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Angel Flight Receives Grant to Expand Medical Air Transport Services...

Angel Flight North Carolina, a non-profit charitable air medical transportation organization serving needy people and their families, has received a 12-month 's8220;Mini's8221; Compassion Capital Fund grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families.



's8220;Every day, Angel Flight North Carolina upholds its mission of ensuring that financially-needy patients have access to distant medical care through air transport,'s8221; said Steve Patterson, Executive Director, Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic. 's8220;With this grant, we hope to reach many people with life-threatening medical situations, especially those who live in rural communities. We also hope to expand our network of volunteer pilots statewide.'s8221;



The grant is designed to build the Angel Flight program in North Carolina by providing Angel Flight with social service case work to help people with financial and medical needs who live primarily in rural communities. By providing free life-saving long-distance air transportation to specialized medical facilities, Angel Flight can help restore persons with rare diseases or with chronic or life-threatening illnesses to normal life in the family and community.



's8220;Angel Flight is rewarding to everyone involved,'s8221; says Jim Pearce, board chairman of Angel Flight of North Carolina and a former pilot. 's8220;For the pilots, Angel Flight gives them a real opportunity to improve the life of a friend, neighbor or a complete stranger. For patients, knowing that they have a trusted friend who can safely transport them to a medical facility gives them real hope, when life can be so very fragile.'s8221;



In 2005, Angel Flight North Carolina had 245 volunteer pilots who completed 518 missions serving 821 passengers. The public benefit was $462,104.



Angel Flight North Carolina is part of Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic, a 10-state region that coordinates travel missions of 1,000 miles or less. Angel Flight's8217;s mission is to ensure that no needy patient is denied access to distant specialized medical evaluation, diagnosis or treatment for lack of long distance medical air transportation. In 2005, Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic had 1,300 volunteer pilots who flew 2,089 missions, with a total of 2,935 passengers. The public benefit was over $1.5 million. For more information, please visit www.angel-flight.org.

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