As a 7-year-old in my hometown of Dwight, a small, central Illinois farm town, “charitable acts” meant washing cars to raise money for baseball uniforms, holding bake sales and, in junior high school, selling merchandise from a blue suitcase through a company called Tom Watt. […]
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We have wonderful news to share from the Cambodian education program we support with our partner John Givonetti Giving (JGG). The first nine student volunteer teachers – who started with the program when they were in middle school – have graduated from university. These students
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Sometimes, the only path to healing for a child with severe medical needs is one we’d all wish to avoid. Stephanie was born with caudal regression syndrome, a rare genetic birth defect that impairs the development of the lower half of the body. Stephanie’s legs
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On a recent Friday at a Dallas-area high school, some students chose to forego the traditional “Friday Night Lights” to see a special Friday night flight. As the bright blue and yellow plane soared overhead, the students – who had spent several Saturdays working on
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On July 30, we flew our newly refurbished and painted Piper Cherokee 6 to Belize where our pilot, TJ Stewart, is using it to fly medical missions for longtime partner, Belize Emergency Response Team (BERT). Volunteer pilots Don Hoerstkamp, Rick Oloteo and Ed Schertz delivered
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The Young Ambassadors of Wings of Hope hosted their first major fundraising event in the Wings of Hope hangar on October 14 – and Taste of Hope was a resounding success! More than 225 enjoyed tasting portions from local restaurants and beer and wine from
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Donating aircraft has become somewhat of a family tradition for the King family. On a recent Sunday, Danny King and his wife, Liz, donated their 1969 Beechcraft Baron to Wings of Hope. Danny is the second of three generations to pilot the plane. Danny’s father,
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For the second consecutive year, we were so grateful to be selected as a #GatewayGivesBack partner by Gateway Buick GMC. During June, a portion of every car the dealership sold was donated to our MAT Program. At the end of the month, Gateway’s Director of
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The odds of Nyla Schroeder winning our spring airplane raffle were slim. First, her ticket had to be selected from the 4,000 sold. Second, she was participating in a raffle in which upwards of 95% of ticket buyers are men. But Nyla beat the odds,
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To say the winner of our fall airplane raffle (the holder of ticket number 298358369) was excited when we called to tell him he was the new owner of the grand prize 1977 Cessna 150, is an understatement. We could even hear his family cheering
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