46,000 lives. This is the number of people we directly served through our international programs and U.S.- based Medical Relief & Air Transport (MAT) Program last year. While that’s an impressive number, it doesn’t mean as much until you take a closer look. Recently, I […]
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When Wings of Hope President and CEO Bret Heinrich visited Tanzania this past June, he was able to join our longtime partner Flying Medical Service (FMS) on their fly-in medical clinics serving Maasai women and children. FMS flies doctors into 25 Maasai communities, visiting each
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In August, Bret continued his fieldsite visits in South America, joined by Wings of Hope mechanic Curtis Kelley. First stop Paraguay: Our field director, Cliff Schisler, uses a 1959 Cessna 175 to support the Guarani people with medevac services, health and dental clinics, food and
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Our own Jay Rickmeyer, who has been volunteering in our hangar going on 18 years, was honored on October 20 by the St. Andrew’s Charitable Foundation as an Ageless Remarkable St. Louisan. The award recognizes individuals, 75 and older, who are making a tremendous impact
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All 4,000 tickets to our September 17 airplane raffle sold out in four hours! We continue to be blown away by the popularity of our raffles — and the generosity of our ticket buyers. Most important, this raffle generated more than $260,000 which will go
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Brian Franz of Texas is the grand prize winner and proud new owner of the Cessna 172 we raffled off in April. Brian has purchased tickets to several of our raffles, including the most recent one in September. He is thrilled with his new wings
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As a three-time Emmy award winning broadcast journalist and owner of her own communications firm, we had high expectations for our Ladies Luncheon speaker this past June — and she did not disappoint! Laurna Godwin inspired everyone with her interactive talk about “being authentically you.”
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The second annual Taste of Hope drew 300 people to the Wings of Hope hangar on Saturday, October 6, for an afternoon of noshing on tasty samples from Vito’s in the Valley, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Zen Thai & Japanese Cuisine, El Burro Loco, Mayuri, Mango,
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Every year, Wings of Hope is the fortunate beneficiary of two fundraising events hosted by the Greater St. Louis Business Aviation Association, or GSLBAA. This past summer, GSLBAA’s annual golf tournament and trivia night resulted in a $29,000 gift to Wings of Hope’s U.S. Medical
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Future Wings of Hope pilot, Mason, led the Wings of Hope balloon down the streets of St. Louis in America’s Birthday Parade. We fly Mason to St. Louis Children’s Hospital for treatment of clubfeet and he makes the entire Wings of Hope family smile whenever
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