Sales Of Pendants, Ornaments, Teddy Bears Help Support
Volunteers' Efforts
Angel Flight(R)
Southeast (AFSE), a nonprofit charity that has coordinated nearly
3,500 free medical and humanitarian flights in 2005 alone, is
offering a variety of gifts appropriate for holiday giving. These
include a limited-edition, three-dimensional gold-plated ornament,
a custom-designed pearl pendant by Lake County artist Marie Len,
aviator teddy bears, angel bears and logo clothing, including a
t-shirt remembering the victims and volunteers of Hurricane
Katrina.
People may also "Adopt An Angel Flight" for a needy person or
family.
"As was noted in hundreds of news stories in both national and
regional publications and broadcasts, Angel Flight Southeast, along
with its dedicated sister AFA organizations, responded in an
unprecedented way to the needs of thousands of our fellow Americans
along the U.S. gulf coast after one of the most devastating
hurricanes in decades," said Deborah Deal, president and CEO of
Angel Flight Southeast (AFSE).
Available for purchase on the Angel Flight Southeast web site,
these unique products -- many created exclusively for the Southeast
region of the Angel Flight(R) America (AFA) network -- range from
$10 to $40. Proceeds from sales of these items will go toward
supporting the continuing mission of Angel Flight to remove the
cost of air transportation as an obstacle to medical and
humanitarian care for our fellow American citizens.
"Every holiday gift purchased will provide our dedicated staff,
volunteer private pilots and 'Earth Angels' (ground volunteers)
with the additional resources they require to fulfill the
record-breaking needs for distant specialized medical treatment and
for other humanitarian missions that Angel Flight Southeast has
been called to provide," said Deal.
AFSE, a 501(c)(3) organization, helps thousands of people every
year by recruiting highly qualified private pilots -- more than
1,000 in AFSE's five-state region alone -- to fly those with health
problems to medical centers that can provide the special care their
situation requires. Most of the people that AFSE coordinates
missions for cannot afford a commercial airline ticket, or have a
medical condition that is better accommodated with a private
flight.
As the organization recently demonstrated in its hurricane
relief efforts, AFSE also coordinates missions to fly disaster
relief personnel and victims -- as well as organ transplant
candidates; people involved in clinical trials, chemotherapy or
other repetitive treatment; victims of abuse seeking relocation;
those receiving help from Ronald McDonald(R) Houses, Shriners
Hospitals and many other charities; disabled or sick children to
special summer camp programs; and for many other humanitarian
reasons.