
Rodger Knox: " A sleeping patient makes a happy pilot"
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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.
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| In memory of: Ed McGarvey |
Ed McGarvey was our Monday mission coordinator for the last 10 years! He passed away 5/25/2013. He is survived by his daughters Anne and Lori, and wife Kathy. Prior to his generous volunteer work for us, Ed was a commercial pilot and recently had a nice article written about him. We'll miss you Ed!
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| American Legion Riders Florida Chapter 120 | |
Thanks again!
Earth Angel Janie Rocke and the riders held their annual poker run to raise money for our charity on June 2nd.
Stop 1: American Legion Post #120 Holly Hill, Fl Stop 2: Cabbage Patch Samsula, Fl Stop 3: Fox Head Lounge Osteen, Fl Stop 4: American Legion Post #17 Osteen, Fl Stop 5: American Legion Post #270 Port Orange, Fl Stop 6: American Legion Post #120 Holly Hill, Fl | |
| Vote for Angel Flight for best Gala/Event | |
From dedicated board member Bruce Brown:
To all my friends and Angel Flight Southeast volunteers and supporters,
As you may know, Akers Media is hosting an online vote for all the best things in this area. Among the topics on which you can vote are your favorites for best Gala and Event. If you have not already voted, please cast your write-in vote for the Angel Flight Southeast annual Pilots Awards Gala held at Mission Inn. For those of you that attended, everyone had a great time and we raised some needed money for the organization. Among the guests were several celebrities from the NFL, MLB, NHL and some local VIP's as well. So please vote for Best Gala.
With that Gala was our 17th Annual Golf Tournament held at Arlington Ridge...again everyone had a great time from the helicopter ball drop, several contests, to shooting their golf ball out of a "bazooka" on the 1st tee to the green. We had the best participation out of any charity to date with 86 out of 88 golfers trying to do their best. So, again, if you have not voted for your Best Event, please vote for Angel Flight Southeast for Best Event.
Last year we raised over $46,000 and hope to do much more than that this year!
This year's 2-day event will again be over the Veteran's Day holiday, and will be annually, so this year's Gala/Golf Tournament will be Nov. 10th & 11th. If you've already voted, please pass this on so we can get the best opportunity to win this vote.
The link is: www.LakeAndSumterStyle.com from now until July (don't know the exact date in July).
Thank you so much for your time and attention, and I appreciate you passing this on.
Take care,
Bruce O. Brown
Event Chairman
Editor's note: There is also an opportunity to vote for "Best Volunteer." I think it's a great opportunity to show our appreciation for Bruce and vote for him as well.
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| Lightspeed voting has begun and Angel Flight Southeast is a finalist! | |
10 seconds can get us $10,000! We've done it before, please help!
Click below:
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| Online auction (coming soon) |
Verandah Resort & Spa Antigua - 7 Night Stay Valued at $4,200 Starting bid- $599! Our twice-a-year auction is coming soon! Get great deals and help us fly more missions. Expect to see:
Avionics Watches Trips Simulator time ...and more
There will be items for pilots and non-pilots, keep tuned... | |
| FATA View Points Naples, Fl | |
Thanks to the leadership of FATA for inviting us to speak to the community of Naples, FL. Our goal was to educate the public on the importance of having a local airport and the positive impact general aviation has on their community.
Steve speaking about our medical flights | |
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| Volunteer opportunities: | |
Work-from-home phone opportunity: We need some volunteers to make calls to our social workers in the 644 healthcare facilities in our region. This is a critical function! This is one of the best ways for our passenger-patients to find out about our services. We need to update our list, educate the social workers of our fantastic service and send them our shiny new tri-fold brochures which will be printed soon.
We got three! Thank you to Carla, Andrea (Aubrey's Mom) & Mike Winter
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Question, comments or concerns?
Contact us at (352) 326-0761
or email us at info@mercymail.org
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Our organization entirely relies on donations to keep going. More than ever, we could use your help. Please consider making a donation today. Even better, make a recurring donation to help all year long.
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