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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."

Healthcare for Heroes award winner

Healthcare Champions award winner

Update July 4, 2014

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Upcoming Events

Orlando World Soccer and Food Festival

Sunday July 13, 2014 from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM EDT

Best Viewing Party in Orlando! View World Soccer match like a true soccer fan - in the heart of Downtown Orlando. Feel the rush of the game with large flat panel screens, great food & drink, and the largest international and local soccer fan base in Central Florida. Proceeds are going to help our charity! http://worldcuporlandoparty.com/

Amway Center

GA Telesis Fishing Tournament 2014

Wednesday August 20, 2014 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT

GA Telesis, a global leader in commercial aerospace, is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale and is one of the world's largest commercial aerospace firms with more than $1 billion in assets under management. GA Telesis is donating the proceeds of this tournament. Contact Andrew Einbinder at (954) 958-0210 for more details

Fort Lauderdale

Dimanche Chic Fashion Show

Saturday September 20, 2014 from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT

For fashion lovers in Orlando, Dimanche Chic provides the only premiere high-fashion event in the area and a fantastic reason to wear their favorite outfit. Dimanche Chic is all about indulging in the fashion you love while giving back to the communities that need it.

Orlando Executive Airport

Aviation Professionals Golf Classic supporting Mercy Flight Southeast

Monday October 20, 2014 from 11:30 AM to 5:30 PM EDT

Running during the Orlando NBAA convention, includes Bus Transportation to/from the convention center. See the Dan Boever Golf Show, Shot Gun Start:11:30 (Scramble Format), Cocktails, Dinner & Awards! For more info and registration visit: businessaviationgolf.org

Champion's Gate Resort

Mercy Flight Southeast 18th Annual Golf Tournament

Tuesday November 11, 2014 from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM EST

Join us for a great round of golf at Arlington Ridge Golf Club including full breakfast, lunch and more! Register soon for early-bird discounts.

Arlington Ridge Golf Club

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

(352) 326-0761

Garcia girls Andrea, mom, pilot Marc Miller, dad and Maria

The fifth time was a charm!

After four previously failed attempts, 23 month-old Desmond Creary finally received his liver at the Jackson Memorial Hospital on June 24.

Pilot Fred Cutting brought Desmond and his mother there for the second time in about a month, landing at 12:30am at the Miami International Airport. Fred leaped into action after receiving a call late at night from the 24/7 Transplant Response Team at Angel Flight Southeast.

Congrats to the Creary family!

Thank you Fred!

Bay News 9 will be following up with another piece on this fantastic story.

Pilot Spotlight

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

Ryan Fiorini Dennis Dabney Ed Golly Dave Rivero x2 Kirk Cianciolo David Trilling Mark Snead Allan Weltman Rick Sorrell George Robbins Bob Butler Stan Shaw Steve High Randy Brennan Manny Brecker Fred Cutting-TRANSPLANT!! Robert Towe x2	Dr. Keith Kilgallen x2 Jim Jordan Steve High x2 Dr. Dinshaw Sidhwa Manny Brecker x2 Alan Hoffberg x2 Charlie Gould x2 Robert Towe Grey Hencken Ed McDonald x2 Dr. Donna Shannon
76 mission legs were coordinated 6/21/2014 to 6/27/2014	50 mission legs were coordinated 6/28/2014 to 7/3/2014

Nice note from one of our patients suffering from a painful, burning skin disease:

Hi Kathy,

I cannot stress enough the happiness & joy that the pilots at Angel Flight spread.

I had a wonderful trip & everything went extraordinarily well. The weather before & after that day were not cooperative so I really am lucky & grateful that the day of flight was very nice indeed.

I really do not know what I would do without this wonderful organization & the caring people in it.

Being disabled changes a person's life & just knowing that there are people out that that care enough to do what they can to make a persons life easier is comforting on a level that few will ever understand.

To actually be on the receiving end of all that care is an awesome feeling, it brings a serene sense of peace & love of the best human traits in existence.

My sincere thanks to you for your organization skills.

My sincere thanks to David Trilling.

My sincere thanks to David & Ruth Taisch.

I am very appreciative & had wonderful flights.

I gave both taxi drivers, to & fro, some Angel Flight brochures as well as the doctor. The doctor promptly put one up on the bulletin board.

