Dear Wings of Hope Family, There is a first time for everything. The first six months of this year have proven to be no exception to that age-old bit of truth. In the pages of this newsletter, you will read about… The excitement of establishing […]
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More than 450 guests packed the Khorassan Ballroom at the Chase Park Plaza for our 2019 Hope Is Where the Heart Is gala on February 9 – setting a new attendance record and raising nearly $400,000 (an all-time high) for Wings of Hope’s U.S. Medical
Oh, What a Night! 2019 Dinner Auction Breaks Records Continue Reading >>>
If you happened by the Wings of Hope hangar on a Saturday this past April, you might have seen some very young “mechanics” working on our aircraft. These were 20 students from the Kirkwood, Jennings, Ferguson-Florissant school districts and the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri
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When Wings of Hope learned we had made the cut as a finalist in the St. Louis Regional Chamber’s Arcus Awards – which recognizes organizations that make St. Louis a great place to live, work and invest – we had no idea we would walk
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Our April 1st airplane raffle sold out so fast – 2 hours 50 minutes – we barely had time to get our second cup of coffee before all 4,000 tickets were gone. The grand prize, a 1978 Beechcraft C-23 Sundowner, was getting a lot of
Spring Airplane Raffle Sells Out in Record Time! Continue Reading >>>
In May, Director of Programs Jessica Watson and Global Programs Manager Tiffany Nelson visited our partner Adventist World Aviation (AWA) in Nicaragua. AWA provides lifesaving medical air transport to indigenous communities along the Miskito Coast. Wings of Hope spent time with AWA pilot, Norman Hansen,
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We are excited to announce a new partnership with Patrulla Aérea Civil Colombiana – a nonprofit in Bogotá, Colombia with 51 years’ experience in medical and humanitarian brigades for people living in extreme conditions of poverty, social or geographical exclusion, and victims of catastrophe. On
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The ladies of Wings of Hope gathered at the Chase Park Plaza for their annual luncheon on June 6. Wings of Hope Board member and Executive Director of St. Louis Children’s Hospital Shelley Perulfi was the featured speaker. Shelley shared a wonderful story of Isaac,
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Wings of Hope is in the midst of a major campaign to grow our endowment to secure the future of our U.S. Medical Relief & Air Transport (MAT) program. The goal of the Soaring to New Heights Endowment Campaign is to ensure we have the
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PHOTO: From left to right – Adam Kruger, Dr. Manish Kohli, and Dr. Kendra Holmes On June 26, our three newest board members spent the day at Wings of Hope – meeting with our team leads and learning more about what we do. We are
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