The excitement surrounding our bi-annual airplane raffles has reached a fever pitch with the April 1 raffle selling out in just under five hours. The first 3,000 tickets sold just one hour after the ticket sales went live — setting a new record. All 5,000 […]
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In a year in which canceled events seem par for the course, we were thrilled that two golf tournaments benefiting Wings of Hope went off as planned. On September 20, golfers gathered at The Courses in Forest Park in St. Louis for the John “Mike”
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The streak continues! The Wings of Hope fall airplane raffle sold out all 5,000 tickets in 18 hours — and raised a whopping $325,000. The winner of the 1969 Beechcraft Musketeer Super III will be announced after the ticket drawing on November 16. Enthusiasm for
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Each year since the inaugural Taste of Hope in 2017, the Young Ambassadors’ annual food fest has created more excitement, drawn bigger crowds and, most of all, generated more funds to support the global communities we serve. Like most everything in 2020, pulling off a
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Our April 1 airplane raffle sold all 5,000 tickets in 11 hours – and raised more than $300,000 to support Wings of Hope. The grand prize winning ticket will be drawn on May 26. “Our airplane raffles are always very popular, but we were a
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AAfter a lifetime of setbacks, Idaho Falls resident Kelly Howell finally got his plane – a 1965 Cessna 172. Howell was the lucky holder of the grand-prize-winning ticket in Wings of Hope’s September airplane raffle. Howell, who has been buying tickets in the Wings of
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Our annual Hope Is Where the Heart Is Gala is our most highly anticipated event of the year. And our 2020 event, which took place February 8 at a packed Chase Park Plaza ballroom, lived up to the hype. With a record 475 guests and
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Our September 16 airplane raffle not only sold out – it raised about $330,000, making it our highest grossing raffle ever. The winner of the grand prize, a 1965 Cessna 172, will be announced at the ticket drawing on October 29. “Our raffles have become
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When the U.S. Navy Blue Angels come to town, it’s always special. They last performed at the Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo in 2016. So when air show sponsor Boeing asked if we would host the “Blues” in our hangar for
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The third annual Taste of Hope hosted by the Young Ambassadors of Wings of Hope on Saturday, Oct. 5, was the biggest and best yet – with record-breaking attendance and proceeds raised. Tickets to the international food fest sold out the day before the event
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