2014 Annual Fund

NEWS RELASE

Mercy Flight Southeast Annual Campaign Aims for Gifts of Flight

Leesburg, Fla. (December 2, 2014) – When people invest their money into an organization, they want to be sure it will go very far. Angel Flight Southeast (http://www.MercyFlightSoutheast.org) is one organization that can boast a return on investment of $10 for every $1 received.

Mercy Flight Southeast provides the coordination and operations that allow children and adults to have access to far-from-home medical treatment that can save their lives. The organization coordinates approximately 3,000 flights each year.

While its network of approximately 600 volunteer pilots provides the aircraft and fuel for the flights, Mercy Flight Southeast must pay for associated fees. The 2014 Annual Fund Campaign will help underwrite those costs and keep the volunteer pilots flying with their precious cargo.

“Angel Flight Southeast is a proud recipient of the Independent Charities of American Seal of Approval,” said Steve Purello, CEO of Mercy Flight Southeast. “We keep a sharp eye on expenses and best practices so that we are able to manage costs to the point that every $100 donation gives the gift of one flight.”

Mercy Flight Southeast has benefited many families including the Bradbary’s of Key West Florida. Three-year-old Tiberius was diagnosed with B-cell Lymphoma in the summer of 2013. Doctors at Miami Children’s Hospital ordered weekly chemotherapy treatments to beat the cancer which targets immune cells in the body.

“The prospect of a weekly four hour drive, each way, with a miserable toddler in the back seat was horrible,” said the father, Landon. “We contacted Mercy Flight Southeast and found our “angel in the air” in pilot Fouad “Sam” Samaha who signed up to take us for every treatment over the course of two months. It was such a relief.”

Tiberius is now an energetic four-year-old who is cancer free.

The Mercy Flight Southeast 2014 campaign is now underway and donors are asked to consider supporting this worthy organization. Information about making a donation, becoming a volunteer or an Mercy Flight Southeast passenger recipient can be found at www.MercyFlightSE.org/2014 or by calling (352) 326-0761.

About Mercy Flight Southeast

Mercy Flight Southeast is a non-profit volunteer pilot organization that provides free air transportation to distant medical facilities when commercial air service is not available, impractical or simply not affordable. Mercy Flight Southeast is a member of the Air Charity Network, an association of charitable aviation organizations comprised of more than 7,500 pilots and who represent over 90% of all charitable non-emergency flights flown in the nation. Mercy Flight Southeast has won the seal of approval from Independent Charities of America recognizing Mercy Flight Southeast as a good steward of the funds it generates from the public.

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