Summer 2016 – v2, i3
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From the President – Summer 2016
Recently, Dave Brown and I delivered N206KY, a Cessna 206, to Belize. We are loaning the aircraft to the Belize Emergency Response Team (BERT) to fill in for their Cherokee Six aircraft that was damaged in a landing incident. Dave…Tanzania – “Eagle” Lands in Arusha!
After a crew of 11 mechanics worked more than seven months on a complete rebuild of a 1968 Piper Navajo, the newly refurbished “Aquila” (Latin for Eagle) flew to Arusha, Tanzania, to start its new life flying medical evacuation missions.…Meet Griffin
Griffin is one of our youngest MAT patients. Before he was even four months old, he had already made three round trip flights from his home in Ohio to St. Louis Children’s Hospital for treatment of bilateral clubfeet. His parents,…Airplane Raffle Sells out in Less Than 24 Hours!
Our 6th Annual Airplane Raffle was an unprecedented success with 3,000 tickets selling out in less than 24 hours – 23 hours and 50 minutes to be precise! We raised more than $126,000 to support our Medical Relief & Air…Repeat Success for Give STL Day!
Our second year participating in Give STL Day, 24-hour online giving event for St. Louis nonprofits on May 3, 2016, was marked with some technical glitches by the national processing firm supporting the local day of giving. But our donors,…Young Ambassadors Vote on 2016 International Project Support
The Young Ambassadors had their most important meeting to date when they gathered at the World Trade Center in Clayton on May 24 to choose the Wings of Hope’s international field site they would support in 2016. Wings of Hope…Ladies Luncheon
Guests at the annual Wings of Hope Ladies Luncheon at the Chase Park Plaza rose in a standing ovation following passionate remarks from featured speaker, Ginger Imster. Ms. Imster shared her personal journey from a girl growing up in Columbia,…
