Angel Flight(R) Southeast Coordinates Record 3,600 Free Medical, Disaster Relief Flights in 2005.LEESBURG, Fla. -- Angel Flight(R) Southeast (AFSE AfSE Association for Supported Employment (UK) AFSE Association Française de Sciences Économiques AFSE Association Franco-Slave des Etudiants AFSE Association Française du Syndrome d’Evans AFSE Angel Flight Southeast, Inc. ), the 24-year-old nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. of more than 1,000 volunteer pilots who fly thousands of people free each year for medical and humanitarian reasons, today reported coordinating a total of 3,617 free flights in 2005 - 37 percent more than the 2,635 flights coordinated in 2004 - a one-year record for AFSE. The vast majority of the additional coordination efforts by AFSE volunteers and staff - one of six regions in the Angel Flight(R) America network - were in response to the devastation Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. wrought throughout much of AFSE's five-state network. AFSE participated as an active member of the Homeland Security Emergency Air Transportation System, or HSEATS HSEATS Homeland Security Emergency Air Transportation System , a federal program, coordinating 646 flights solely to assist government and private emergency service personnel and evacuees Resident or transient persons who have been ordered or authorized to move by competent authorities, and whose movement and accommodation are planned, organized and controlled by such authorities. in the storms' aftermath. The other increases in flight coordination involved AFSE's ongoing assistance services, including additional flights for children with rare or unusual medical conditions who need treatment in faraway locations, flights for organ recipients, and for a variety of other humanitarian purposes. "As our experience has shown in 2005, the need for our services continues to increase. That means we need news media, medical institutions, private groups and interested individuals from all backgrounds to spread the news about Angel Flight Southeast and the increasingly critical role we play in ensuring that thousands of our citizens receive the air transportation that's so important to their ongoing medical and humanitarian needs," said Deborah Deal, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AFSE. "We also need more private institutions such as medical and humanitarian-oriented foundations to support our efforts to fill this need. Given the '06 storm forecast, it's possible that AFSE will require an unprecedented need for funding assistance for our fellow citizens, both those still recovering and those who might face danger in the season ahead. "As former President George H.W. Bush Noun 1. George H.W. Bush - vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924) George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush, George Bush, Bush recently said in a joint statement with former President Bill Clinton, 'The people of the Gulf region are going to need our help for a very long time.'" For more information, including on-line donations, go to http://www.angelflightse.org or call 800-352-4256. |
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