Wings of Hope is so pleased to welcome the newest member of its fleet: a 1975 Piper Navajo PA-31-310. President and CEO Bret Heinrich, seen here with Ron Vlach, the Navajo’s former owner, says, “This is an important day for our team and our patients. […]
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We were recently honored to receive a very special visitor. Sandy Turner’s family once owned our Cessna 206KY. The plane has toured the world saving lives. It is now in St. Louis, and our hangar crew is all-hands-on-deck getting it ready to fly in the
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Frequent flier and future Wings of Hope pilot, Mason, stopped by our hangar after a recent appointment at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Mason, 8, whose case of clubfeet is more resistant to treatment than most, is on his way to a complete recovery by age
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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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Want to know how much our Medical Relief & Air Transport Program means to the families of the children we transport? Read this note from Amanda, the mother of a little guy we fly for treatment of clubfoot: “Walking is always an exciting milestone in
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Although about 85% of the individuals we transport are children, we place no age constraints on those we serve. Sometimes, we begin transporting our patients as children and continue to fly them well into adulthood. This is the case with Corynn. Corynn is a beautiful
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By Karen Andrews, MAT Coordinator As the coordinator of our MAT program, it amazes me how I can put a few details into motion and our excellent MAT team will bring it all together. Let me tell you what I mean … On a recent
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Griffin is one of our youngest MAT patients. Before he was even four months old, he had already made three round trip flights from his home in Ohio to St. Louis Children’s Hospital for treatment of bilateral clubfeet. His parents, Amanda and Corey, found out
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a Wings of Hope Frequent Flier! Did you know that about 90% of the individuals we serve in our MAT Program are frequent fliers? One of our youngest frequent fliers is William. He was born with clubfoot and arthrogryposis, a joint condition in which some
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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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