The New Year is off to a fast start since I arrived on January 1st to take over as president of Wings of Hope. As I look forward to 2015, I see my role as servant leader to you. This means leading with love and […]
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On Feb. 6, TJ Stewart took over as field director for Wings of Hope in Nicaragua. For the past 18 months, TJ had been working as a mechanic in the hangar at our St. Louis headquarters. Everybody here loved having TJ around, but we all
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After many trips to the pediatrician, 2 year old Claire was diagnosed with HLH, a rare autoimmune condition that can be life-threatening. It began damaging her liver and spleen, and treatment required 9 months of blood transfusions, chemotherapy, heavy steroids and immune suppressant drugs to
Frank Almeter has a lot of stories to tell. If you ever have time to sit down with this 79-year-old war veteran and longtime Wings of Hope pilot, ask him what first turned him on to flying. He’ll tell you it could have been the
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My recent travel to visit bases we serve included: Belize, Ecuador and Nicaragua. I was able to meet some of the people we serve and help with our medical air relief and community development. The three coun-tries have distinct needs and share a common hope
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StraightUp Solar lights Miskito villages in Nicaragua What would you do with a few extra hours in your day? In the first week of March two Wings of Hope volunteers gave Nicaraguan families the chance to find out by giving the gift of light, through
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On February 14, 2015, Wings of Hope held it’s 13th annual “A Night for Miracles Dinner & Auction, with 100% of the proceeds from the event going directly to fund-ing our MAT Program. The MAT program helps people like Justin and Melissa who were our
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In an organization full of extraordinary volunteers, Del & Annie Reiff stand out. By summer they are Iowa farmers, but when their harvest of corn and soybeans come in each fall, they take off around the world for humanitarian missions – including Guatemala, Belize, Panama,
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Summer has been busy as we have ramped up our MAT operations with our second Seneca III. We have seen about a 15% growth in our operations; while also reducing our fuel expenses since it replaced a less fuel efficient Chieftain. Our MAT program has
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Lilyanna was born with clubfoot, a condition that affects about one baby in every 1,000 in the United States. Clubfoot is a birth defect that causes a child’s foot to point inward instead of forward. Clubfoot is painless in a baby, but it can eventually
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