Sorry but no pictures this time.

Thank you kindly, Carole

Pilot Bob Butler, Sven and Mom. Little Sven is traveling to the Murray Ocular Oncology & Retina for a confirmation of his diagnosis, evaluation and treatment options for eye cancer.

Pilot Stan Shaw, Sven and Mom

Sven and Mom in Pilot Steve High's airplane

New software, better results

Great response! Many of our pilots took advantage of this feature the past two weeks. Enjoy!

With the latest updates to our coordination software, passengers can sign and send their waivers of liability right on our pilots' smart-phones and tablets!

Pilots: The link to the waiver is in the mission details email. Simply open the email on your smart-phone.

It will automatically open the signature box on you phone, and the passenger can sign with their finger! Works on Apple, Android and Windows devices.

Electronic waiver on smart-phone

Appalachian Trail

"...and the only way he would quit is if they take him off the mountain."

Unfortunately, the same day Bob had an article written about him the the newspaper, he had to be taken to the hospital in Hagerstown, MD with what turned out to be a perforated intestinal ulcer. This cut his quest to hike the Appalachian trail short, only reaching the half-way point.

However, Bob is doing much better now and plans to take up the hike up again in 2015 and tackle the second half of his 2,185 mile adventure!

Bob's get-well flowers in appropriately-vased Gatorade bottles

Volunteer opportunities &
help needed

(New) Earth Angel

We are looking for drivers in the Tampa area near either Tampa Executive Airport or Moffitt Cancer Center to drive our passengers to or from the airport. Currently, the passengers are forced to use a Taxi.

Designated Mission Orientation Pilot(s)

Work-from-home

We are looking for one or more individuals who will help our new pilots become oriented with how our charity provides our service. The volunteer must be able to use webinar technology (not, hard, we can train you) ad conduct training via the web and telephone on average once per month.

Thank you Brian Jarvis for accepting this important position!

(New) Video editor

We are looking to create a new video with clips we've received over the past year. Our existing one is getting a bit dated, and we'd love to tell our story better than ever!

Event Chairperson: Fort Lauderdale Pilot Awards Gala April 17th/18th, 2015. We will be moving this event to the Emerald Hills Golf Club where the Mike & Shirley Brady Foundation will be putting on our Golf Tournament there in 2015. We are looking for someone who has the time and resources to organize a committee to hold our 2014 Pilot Awards there.

Thank you to Volunteer Helicopter Pilot Jane Wareham for signing up as a committee member! We still need a chairperson! Thanks to Bruce Brown for volunteering as Co-chairman.

November in the Ft. Lauderdale area - Angel Flight Southeast would like to participate in the South Florida Business Aviation Association golf tournament with a foursome or some other sponsorship where we can help promote the SFBAA and gain additional exposure for our cause. Interested? email us at info@mercymail.org

Email Steve if you're interested. steve.purello@mercymail.org

Who wants to sponsor a foursome?

From Roger Caldwell of Great Golf Events:

BusinessAviationGolf.org

Foursomes are $1,580. We'd very much like to support Roger with this event, where the proceeds are going entirely to Angel Flight Southeast. If you'd like to be in a foursome or sponsor one, please email us at info@mercymail.org

St. Augustine area pilots

Title: Cirrus Critical Decision Making Seminar

Date/Time: Saturday, September 6, 2014 10:00am to 2:00pm LOCAL

Facilitator: Brian Turisi

Description: Critical Decision Making (CDM) Seminar for Cirrus pilots or any pilot interested in improving their Risk Management and Aeronautical Decision Making skills

Location: St. Augustine Airport Convention Center, 4730 Cola Casa Way, St. Augustine FL 32095

Driving Directions: From US1 (at south end of SGJ Airport), turn onto Estella Ave.
Proceed one block on Estella to right on Casa Cola
Proceed two blocks on Casa Cola, then left into Conference Center Parking lot.
Meeting held on second floor of Conference Center.

Fly-in ? Yes - Atlantic Aviation - St. Augustine Airport - 4900 U.S. 1, St. Augustine, FL

Shuttle will be provided by Atlantic to Convention Center Bldg (1/2 mile)

Interested in a Group dinner Saturday night? Contact George Robbins george3@att.net and if there's enough interest something will be organized in St. Augustine

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

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.